diff --git a/BUILD.gn b/BUILD.gn
index 68cb2c6db7b899..e81ac64ddd1a78 100644
--- a/BUILD.gn
+++ b/BUILD.gn
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@ ts_sources = [
   "js/read_link.ts",
   "js/remove.ts",
   "js/rename.ts",
+  "js/resources.ts",
   "js/stat.ts",
   "js/symlink.ts",
   "js/text_encoding.ts",
diff --git a/js/deno.ts b/js/deno.ts
index 8a6b627b6b25ba..346997d4dcceec 100644
--- a/js/deno.ts
+++ b/js/deno.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ export { truncateSync, truncate } from "./truncate";
 export { FileInfo } from "./file_info";
 export { connect, dial, listen, Listener, Conn } from "./net";
 export { metrics } from "./metrics";
+export { resources } from "./resources";
 export const args: string[] = [];
 
 // Provide the compiler API in an obfuscated way
diff --git a/js/resources.ts b/js/resources.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a28270fca6f22b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/resources.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+// Copyright 2018 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+import * as msg from "gen/msg_generated";
+import * as flatbuffers from "./flatbuffers";
+import { assert } from "./util";
+import * as dispatch from "./dispatch";
+
+export function resources(): { [key: number]: string } {
+  const builder = flatbuffers.createBuilder();
+  msg.Resources.startResources(builder);
+  const inner = msg.Resource.endResource(builder);
+  const baseRes = dispatch.sendSync(builder, msg.Any.Resources, inner);
+  assert(baseRes !== null);
+  assert(msg.Any.ResourcesRes === baseRes!.innerType());
+  const res = new msg.ResourcesRes();
+  assert(baseRes!.inner(res) !== null);
+
+  const resources: { [key: number]: string } = {};
+
+  for (let i = 0; i < res.resourcesLength(); i++) {
+    const item = res.resources(i)!;
+    resources[item.rid()!] = item.repr()!;
+  }
+
+  return resources;
+}
diff --git a/js/resources_test.ts b/js/resources_test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3b34d7395c6c14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/js/resources_test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Copyright 2018 the Deno authors. All rights reserved. MIT license.
+import { test, testPerm, assert, assertEqual } from "./test_util.ts";
+import * as deno from "deno";
+
+test(function resourcesStdio() {
+  const res = deno.resources();
+
+  assertEqual(res[0], "stdin");
+  assertEqual(res[1], "stdout");
+  assertEqual(res[2], "stderr");
+});
+
+testPerm({ net: true }, async function resourcesNet() {
+  const addr = "127.0.0.1:4501";
+  const listener = deno.listen("tcp", addr);
+
+  const dialerConn = await deno.dial("tcp", addr);
+  const listenerConn = await listener.accept();
+
+  const res = deno.resources();
+  assertEqual(Object.values(res).filter(r => r === "tcpListener").length, 1);
+  assertEqual(Object.values(res).filter(r => r === "tcpStream").length, 2);
+
+  listenerConn.close();
+  dialerConn.close();
+  listener.close();
+});
+
+test(async function resourcesFile() {
+  const resourcesBefore = deno.resources();
+  await deno.open("tests/hello.txt");
+  const resourcesAfter = deno.resources();
+
+  // check that exactly one new resource (file) was added
+  assertEqual(
+    Object.keys(resourcesAfter).length,
+    Object.keys(resourcesBefore).length + 1
+  );
+  const newRid = Object.keys(resourcesAfter).find(rid => {
+    return !resourcesBefore.hasOwnProperty(rid);
+  });
+  assertEqual(resourcesAfter[newRid], "fsFile");
+});
diff --git a/js/unit_tests.ts b/js/unit_tests.ts
index af7b421e617670..22e5fbdc04bce0 100644
--- a/js/unit_tests.ts
+++ b/js/unit_tests.ts
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import "./read_dir_test.ts";
 import "./read_file_test.ts";
 import "./read_link_test.ts";
 import "./rename_test.ts";
+import "./resources_test.ts";
 import "./stat_test.ts";
 import "./symlink_test.ts";
 import "./text_encoding_test.ts";
diff --git a/src/msg.fbs b/src/msg.fbs
index e7ebe66842f659..ba7031621c26ea 100644
--- a/src/msg.fbs
+++ b/src/msg.fbs
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ union Any {
   Rename,
   Readlink,
   ReadlinkRes,
+  Resources,
+  ResourcesRes,
   Symlink,
   Stat,
   StatRes,
@@ -270,6 +272,17 @@ table ReadlinkRes {
   path: string;
 }
 
