diff --git a/src/liblibc b/src/liblibc
index e19309c8b4e8b..2278a549559c3 160000
--- a/src/liblibc
+++ b/src/liblibc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit e19309c8b4e8bbd11f4d84dfffd75e3d1ac477fe
+Subproject commit 2278a549559c38872b4338cb002ecc2a80d860dc
diff --git a/src/libstd/fs.rs b/src/libstd/fs.rs
index 53384fb9b154b..6b88d498b1041 100644
--- a/src/libstd/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/fs.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ use ffi::OsString;
 use io::{self, SeekFrom, Seek, Read, Write};
 use path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use sys::fs as fs_imp;
-use sys_common::io::read_to_end_uninitialized;
 use sys_common::{AsInnerMut, FromInner, AsInner, IntoInner};
 use vec::Vec;
 use time::SystemTime;
@@ -351,7 +350,7 @@ impl Read for File {
         self.inner.read(buf)
     }
     fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        unsafe { read_to_end_uninitialized(self, buf) }
+        self.inner.read_to_end(buf)
     }
 }
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -372,6 +371,9 @@ impl<'a> Read for &'a File {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.inner.read(buf)
     }
+    fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.inner.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
 }
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 impl<'a> Write for &'a File {
diff --git a/src/libstd/io/stdio.rs b/src/libstd/io/stdio.rs
index cd2d5e52462bb..25309a785c45a 100644
--- a/src/libstd/io/stdio.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/io/stdio.rs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use io::lazy::Lazy;
 use io::{self, BufReader, LineWriter};
 use sync::{Arc, Mutex, MutexGuard};
 use sys::stdio;
-use sys_common::io::{read_to_end_uninitialized};
 use sys_common::remutex::{ReentrantMutex, ReentrantMutexGuard};
 use thread::LocalKeyState;
 
@@ -78,6 +77,9 @@ fn stderr_raw() -> io::Result<StderrRaw> { stdio::Stderr::new().map(StderrRaw) }
 
 impl Read for StdinRaw {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> { self.0.read(buf) }
+    fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.0.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
 }
 impl Write for StdoutRaw {
     fn write(&mut self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> { self.0.write(buf) }
@@ -116,6 +118,12 @@ impl<R: io::Read> io::Read for Maybe<R> {
             Maybe::Fake => Ok(0)
         }
     }
+    fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        match *self {
+            Maybe::Real(ref mut r) => handle_ebadf(r.read_to_end(buf), 0),
+            Maybe::Fake => Ok(0)
+        }
+    }
 }
 
 fn handle_ebadf<T>(r: io::Result<T>, default: T) -> io::Result<T> {
@@ -294,7 +302,7 @@ impl<'a> Read for StdinLock<'a> {
         self.inner.read(buf)
     }
     fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        unsafe { read_to_end_uninitialized(self, buf) }
+        self.inner.read_to_end(buf)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/net/tcp.rs b/src/libstd/net/tcp.rs
index f8e3b58bb3e95..414696413f494 100644
--- a/src/libstd/net/tcp.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/net/tcp.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ use io::prelude::*;
 use fmt;
 use io;
 use net::{ToSocketAddrs, SocketAddr, Shutdown};
-use sys_common::io::read_to_end_uninitialized;
 use sys_common::net as net_imp;
 use sys_common::{AsInner, FromInner, IntoInner};
 use time::Duration;
@@ -269,7 +268,7 @@ impl TcpStream {
 impl Read for TcpStream {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> { self.0.read(buf) }
     fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        unsafe { read_to_end_uninitialized(self, buf) }
+        self.0.read_to_end(buf)
     }
 }
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -281,7 +280,7 @@ impl Write for TcpStream {
 impl<'a> Read for &'a TcpStream {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> { self.0.read(buf) }
     fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
-        unsafe { read_to_end_uninitialized(self, buf) }
+        self.0.read_to_end(buf)
     }
 }
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
diff --git a/src/libstd/process.rs b/src/libstd/process.rs
index 8db8ad324bea9..5813d82a315a6 100644
--- a/src/libstd/process.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/process.rs
@@ -20,10 +20,9 @@ use fmt;
 use io;
 use path::Path;
 use str;
-use sys::pipe::AnonPipe;
+use sys::pipe::{read2, AnonPipe};
 use sys::process as imp;
 use sys_common::{AsInner, AsInnerMut, FromInner, IntoInner};
-use thread::{self, JoinHandle};
 
