diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bc93a76fd9..f18398efc8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
   (#[1511](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1511))
 - Added `Ipv4RecvErr` and `Ipv6RecvErr` sockopts and associated control messages.
   (#[1514](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1514))
+- Added read/write accessors for 'events' on `PollFd`.
+  (#[1517](https://github.com/nix-rust/nix/pull/1517))
 
 ### Changed
 
diff --git a/src/poll.rs b/src/poll.rs
index e814337a5f..747e6d8c82 100644
--- a/src/poll.rs
+++ b/src/poll.rs
@@ -35,10 +35,21 @@ impl PollFd {
         }
     }
 
-    /// Returns the events that occured in the last call to `poll` or `ppoll`.
+    /// Returns the events that occured in the last call to `poll` or `ppoll`.  Will only return
+    /// `None` if the kernel provides status flags that Nix does not know about.
     pub fn revents(self) -> Option<PollFlags> {
         PollFlags::from_bits(self.pollfd.revents)
     }
+
+    /// The events of interest for this `PollFd`.
+    pub fn events(self) -> PollFlags {
+        PollFlags::from_bits(self.pollfd.events).unwrap()
+    }
+
+    /// Modify the events of interest for this `PollFd`.
+    pub fn set_events(&mut self, events: PollFlags) {
+        self.pollfd.events = events.bits();
+    }
 }
 
 libc_bitflags! {
diff --git a/test/test_poll.rs b/test/test_poll.rs
index 0395512ba7..62a4d01189 100644
--- a/test/test_poll.rs
+++ b/test/test_poll.rs
@@ -64,3 +64,11 @@ fn test_ppoll() {
     assert_eq!(nfds, 1);
     assert!(fds[0].revents().unwrap().contains(PollFlags::POLLIN));
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_pollfd_events() {
+    let mut pfd = PollFd::new(-1, PollFlags::POLLIN);
+    assert_eq!(pfd.events(), PollFlags::POLLIN);
+    pfd.set_events(PollFlags::POLLOUT);
+    assert_eq!(pfd.events(), PollFlags::POLLOUT);
+}