diff --git a/src/fs/file.rs b/src/fs/file.rs
index 733bc655..64a6a0d2 100644
--- a/src/fs/file.rs
+++ b/src/fs/file.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use crate::buf::fixed::FixedBuf;
 use crate::buf::{BoundedBuf, BoundedBufMut, IoBuf, IoBufMut, Slice};
 use crate::fs::OpenOptions;
+use crate::io::cmd::UnsubmittedCmd;
 use crate::io::SharedFd;
 
 use crate::runtime::driver::op::{Op, Submit};
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::io;
 use std::os::unix::io::{AsRawFd, FromRawFd, IntoRawFd, RawFd};
 use std::path::Path;
+use std::pin::Pin;
 
 /// A reference to an open file on the filesystem.
 ///
@@ -879,6 +881,11 @@ impl File {
     pub async fn close(mut self) -> io::Result<()> {
         self.fd.close().await
     }
+
+    #[allow(missing_docs)]
+    pub fn cmd<T>(&self, op: u32, cmd: [u8; 16], data: Pin<Box<T>>) -> UnsubmittedCmd<T> {
+        UnsubmittedCmd::cmd(&self.fd, op, cmd, data)
+    }
 }
 
 impl FromRawFd for File {
diff --git a/src/io/cmd.rs b/src/io/cmd.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8445efe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/io/cmd.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+
+use io_uring::cqueue::Entry;
+use io_uring::{opcode, types};
+
+use crate::io::SharedFd;
+
+use crate::{OneshotOutputTransform, UnsubmittedOneshot};
+
+/// An unsubmitted read operation.
+pub type UnsubmittedCmd<T> = UnsubmittedOneshot<CmdData<T>, CmdTransform<T>>;
+
+impl<T> UnsubmittedCmd<T> {
+    pub(crate) fn cmd(fd: &SharedFd, op: u32, cmd: [u8; 16], data: Pin<Box<T>>) -> Self {
+        Self::new(
+            CmdData { data },
+            CmdTransform {
+                _phantom: PhantomData,
+            },
+            opcode::UringCmd16::new(types::Fd(fd.raw_fd()), op)
+                .cmd(cmd)
+                .build(),
+        )
+    }
+}
+
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
+pub struct CmdData<T> {
+    data: Pin<Box<T>>,
+}
+
+#[allow(missing_docs)]
+pub struct CmdTransform<B> {
+    _phantom: PhantomData<B>,
+}
+
+impl<T> OneshotOutputTransform for CmdTransform<T> {
+    type Output = (i32, Pin<Box<T>>);
+    type StoredData = CmdData<T>;
+
+    fn transform_oneshot_output(self, data: Self::StoredData, cqe: Entry) -> Self::Output {
+        (cqe.result(), data.data)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/io/mod.rs b/src/io/mod.rs
index b4e8dd2a..07fd944b 100644
--- a/src/io/mod.rs
+++ b/src/io/mod.rs
@@ -56,3 +56,5 @@ pub(crate) mod writev;
 
 mod writev_all;
 pub(crate) use writev_all::writev_at_all;
+
+pub(crate) mod cmd;
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5d5417fd..f1177f8e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ pub mod buf;
 pub mod fs;
 pub mod net;
 
+pub use io::cmd::*;
 pub use io::read::*;
 pub use io::readv::*;
 pub use io::write::*;