 /// Representation of a running or exited child process.
 ///
@@ -134,6 +133,9 @@ impl Read for ChildStdout {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.inner.read(buf)
     }
+    fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.inner.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
 }
 
 impl AsInner<AnonPipe> for ChildStdout {
@@ -161,6 +163,9 @@ impl Read for ChildStderr {
     fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.inner.read(buf)
     }
+    fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.inner.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
 }
 
 impl AsInner<AnonPipe> for ChildStderr {
@@ -289,7 +294,7 @@ impl Command {
     /// By default, stdin, stdout and stderr are inherited from the parent.
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn spawn(&mut self) -> io::Result<Child> {
-        self.inner.spawn(imp::Stdio::Inherit).map(Child::from_inner)
+        self.inner.spawn(imp::Stdio::Inherit, true).map(Child::from_inner)
     }
 
     /// Executes the command as a child process, waiting for it to finish and
@@ -312,7 +317,7 @@ impl Command {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn output(&mut self) -> io::Result<Output> {
-        self.inner.spawn(imp::Stdio::MakePipe).map(Child::from_inner)
+        self.inner.spawn(imp::Stdio::MakePipe, false).map(Child::from_inner)
             .and_then(|p| p.wait_with_output())
     }
 
@@ -334,7 +339,8 @@ impl Command {
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn status(&mut self) -> io::Result<ExitStatus> {
-        self.spawn().and_then(|mut p| p.wait())
+        self.inner.spawn(imp::Stdio::Inherit, false).map(Child::from_inner)
+                  .and_then(|mut p| p.wait())
     }
 }
 
@@ -496,24 +502,29 @@ impl Child {
     #[stable(feature = "process", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn wait_with_output(mut self) -> io::Result<Output> {
         drop(self.stdin.take());
-        fn read<R>(mut input: R) -> JoinHandle<io::Result<Vec<u8>>>
-            where R: Read + Send + 'static
-        {
-            thread::spawn(move || {
-                let mut ret = Vec::new();
-                input.read_to_end(&mut ret).map(|_| ret)
-            })
+
+        let (mut stdout, mut stderr) = (Vec::new(), Vec::new());
+        match (self.stdout.take(), self.stderr.take()) {
+            (None, None) => {}
+            (Some(mut out), None) => {
+                let res = out.read_to_end(&mut stdout);
+                res.unwrap();
+            }
+            (None, Some(mut err)) => {
+                let res = err.read_to_end(&mut stderr);
+                res.unwrap();
+            }
+            (Some(out), Some(err)) => {
+                let res = read2(out.inner, &mut stdout, err.inner, &mut stderr);
+                res.unwrap();
+            }
         }
-        let stdout = self.stdout.take().map(read);
-        let stderr = self.stderr.take().map(read);
-        let status = try!(self.wait());
-        let stdout = stdout.and_then(|t| t.join().unwrap().ok());
-        let stderr = stderr.and_then(|t| t.join().unwrap().ok());
 
+        let status = try!(self.wait());
         Ok(Output {
             status: status,
-            stdout: stdout.unwrap_or(Vec::new()),
-            stderr: stderr.unwrap_or(Vec::new()),
+            stdout: stdout,
+            stderr: stderr,
         })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/common/net.rs b/src/libstd/sys/common/net.rs
index ca4f6e19882b6..aa92e5be11403 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/common/net.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/common/net.rs
@@ -225,6 +225,10 @@ impl TcpStream {
         self.inner.read(buf)
     }
 
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.inner.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+
     pub fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         let len = cmp::min(buf.len(), <wrlen_t>::max_value() as usize) as wrlen_t;
         let ret = try!(cvt(unsafe {
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fd.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fd.rs
index 299c6ec2731d7..8ec073858fd21 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fd.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fd.rs
@@ -8,12 +8,17 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
-use io;
+#![unstable(reason = "not public", issue = "0", feature = "fd")]
+
+use prelude::v1::*;
+
+use io::{self, Read};
 use libc::{self, c_int, size_t, c_void};
 use mem;
+use sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
 use sys::cvt;
 use sys_common::AsInner;
-use sync::atomic::{AtomicBool, Ordering};
+use sys_common::io::read_to_end_uninitialized;
 
 pub struct FileDesc {
     fd: c_int,
@@ -42,6 +47,11 @@ impl FileDesc {
         Ok(ret as usize)
     }
 
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        let mut me = self;
+        (&mut me).read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+
     pub fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         let ret = try!(cvt(unsafe {
             libc::write(self.fd,
@@ -67,6 +77,20 @@ impl FileDesc {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn set_nonblocking(&self, nonblocking: bool) {
+        unsafe {
+            let previous = libc::fcntl(self.fd, libc::F_GETFL);
+            debug_assert!(previous != -1);
+            let new = if nonblocking {
+                previous | libc::O_NONBLOCK
+            } else {
+                previous & !libc::O_NONBLOCK
+            };
+            let ret = libc::fcntl(self.fd, libc::F_SETFL, new);
+            debug_assert!(ret != -1);
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn duplicate(&self) -> io::Result<FileDesc> {
         // We want to atomically duplicate this file descriptor and set the
         // CLOEXEC flag, and currently that's done via F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC. This
@@ -118,6 +142,16 @@ impl FileDesc {
     }
 }
 