+table Resources {}
+
+table Resource {
+  rid: int;
+  repr: string;
+}
+
+table ResourcesRes {
+  resources: [Resource];
+}
+
 table Symlink {
   oldname: string;
   newname: string;
diff --git a/src/ops.rs b/src/ops.rs
index 95522fb6b8305a..ce123ccd2af885 100644
--- a/src/ops.rs
+++ b/src/ops.rs
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ use futures::Poll;
 use hyper;
 use hyper::rt::{Future, Stream};
 use remove_dir_all::remove_dir_all;
+use resources::table_entries;
 use std;
 use std::fs;
 use std::net::{Shutdown, SocketAddr};
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ pub fn dispatch(
       msg::Any::Read => op_read,
       msg::Any::Remove => op_remove,
       msg::Any::Rename => op_rename,
+      msg::Any::Resources => op_resources,
       msg::Any::SetEnv => op_set_env,
       msg::Any::Shutdown => op_shutdown,
       msg::Any::Start => op_start,
@@ -1288,3 +1290,49 @@ fn op_metrics(
     },
   ))
 }
+
+fn op_resources(
+  _state: Arc<IsolateState>,
+  base: &msg::Base,
+  data: &'static mut [u8],
+) -> Box<Op> {
+  assert_eq!(data.len(), 0);
+  let cmd_id = base.cmd_id();
+
+  let builder = &mut FlatBufferBuilder::new();
+  let serialized_resources = table_entries();
+
+  let res: Vec<_> = serialized_resources
+    .iter()
+    .map(|(key, value)| {
+      let repr = builder.create_string(value);
+
+      msg::Resource::create(
+        builder,
+        &msg::ResourceArgs {
+          rid: key.clone(),
+          repr: Some(repr),
+          ..Default::default()
+        },
+      )
+    }).collect();
+
+  let resources = builder.create_vector(&res);
+  let inner = msg::ResourcesRes::create(
+    builder,
+    &msg::ResourcesResArgs {
+      resources: Some(resources),
+      ..Default::default()
+    },
+  );
+
+  ok_future(serialize_response(
+    cmd_id,
+    builder,
+    msg::BaseArgs {
+      inner: Some(inner.as_union_value()),
+      inner_type: msg::Any::ResourcesRes,
+      ..Default::default()
+    },
+  ))
+}
diff --git a/src/resources.rs b/src/resources.rs
index a959d5c556f908..72fdf9777442a1 100644
--- a/src/resources.rs
+++ b/src/resources.rs
@@ -58,6 +58,40 @@ enum Repr {
   TcpStream(tokio::net::TcpStream),
 }
 
+pub fn table_entries() -> Vec<(i32, String)> {
+  let table = RESOURCE_TABLE.lock().unwrap();
+
+  let tuples = table
+    .iter()
+    .map(|(key, value)| (key.clone(), inspect_repr(&value)))
+    .collect();
+
+  tuples
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_table_entries() {
+  let mut entries = table_entries();
+  entries.sort();
+  assert_eq!(entries.len(), 3);
+  assert_eq!(entries[0], (0, String::from("stdin")));
+  assert_eq!(entries[1], (1, String::from("stdout")));
+  assert_eq!(entries[2], (2, String::from("stderr")));
+}
+
+fn inspect_repr(repr: &Repr) -> String {
+  let h_repr = match repr {
+    Repr::Stdin(_) => "stdin",
+    Repr::Stdout(_) => "stdout",
+    Repr::Stderr(_) => "stderr",
+    Repr::FsFile(_) => "fsFile",
+    Repr::TcpListener(_) => "tcpListener",
+    Repr::TcpStream(_) => "tcpStream",
+  };
+
+  String::from(h_repr)
+}
+
 // Abstract async file interface.
 // Ideally in unix, if Resource represents an OS rid, it will be the same.
 #[derive(Debug)]
diff --git a/tests/hello.txt b/tests/hello.txt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6769dd60bdf536
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/hello.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Hello world!
\ No newline at end of file