diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index d19cac926982e..6081c90b1eef4 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -252,6 +252,8 @@ provided by the operating system.
 
 - `--newruntime` and `--refchecks` are deprecated.
 
+- Added `unsafeIsolate` and `extract` to `std/isolation`.
+
 ## Tool changes
 
 - The rst parser now supports markdown table syntax.
diff --git a/lib/std/isolation.nim b/lib/std/isolation.nim
index 7c44f47fb6e33..70395d6d496be 100644
--- a/lib/std/isolation.nim
+++ b/lib/std/isolation.nim
@@ -30,3 +30,11 @@ func isolate*[T](value: sink T): Isolated[T] {.magic: "Isolate".} =
   ## Please read https://github.com/nim-lang/RFCs/issues/244
   ## for more details.
   Isolated[T](value: value)
+
+func unsafeIsolate*[T](value: sink T): Isolated[T] =
+  ## Creates an isolated subgraph from the expression `value`.
+  Isolated[T](value: value)
+
+func extract*[T](src: var Isolated[T]): T =
+  ## Returns the internal value of `src`.
+  result = move(src.value)