+impl<'a> Read for &'a FileDesc {
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        (**self).read(buf)
+    }
+
+    fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        unsafe { read_to_end_uninitialized(self, buf) }
+    }
+}
+
 impl AsInner<c_int> for FileDesc {
     fn as_inner(&self) -> &c_int { &self.fd }
 }
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs
index d1b4b1c5c0895..3985a07470e0d 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/fs.rs
@@ -486,6 +486,10 @@ impl File {
         self.0.read(buf)
     }
 
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.0.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+
     pub fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.0.write(buf)
     }
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/net.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/net.rs
index 8785da51986db..acf501d5fda88 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/net.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/net.rs
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ impl Socket {
         self.0.read(buf)
     }
 
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.0.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+
     pub fn set_timeout(&self, dur: Option<Duration>, kind: libc::c_int) -> io::Result<()> {
         let timeout = match dur {
             Some(dur) => {
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs
index 667f0f9e6bf62..e5cb37610011b 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/pipe.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+use prelude::v1::*;
+
+use cmp;
 use io;
 use libc::{self, c_int};
+use mem;
 use sys::cvt_r;
 use sys::fd::FileDesc;
 
@@ -57,6 +61,10 @@ impl AnonPipe {
         self.0.read(buf)
     }
 
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.0.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+
     pub fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.0.write(buf)
     }
@@ -64,3 +72,54 @@ impl AnonPipe {
     pub fn fd(&self) -> &FileDesc { &self.0 }
     pub fn into_fd(self) -> FileDesc { self.0 }
 }
+
+pub fn read2(p1: AnonPipe,
+             v1: &mut Vec<u8>,
+             p2: AnonPipe,
+             v2: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<()> {
+    // Set both pipes into nonblocking mode as we're gonna be reading from both
+    // in the `select` loop below, and we wouldn't want one to block the other!
+    let p1 = p1.into_fd();
+    let p2 = p2.into_fd();
+    p1.set_nonblocking(true);
+    p2.set_nonblocking(true);
+
+    let max = cmp::max(p1.raw(), p2.raw());
+    loop {
+        // wait for either pipe to become readable using `select`
+        try!(cvt_r(|| unsafe {
+            let mut read: libc::fd_set = mem::zeroed();
+            libc::FD_SET(p1.raw(), &mut read);
+            libc::FD_SET(p2.raw(), &mut read);
+            libc::select(max + 1, &mut read, 0 as *mut _, 0 as *mut _,
+                         0 as *mut _)
+        }));
+
+        // Read as much as we can from each pipe, ignoring EWOULDBLOCK or
+        // EAGAIN. If we hit EOF, then this will happen because the underlying
+        // reader will return Ok(0), in which case we'll see `Ok` ourselves. In
+        // this case we flip the other fd back into blocking mode and read
+        // whatever's leftover on that file descriptor.
+        let read = |fd: &FileDesc, dst: &mut Vec<u8>| {
+            match fd.read_to_end(dst) {
+                Ok(_) => Ok(true),
+                Err(e) => {
+                    if e.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::EWOULDBLOCK) ||
+                       e.raw_os_error() == Some(libc::EAGAIN) {
+                        Ok(false)
+                    } else {
+                        Err(e)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        };
+        if try!(read(&p1, v1)) {
+            p2.set_nonblocking(false);
+            return p2.read_to_end(v2).map(|_| ());
+        }
+        if try!(read(&p2, v2)) {
+            p1.set_nonblocking(false);
+            return p1.read_to_end(v1).map(|_| ());
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/process.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/process.rs
index 28475f50ce63e..47b0ff42f9322 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/process.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/process.rs
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ impl Command {
         self.stderr = Some(stderr);
     }
 
-    pub fn spawn(&mut self, default: Stdio)
+    pub fn spawn(&mut self, default: Stdio, needs_stdin: bool)
                  -> io::Result<(Process, StdioPipes)> {
         const CLOEXEC_MSG_FOOTER: &'static [u8] = b"NOEX";
 
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ impl Command {
                                       "nul byte found in provided data"));
         }
 
-        let (ours, theirs) = try!(self.setup_io(default));
+        let (ours, theirs) = try!(self.setup_io(default, needs_stdin));
         let (input, output) = try!(sys::pipe::anon_pipe());
 
         let pid = unsafe {
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ impl Command {
                                   "nul byte found in provided data")
         }
 
-        match self.setup_io(default) {
+        match self.setup_io(default, true) {
             Ok((_, theirs)) => unsafe { self.do_exec(theirs) },
             Err(e) => e,
         }
@@ -408,8 +408,11 @@ impl Command {
     }
 
