diff --git a/src/sys/mman.rs b/src/sys/mman.rs
index d4c6ecb05e..deef7005b5 100644
--- a/src/sys/mman.rs
+++ b/src/sys/mman.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use crate::Result;
 #[cfg(feature = "fs")]
 use crate::{fcntl::OFlag, sys::stat::Mode};
 use libc::{self, c_int, c_void, off_t, size_t};
-use std::{num::NonZeroUsize, os::unix::io::RawFd};
+use std::{num::NonZeroUsize, os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, AsFd}};
 
 libc_bitflags! {
     /// Desired memory protection of a memory mapping.
@@ -416,17 +416,18 @@ pub fn munlockall() -> Result<()> {
 /// See the [`mmap(2)`] man page for detailed requirements.
 ///
 /// [`mmap(2)`]: https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man2/mmap.2.html
-pub unsafe fn mmap(
+pub unsafe fn mmap<F: AsFd>(
     addr: Option<NonZeroUsize>,
     length: NonZeroUsize,
     prot: ProtFlags,
     flags: MapFlags,
-    fd: RawFd,
+    f: Option<&F>,
     offset: off_t,
 ) -> Result<*mut c_void> {
     let ptr =
         addr.map_or(std::ptr::null_mut(), |a| usize::from(a) as *mut c_void);
 
+    let fd = f.map(|f| f.as_fd().as_raw_fd()).unwrap_or(-1);
     let ret =
         libc::mmap(ptr, length.into(), prot.bits(), flags.bits(), fd, offset);
 
@@ -518,11 +519,12 @@ pub unsafe fn madvise(
 /// # use nix::libc::size_t;
 /// # use nix::sys::mman::{mmap, mprotect, MapFlags, ProtFlags};
 /// # use std::ptr;
+/// # use std::os::unix::io::BorrowedFd;
 /// const ONE_K: size_t = 1024;
 /// let one_k_non_zero = std::num::NonZeroUsize::new(ONE_K).unwrap();
 /// let mut slice: &mut [u8] = unsafe {
-///     let mem = mmap(None, one_k_non_zero, ProtFlags::PROT_NONE,
-///                    MapFlags::MAP_ANON | MapFlags::MAP_PRIVATE, -1, 0).unwrap();
+///     let mem = mmap::<BorrowedFd>(None, one_k_non_zero, ProtFlags::PROT_NONE,
+///                    MapFlags::MAP_ANON | MapFlags::MAP_PRIVATE, None, 0).unwrap();
 ///     mprotect(mem, ONE_K, ProtFlags::PROT_READ | ProtFlags::PROT_WRITE).unwrap();
 ///     std::slice::from_raw_parts_mut(mem as *mut u8, ONE_K)
 /// };
@@ -566,9 +568,11 @@ pub fn shm_open<P>(
     name: &P,
     flag: OFlag,
     mode: Mode
-    ) -> Result<RawFd>
+    ) -> Result<std::os::unix::io::OwnedFd>
     where P: ?Sized + NixPath
 {
+    use std::os::unix::io::{FromRawFd, OwnedFd};
+
     let ret = name.with_nix_path(|cstr| {
         #[cfg(any(target_os = "macos", target_os = "ios"))]
         unsafe {
@@ -580,7 +584,10 @@ pub fn shm_open<P>(
         }
     })?;
 
-    Errno::result(ret)
+    match ret {
+        -1 => Err(Errno::last()),
+        fd => Ok(unsafe{ OwnedFd::from_raw_fd(fd) })
+    }
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/sys/test_mman.rs b/test/sys/test_mman.rs
index e748427bcd..b4674e53fa 100644
--- a/test/sys/test_mman.rs
+++ b/test/sys/test_mman.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 use nix::sys::mman::{mmap, MapFlags, ProtFlags};
-use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
+use std::{num::NonZeroUsize, os::unix::io::BorrowedFd};
 
 #[test]
 fn test_mmap_anonymous() {
     unsafe {
-        let ptr = mmap(
+        let ptr = mmap::<BorrowedFd>(
             None,
             NonZeroUsize::new(1).unwrap(),
             ProtFlags::PROT_READ | ProtFlags::PROT_WRITE,
             MapFlags::MAP_PRIVATE | MapFlags::MAP_ANONYMOUS,
-            -1,
+            None,
             0,
         )
         .unwrap() as *mut u8;
@@ -29,12 +29,12 @@ fn test_mremap_grow() {
     let one_k_non_zero = NonZeroUsize::new(ONE_K).unwrap();
 
     let slice: &mut [u8] = unsafe {
-        let mem = mmap(
+        let mem = mmap::<BorrowedFd>(
             None,
             one_k_non_zero,
             ProtFlags::PROT_READ | ProtFlags::PROT_WRITE,
             MapFlags::MAP_ANONYMOUS | MapFlags::MAP_PRIVATE,
-            -1,
+            None,
             0,
         )
         .unwrap();
@@ -87,12 +87,12 @@ fn test_mremap_shrink() {
     const ONE_K: size_t = 1024;
     let ten_one_k = NonZeroUsize::new(10 * ONE_K).unwrap();
     let slice: &mut [u8] = unsafe {
-        let mem = mmap(
+        let mem = mmap::<BorrowedFd>(
             None,
             ten_one_k,
             ProtFlags::PROT_READ | ProtFlags::PROT_WRITE,
             MapFlags::MAP_ANONYMOUS | MapFlags::MAP_PRIVATE,
-            -1,
+            None,
             0,
         )
         .unwrap();