diff --git a/src/net/mod.rs b/src/net/mod.rs
index 7ec8bc698..7fd5c20f1 100644
--- a/src/net/mod.rs
+++ b/src/net/mod.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ pub use crate::maybe_polyfill::net::{
 };
 pub use send_recv::*;
 pub use socket::*;
-pub use socket_addr_any::{SocketAddrAny, SocketAddrStorage};
+pub use socket_addr_any::{RawSocketAddr, SocketAddrAny, SocketAddrStorage};
 #[cfg(not(any(windows, target_os = "wasi")))]
 pub use socketpair::socketpair;
 pub use types::*;
diff --git a/src/net/socket_addr_any.rs b/src/net/socket_addr_any.rs
index b43d09667..86ca29387 100644
--- a/src/net/socket_addr_any.rs
+++ b/src/net/socket_addr_any.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ use crate::net::xdp::SocketAddrXdp;
 #[cfg(unix)]
 use crate::net::SocketAddrUnix;
 use crate::net::{AddressFamily, SocketAddr, SocketAddrV4, SocketAddrV6};
+use crate::utils::{as_mut_ptr, as_ptr};
 use crate::{backend, io};
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 use core::fmt;
@@ -83,6 +84,23 @@ impl SocketAddrAny {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Creates a platform-specific encoding of this socket address,
+    /// and returns it.
+    pub fn to_raw(&self) -> RawSocketAddr {
+        let mut raw = RawSocketAddr {
+            storage: unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() },
+            len: 0,
+        };
+
+        raw.len = unsafe { self.write(raw.as_mut_ptr()) };
+        raw
+    }
+
+    /// Reads a platform-specific encoding of a socket address.
+    pub fn from_raw(raw: RawSocketAddr) -> io::Result<Self> {
+        unsafe { Self::read(raw.as_ptr(), raw.len) }
+    }
+
     /// Writes a platform-specific encoding of this socket address to
     /// the memory pointed to by `storage`, and returns the number of
     /// bytes used.
@@ -107,6 +125,35 @@ impl SocketAddrAny {
     }
 }
 
+/// A raw sockaddr and its length.
+#[repr(C)]
+pub struct RawSocketAddr {
+    pub(crate) storage: SocketAddrStorage,
+    pub(crate) len: usize,
+}
+
+impl RawSocketAddr {
+    /// Creates a raw encoded sockaddr from the given address.
+    pub fn new(addr: impl Into<SocketAddrAny>) -> Self {
+        addr.into().to_raw()
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a raw pointer to the sockaddr.
+    pub fn as_ptr(&self) -> *const SocketAddrStorage {
+        as_ptr(&self.storage)
+    }
+
+    /// Returns a raw mutable pointer to the sockaddr.
+    pub fn as_mut_ptr(&mut self) -> *mut SocketAddrStorage {
+        as_mut_ptr(&mut self.storage)
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the length of the encoded sockaddr.
+    pub fn namelen(&self) -> usize {
+        self.len
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(feature = "std")]
 impl fmt::Debug for SocketAddrAny {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
diff --git a/tests/net/addr.rs b/tests/net/addr.rs
index 81b86d74b..40542c101 100644
--- a/tests/net/addr.rs
+++ b/tests/net/addr.rs
@@ -13,12 +13,22 @@ fn encode_decode() {
         let decoded = SocketAddrAny::read(encoded.as_ptr(), len).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(decoded, SocketAddrAny::V4(orig));
 
+        let orig = SocketAddrV4::new(Ipv4Addr::new(2, 3, 5, 6), 33);
+        let encoded = SocketAddrAny::V4(orig).to_raw();
+        let decoded = SocketAddrAny::from_raw(encoded).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(decoded, SocketAddrAny::V4(orig));
+
         let orig = SocketAddrV6::new(Ipv6Addr::new(2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12), 33, 34, 36);
         let mut encoded = std::mem::MaybeUninit::<SocketAddrStorage>::uninit();
         let len = SocketAddrAny::V6(orig).write(encoded.as_mut_ptr());
         let decoded = SocketAddrAny::read(encoded.as_ptr(), len).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(decoded, SocketAddrAny::V6(orig));
 
+        let orig = SocketAddrV6::new(Ipv6Addr::new(2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12), 33, 34, 36);
+        let encoded = SocketAddrAny::V6(orig).to_raw();
+        let decoded = SocketAddrAny::from_raw(encoded).unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(decoded, SocketAddrAny::V6(orig));
+
         #[cfg(not(windows))]
         {
             let orig = SocketAddrUnix::new("/path/to/socket").unwrap();
@@ -26,6 +36,11 @@ fn encode_decode() {
             let len = SocketAddrAny::Unix(orig.clone()).write(encoded.as_mut_ptr());
             let decoded = SocketAddrAny::read(encoded.as_ptr(), len).unwrap();
             assert_eq!(decoded, SocketAddrAny::Unix(orig));
+
+            let orig = SocketAddrUnix::new("/path/to/socket").unwrap();
+            let encoded = SocketAddrAny::Unix(orig.clone()).to_raw();
+            let decoded = SocketAddrAny::from_raw(encoded).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(decoded, SocketAddrAny::Unix(orig));
         }
     }
 }