 
-    fn setup_io(&self, default: Stdio) -> io::Result<(StdioPipes, ChildPipes)> {
-        let stdin = self.stdin.as_ref().unwrap_or(&default);
+    fn setup_io(&self, default: Stdio, needs_stdin: bool)
+                -> io::Result<(StdioPipes, ChildPipes)> {
+        let null = Stdio::Null;
+        let default_stdin = if needs_stdin {&default} else {&null};
+        let stdin = self.stdin.as_ref().unwrap_or(default_stdin);
         let stdout = self.stdout.as_ref().unwrap_or(&default);
         let stderr = self.stderr.as_ref().unwrap_or(&default);
         let (their_stdin, our_stdin) = try!(stdin.to_child_stdio(true));
@@ -648,7 +651,7 @@ mod tests {
             cmd.stdin(Stdio::MakePipe);
             cmd.stdout(Stdio::MakePipe);
 
-            let (mut cat, mut pipes) = t!(cmd.spawn(Stdio::Null));
+            let (mut cat, mut pipes) = t!(cmd.spawn(Stdio::Null, true));
             let stdin_write = pipes.stdin.take().unwrap();
             let stdout_read = pipes.stdout.take().unwrap();
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/unix/stdio.rs b/src/libstd/sys/unix/stdio.rs
index ccbb14677c7e4..37d1d9a969ed8 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/unix/stdio.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/unix/stdio.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+use prelude::v1::*;
+
 use io;
 use libc;
 use sys::fd::FileDesc;
@@ -25,6 +27,13 @@ impl Stdin {
         fd.into_raw();
         ret
     }
+
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        let fd = FileDesc::new(libc::STDIN_FILENO);
+        let ret = fd.read_to_end(buf);
+        fd.into_raw();
+        ret
+    }
 }
 
 impl Stdout {
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/c.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/c.rs
index 472ffdf9e1d93..002ffc7c8685a 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/c.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/c.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 #![allow(bad_style)]
 #![cfg_attr(test, allow(dead_code))]
+#![unstable(issue = "0", feature = "windows_c")]
 
 use os::raw::{c_int, c_uint, c_ulong, c_long, c_longlong, c_ushort,};
 use os::raw::{c_char, c_ulonglong};
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ pub const ERROR_PATH_NOT_FOUND: DWORD = 3;
 pub const ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED: DWORD = 5;
 pub const ERROR_INVALID_HANDLE: DWORD = 6;
 pub const ERROR_NO_MORE_FILES: DWORD = 18;
+pub const ERROR_HANDLE_EOF: DWORD = 38;
 pub const ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE: DWORD = 109;
 pub const ERROR_CALL_NOT_IMPLEMENTED: DWORD = 120;
 pub const ERROR_INSUFFICIENT_BUFFER: DWORD = 122;
@@ -188,6 +190,7 @@ pub const ERROR_ALREADY_EXISTS: DWORD = 183;
 pub const ERROR_NO_DATA: DWORD = 232;
 pub const ERROR_ENVVAR_NOT_FOUND: DWORD = 203;
 pub const ERROR_OPERATION_ABORTED: DWORD = 995;
+pub const ERROR_IO_PENDING: DWORD = 997;
 pub const ERROR_TIMEOUT: DWORD = 0x5B4;
 
 pub const INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE: HANDLE = !0 as HANDLE;
@@ -292,6 +295,14 @@ pub const EXCEPTION_UNWIND: DWORD = EXCEPTION_UNWINDING |
                                     EXCEPTION_TARGET_UNWIND |
                                     EXCEPTION_COLLIDED_UNWIND;
 
+pub const PIPE_ACCESS_INBOUND: DWORD = 0x00000001;
+pub const FILE_FLAG_FIRST_PIPE_INSTANCE: DWORD = 0x00080000;
+pub const FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED: DWORD = 0x40000000;
+pub const PIPE_WAIT: DWORD = 0x00000000;
+pub const PIPE_TYPE_BYTE: DWORD = 0x00000000;
+pub const PIPE_REJECT_REMOTE_CLIENTS: DWORD = 0x00000008;
+pub const PIPE_READMODE_BYTE: DWORD = 0x00000000;
+
 #[repr(C)]
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86")]
 pub struct WSADATA {
@@ -913,10 +924,6 @@ extern "system" {
                            nOutBufferSize: DWORD,
                            lpBytesReturned: LPDWORD,
                            lpOverlapped: LPOVERLAPPED) -> BOOL;
-    pub fn CreatePipe(hReadPipe: LPHANDLE,
-                      hWritePipe: LPHANDLE,
-                      lpPipeAttributes: LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES,
-                      nSize: DWORD) -> BOOL;
     pub fn CreateThread(lpThreadAttributes: LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES,
                         dwStackSize: SIZE_T,
                         lpStartAddress: extern "system" fn(*mut c_void)
@@ -1129,6 +1136,29 @@ extern "system" {
                        OriginalContext: *const CONTEXT,
                        HistoryTable: *const UNWIND_HISTORY_TABLE);
     pub fn GetSystemTimeAsFileTime(lpSystemTimeAsFileTime: LPFILETIME);
+
+    pub fn CreateEventW(lpEventAttributes: LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES,
+                        bManualReset: BOOL,
+                        bInitialState: BOOL,
+                        lpName: LPCWSTR) -> HANDLE;
+    pub fn WaitForMultipleObjects(nCount: DWORD,
+                                  lpHandles: *const HANDLE,
+                                  bWaitAll: BOOL,
+                                  dwMilliseconds: DWORD) -> DWORD;
+    pub fn CreateNamedPipeW(lpName: LPCWSTR,
+                            dwOpenMode: DWORD,
+                            dwPipeMode: DWORD,
+                            nMaxInstances: DWORD,
+                            nOutBufferSize: DWORD,
+                            nInBufferSize: DWORD,
+                            nDefaultTimeOut: DWORD,
+                            lpSecurityAttributes: LPSECURITY_ATTRIBUTES)
+                            -> HANDLE;
+    pub fn CancelIo(handle: HANDLE) -> BOOL;
+    pub fn GetOverlappedResult(hFile: HANDLE,
+                               lpOverlapped: LPOVERLAPPED,
+                               lpNumberOfBytesTransferred: LPDWORD,
+                               bWait: BOOL) -> BOOL;
 }
 
