diff --git a/core/io.c b/core/io.c
index 5e187799..a771e91a 100644
--- a/core/io.c
+++ b/core/io.c
@@ -1092,3 +1092,8 @@ void uwsgi_disconnect(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req) {
         }
         wsgi_req->fd_closed = 1;
 }
+
+int uwsgi_ready_fd(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req) {
+	if (wsgi_req->async_ready_fd) return wsgi_req->async_last_ready_fd;
+	return -1;
+}
diff --git a/plugins/pypy/pypy_setup.py b/plugins/pypy/pypy_setup.py
index f9ea21d3..dc59a60a 100644
--- a/plugins/pypy/pypy_setup.py
+++ b/plugins/pypy/pypy_setup.py
@@ -212,6 +212,8 @@ char *uwsgi_chunked_read(struct wsgi_request *, size_t *, int, int);
 
 void uwsgi_disconnect(struct wsgi_request *);
 
+int uwsgi_ready_fd(struct wsgi_request *);
+
 %s
 
 ''' % ('\n'.join(uwsgi_cdef), hooks)
@@ -702,9 +704,7 @@ uwsgi.ready_fd()
 """
 def uwsgi_pypy_ready_fd():
     wsgi_req = uwsgi_pypy_current_wsgi_req();
-    if wsgi_req.async_ready_fd == 1:
-        return wsgi_req.async_last_ready_fd
-    return -1
+    return lib.uwsgi_ready_fd(wsgi_req)
 uwsgi.ready_fd = uwsgi_pypy_ready_fd
     
 
diff --git a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
index 34ffdde3..ffe15ce6 100644
--- a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
+++ b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
@@ -2276,6 +2276,11 @@ PyObject *py_uwsgi_disconnect(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
 	return Py_None;
 }
 
+PyObject *py_uwsgi_ready_fd(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
+	struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req = py_current_wsgi_req();
+	return PyInt_FromLong(uwsgi_ready_fd(wsgi_req));
+}
+
 PyObject *py_uwsgi_parse_file(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
 
 	char *filename;
@@ -2516,6 +2521,8 @@ static PyMethodDef uwsgi_advanced_methods[] = {
 	{"chunked_read", py_uwsgi_chunked_read, METH_VARARGS, ""},
 	{"chunked_read_nb", py_uwsgi_chunked_read_nb, METH_VARARGS, ""},
 
+	{"ready_fd", py_uwsgi_ready_fd, METH_VARARGS, ""},
+
 	{NULL, NULL},
 };
 
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index c2b1e674..7cf12d8e 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -4071,6 +4071,7 @@ char *uwsgi_binary_path(void);
 
 int uwsgi_is_again();
 void uwsgi_disconnect(struct wsgi_request *);
+int uwsgi_ready_fd(struct wsgi_request *);
 
 void uwsgi_check_emperor(void);
 #ifdef UWSGI_AS_SHARED_LIBRARY