 // Functions that aren't available on Windows XP, but we still use them and just
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/fs.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/fs.rs
index 95fb1e7c60052..624fef097fcc5 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/fs.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/fs.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+use prelude::v1::*;
 use io::prelude::*;
 use os::windows::prelude::*;
 
@@ -312,6 +313,10 @@ impl File {
         self.handle.read(buf)
     }
 
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.handle.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+
     pub fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.handle.write(buf)
     }
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/handle.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/handle.rs
index 47676a927f658..1396d670902bb 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/handle.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/handle.rs
@@ -8,14 +8,19 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+#![unstable(issue = "0", feature = "windows_handle")]
+
+use prelude::v1::*;
+
 use cmp;
-use io::ErrorKind;
+use io::{ErrorKind, Read};
 use io;
 use mem;
 use ops::Deref;
 use ptr;
 use sys::c;
 use sys::cvt;
+use sys_common::io::read_to_end_uninitialized;
 use u32;
 
 /// An owned container for `HANDLE` object, closing them on Drop.
@@ -39,6 +44,20 @@ impl Handle {
         Handle(RawHandle::new(handle))
     }
 
+    pub fn new_event(manual: bool, init: bool) -> io::Result<Handle> {
+        unsafe {
+            let event = c::CreateEventW(0 as *mut _,
+                                        manual as c::BOOL,
+                                        init as c::BOOL,
+                                        0 as *const _);
+            if event.is_null() {
+                Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
+            } else {
+                Ok(Handle::new(event))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn into_raw(self) -> c::HANDLE {
         let ret = self.raw();
         mem::forget(self);
@@ -87,6 +106,64 @@ impl RawHandle {
         }
     }
 
+    pub unsafe fn read_overlapped(&self,
+                                  buf: &mut [u8],
+                                  overlapped: *mut c::OVERLAPPED)
+                                  -> io::Result<Option<usize>> {
+        let len = cmp::min(buf.len(), <c::DWORD>::max_value() as usize) as c::DWORD;
+        let mut amt = 0;
+        let res = cvt({
+            c::ReadFile(self.0, buf.as_ptr() as c::LPVOID,
+                        len, &mut amt, overlapped)
+        });
+        match res {
+            Ok(_) => Ok(Some(amt as usize)),
+            Err(e) => {
+                if e.raw_os_error() == Some(c::ERROR_IO_PENDING as i32) {
+                    Ok(None)
+                } else if e.raw_os_error() == Some(c::ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE as i32) {
+                    Ok(Some(0))
+                } else {
+                    Err(e)
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn overlapped_result(&self,
+                             overlapped: *mut c::OVERLAPPED,
+                             wait: bool) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        unsafe {
+            let mut bytes = 0;
+            let wait = if wait {c::TRUE} else {c::FALSE};
+            let res = cvt({
+                c::GetOverlappedResult(self.raw(), overlapped, &mut bytes, wait)
+            });
+            match res {
+                Ok(_) => Ok(bytes as usize),
+                Err(e) => {
+                    if e.raw_os_error() == Some(c::ERROR_HANDLE_EOF as i32) ||
+                       e.raw_os_error() == Some(c::ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE as i32) {
+                        Ok(0)
+                    } else {
+                        Err(e)
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn cancel_io(&self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        unsafe {
+            cvt(c::CancelIo(self.raw())).map(|_| ())
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        let mut me = self;
+        (&mut me).read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+
     pub fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         let mut amt = 0;
         // WriteFile takes a DWORD (u32) for the length so it only supports
@@ -111,3 +188,13 @@ impl RawHandle {
         Ok(Handle::new(ret))
     }
 }
+
+impl<'a> Read for &'a RawHandle {
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        (**self).read(buf)
+    }
+
+    fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        unsafe { read_to_end_uninitialized(self, buf) }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/net.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/net.rs
index dfa44a651e61c..bb3c79c5a84fd 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/net.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/net.rs
@@ -8,8 +8,12 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+#![unstable(issue = "0", feature = "windows_net")]
+
+use prelude::v1::*;
+
 use cmp;
-use io;
+use io::{self, Read};
 use libc::{c_int, c_void, c_ulong};
 use mem;
 use net::{SocketAddr, Shutdown};
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ use sync::Once;
 use sys::c;
 use sys;
 use sys_common::{self, AsInner, FromInner, IntoInner};
+use sys_common::io::read_to_end_uninitialized;
 use sys_common::net;
 use time::Duration;
 
@@ -142,6 +147,11 @@ impl Socket {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        let mut me = self;
+        (&mut me).read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+
     pub fn set_timeout(&self, dur: Option<Duration>,
                        kind: c_int) -> io::Result<()> {
         let timeout = match dur {
@@ -206,6 +216,17 @@ impl Socket {
     }
 }
 
+#[unstable(reason = "not public", issue = "0", feature = "fd_read")]
+impl<'a> Read for &'a Socket {
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        (**self).read(buf)
+    }
+
+    fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        unsafe { read_to_end_uninitialized(self, buf) }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Drop for Socket {
     fn drop(&mut self) {
         let _ = unsafe { c::closesocket(self.0) };
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/pipe.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/pipe.rs
index aec41885f3b87..fbe38d76e9571 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/pipe.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/pipe.rs
@@ -8,10 +8,17 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+use prelude::v1::*;
+use os::windows::prelude::*;
+
+use ffi::OsStr;
+use path::Path;
 use io;
-use ptr;
-use sys::cvt;
+use mem;
+use rand::{self, Rng};
+use slice;
 use sys::c;
+use sys::fs::{File, OpenOptions};
 use sys::handle::Handle;
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -23,14 +30,76 @@ pub struct AnonPipe {
 }
 
 pub fn anon_pipe() -> io::Result<(AnonPipe, AnonPipe)> {
-    let mut reader = c::INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-    let mut writer = c::INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE;
-    try!(cvt(unsafe {
-        c::CreatePipe(&mut reader, &mut writer, ptr::null_mut(), 0)
-    }));
-    let reader = Handle::new(reader);
-    let writer = Handle::new(writer);
-    Ok((AnonPipe { inner: reader }, AnonPipe { inner: writer }))
+    // Note that we specifically do *not* use `CreatePipe` here because
+    // unfortunately the anonymous pipes returned do not support overlapped
+    // operations.
+    //
+    // Instead, we create a "hopefully unique" name and create a named pipe
+    // which has overlapped operations enabled.
+    //
+    // Once we do this, we connect do it as usual via `CreateFileW`, and then we
+    // return those reader/writer halves.
+    unsafe {
+        let reader;
+        let mut name;
+        let mut tries = 0;
+        loop {
+            tries += 1;
+            let key: u64 = rand::thread_rng().gen();
+            name = format!(r"\\.\pipe\__rust_anonymous_pipe1__.{}.{}",
+                           c::GetCurrentProcessId(),
+                           key);
+            let wide_name = OsStr::new(&name)
+                                  .encode_wide()
+                                  .chain(Some(0))
+                                  .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+
+            let handle = c::CreateNamedPipeW(wide_name.as_ptr(),
+                                             c::PIPE_ACCESS_INBOUND |
+                                              c::FILE_FLAG_FIRST_PIPE_INSTANCE |
+                                              c::FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED,
+                                             c::PIPE_TYPE_BYTE |
+                                              c::PIPE_READMODE_BYTE |
+                                              c::PIPE_WAIT |
+                                              c::PIPE_REJECT_REMOTE_CLIENTS,
+                                             1,
+                                             4096,
+                                             4096,
+                                             0,
+                                             0 as *mut _);
+
+            // We pass the FILE_FLAG_FIRST_PIPE_INSTANCE flag above, and we're
+            // also just doing a best effort at selecting a unique name. If
+            // ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED is returned then it could mean that we
+            // accidentally conflicted with an already existing pipe, so we try
+            // again.
+            //
+            // Don't try again too much though as this could also perhaps be a
+            // legit error.
+            if handle == c::INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE {
+                let err = io::Error::last_os_error();
+                if tries < 10 &&
+                   err.raw_os_error() == Some(c::ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED as i32) {
+                    continue
+                }
+                return Err(err)
+            }
+            reader = Handle::new(handle);
+            break
+        }
+
+        // Connect to the named pipe we just created in write-only mode (also
+        // overlapped for async I/O below).
+        let mut opts = OpenOptions::new();
+        opts.write(true);
+        opts.read(false);
+        opts.share_mode(0);
+        opts.attributes(c::FILE_FLAG_OVERLAPPED);
+        let writer = try!(File::open(Path::new(&name), &opts));
+        let writer = AnonPipe { inner: writer.into_handle() };
+
+        Ok((AnonPipe { inner: reader }, AnonPipe { inner: writer.into_handle() }))
+    }
 }
 
 impl AnonPipe {
@@ -41,7 +110,193 @@ impl AnonPipe {
         self.inner.read(buf)
     }
 
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.inner.read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+
     pub fn write(&self, buf: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.inner.write(buf)
     }
 }
+
+pub fn read2(p1: AnonPipe,
+             v1: &mut Vec<u8>,
+             p2: AnonPipe,
+             v2: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<()> {
+    let p1 = p1.into_handle();
+    let p2 = p2.into_handle();
+
+    let mut p1 = try!(AsyncPipe::new(p1, v1));
+    let mut p2 = try!(AsyncPipe::new(p2, v2));
+    let objs = [p1.event.raw(), p2.event.raw()];
+
+    // In a loop we wait for either pipe's scheduled read operation to complete.
+    // If the operation completes with 0 bytes, that means EOF was reached, in
+    // which case we just finish out the other pipe entirely.
+    //
+    // Note that overlapped I/O is in general super unsafe because we have to
+    // be careful to ensure that all pointers in play are valid for the entire
+    // duration of the I/O operation (where tons of operations can also fail).
+    // The destructor for `AsyncPipe` ends up taking care of most of this.
+    loop {
+        let res = unsafe {
+            c::WaitForMultipleObjects(2, objs.as_ptr(), c::FALSE, c::INFINITE)
+        };
+        if res == c::WAIT_OBJECT_0 {
+            if !try!(p1.result()) || !try!(p1.schedule_read()) {
+                return p2.finish()
+            }
+        } else if res == c::WAIT_OBJECT_0 + 1 {
+            if !try!(p2.result()) || !try!(p2.schedule_read()) {
+                return p1.finish()
+            }
+        } else {
+            return Err(io::Error::last_os_error())
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct AsyncPipe<'a> {
+    pipe: Handle,
+    event: Handle,
+    overlapped: Box<c::OVERLAPPED>, // needs a stable address
+    dst: &'a mut Vec<u8>,
+    state: State,
+}
+
+#[derive(PartialEq, Debug)]
+enum State {
+    NotReading,
+    Reading,
+    Read(usize),
+}
+
+impl<'a> AsyncPipe<'a> {
+    fn new(pipe: Handle, dst: &'a mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<AsyncPipe<'a>> {
+        // Create an event which we'll use to coordinate our overlapped
+        // opreations, this event will be used in WaitForMultipleObjects
+        // and passed as part of the OVERLAPPED handle.
+        //
+        // Note that we do a somewhat clever thing here by flagging the
+        // event as being manually reset and setting it initially to the
+        // signaled state. This means that we'll naturally fall through the
+        // WaitForMultipleObjects call above for pipes created initially,
+        // and the only time an even will go back to "unset" will be once an
+        // I/O operation is successfully scheduled (what we want).
+        let event = try!(Handle::new_event(true, true));
+        let mut overlapped: Box<c::OVERLAPPED> = unsafe {
+            Box::new(mem::zeroed())
+        };
+        overlapped.hEvent = event.raw();
+        Ok(AsyncPipe {
+            pipe: pipe,
+            overlapped: overlapped,
+            event: event,
+            dst: dst,
+            state: State::NotReading,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Executes an overlapped read operation.
+    ///
+    /// Must not currently be reading, and returns whether the pipe is currently
+    /// at EOF or not. If the pipe is not at EOF then `result()` must be called
+    /// to complete the read later on (may block), but if the pipe is at EOF
+    /// then `result()` should not be called as it will just block forever.
+    fn schedule_read(&mut self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+        assert_eq!(self.state, State::NotReading);
+        let amt = unsafe {
+            let slice = slice_to_end(self.dst);
+            try!(self.pipe.read_overlapped(slice, &mut *self.overlapped))
+        };
+
+        // If this read finished immediately then our overlapped event will
+        // remain signaled (it was signaled coming in here) and we'll progress
+        // down to the method below.
+        //
+        // Otherwise the I/O operation is scheduled and the system set our event
+        // to not signaled, so we flag ourselves into the reading state and move
+        // on.
+        self.state = match amt {
+            Some(0) => return Ok(false),
+            Some(amt) => State::Read(amt),
+            None => State::Reading,
+        };
+        Ok(true)
+    }
+
+    /// Wait for the result of the overlapped operation previously executed.
+    ///
+    /// Takes a parameter `wait` which indicates if this pipe is currently being
+    /// read whether the function should block waiting for the read to complete.
+    ///
+    /// Return values:
+    ///
+    /// * `true` - finished any pending read and the pipe is not at EOF (keep
+    ///            going)
+    /// * `false` - finished any pending read and pipe is at EOF (stop issuing
+    ///             reads)
+    fn result(&mut self) -> io::Result<bool> {
+        let amt = match self.state {
+            State::NotReading => return Ok(true),
+            State::Reading => {
+                try!(self.pipe.overlapped_result(&mut *self.overlapped, true))
+            }
+            State::Read(amt) => amt,
+        };
+        self.state = State::NotReading;
+        unsafe {
+            let len = self.dst.len();
+            self.dst.set_len(len + amt);
+        }
+        Ok(amt != 0)
+    }
+
+    /// Finishes out reading this pipe entirely.
+    ///
+    /// Waits for any pending and schedule read, and then calls `read_to_end`
+    /// if necessary to read all the remaining information.
+    fn finish(&mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
+        while try!(self.result()) && try!(self.schedule_read()) {
+            // ...
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a> Drop for AsyncPipe<'a> {
+    fn drop(&mut self) {
+        match self.state {
+            State::Reading => {}
+            _ => return,
+        }
+
+        // If we have a pending read operation, then we have to make sure that
+        // it's *done* before we actually drop this type. The kernel requires
+        // that the `OVERLAPPED` and buffer pointers are valid for the entire
+        // I/O operation.
+        //
+        // To do that, we call `CancelIo` to cancel any pending operation, and
+        // if that succeeds we wait for the overlapped result.
+        //
+        // If anything here fails, there's not really much we can do, so we leak
+        // the buffer/OVERLAPPED pointers to ensure we're at least memory safe.
+        if self.pipe.cancel_io().is_err() || self.result().is_err() {
+            let buf = mem::replace(self.dst, Vec::new());
+            let overlapped = Box::new(unsafe { mem::zeroed() });
+            let overlapped = mem::replace(&mut self.overlapped, overlapped);
+            mem::forget((buf, overlapped));
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+unsafe fn slice_to_end(v: &mut Vec<u8>) -> &mut [u8] {
+    if v.capacity() == 0 {
+        v.reserve(16);
+    }
+    if v.capacity() == v.len() {
+        v.reserve(1);
+    }
+    slice::from_raw_parts_mut(v.as_mut_ptr().offset(v.len() as isize),
+                              v.capacity() - v.len())
+}
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/process.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/process.rs
index fa118be6fe6b1..524c932eed439 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/process.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/process.rs
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ impl Command {
         self.stderr = Some(stderr);
     }
 
-    pub fn spawn(&mut self, default: Stdio)
+    pub fn spawn(&mut self, default: Stdio, needs_stdin: bool)
                  -> io::Result<(Process, StdioPipes)> {
         // To have the spawning semantics of unix/windows stay the same, we need
         // to read the *child's* PATH if one is provided. See #15149 for more
@@ -181,7 +181,9 @@ impl Command {
             stdout: None,
             stderr: None,
         };
-        let stdin = self.stdin.as_ref().unwrap_or(&default);
+        let null = Stdio::Null;
+        let default_stdin = if needs_stdin {&default} else {&null};
+        let stdin = self.stdin.as_ref().unwrap_or(default_stdin);
         let stdout = self.stdout.as_ref().unwrap_or(&default);
         let stderr = self.stderr.as_ref().unwrap_or(&default);
         let stdin = try!(stdin.to_handle(c::STD_INPUT_HANDLE, &mut pipes.stdin));
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/windows/stdio.rs b/src/libstd/sys/windows/stdio.rs
index 1cd05b61d25b0..5883904c21d72 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/windows/stdio.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/windows/stdio.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+#![unstable(issue = "0", feature = "windows_stdio")]
+
 use prelude::v1::*;
 use io::prelude::*;
 
@@ -18,6 +20,7 @@ use sync::Mutex;
 use sys::c;
 use sys::cvt;
 use sys::handle::Handle;
+use sys_common::io::read_to_end_uninitialized;
 
 pub struct NoClose(Option<Handle>);
 
@@ -113,6 +116,22 @@ impl Stdin {
         // MemReader shouldn't error here since we just filled it
         utf8.read(buf)
     }
+
+    pub fn read_to_end(&self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        let mut me = self;
+        (&mut me).read_to_end(buf)
+    }
+}
+
+#[unstable(reason = "not public", issue = "0", feature = "fd_read")]
+impl<'a> Read for &'a Stdin {
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        (**self).read(buf)
+    }
+
+    fn read_to_end(&mut self, buf: &mut Vec<u8>) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        unsafe { read_to_end_uninitialized(self, buf) }
+    }
 }
 
 impl Stdout {