diff --git a/library/core/src/ffi/c_str.rs b/library/core/src/ffi/c_str.rs
index 201bacb28c7ee..6e8a1a84664b9 100644
--- a/library/core/src/ffi/c_str.rs
+++ b/library/core/src/ffi/c_str.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ use crate::error::Error;
 use crate::ffi::c_char;
 use crate::fmt;
 use crate::intrinsics;
+use crate::iter::FusedIterator;
+use crate::marker::PhantomData;
 use crate::ops;
+use crate::ptr::NonNull;
 use crate::slice;
 use crate::slice::memchr;
 use crate::str;
@@ -595,6 +598,26 @@ impl CStr {
         unsafe { &*(&self.inner as *const [c_char] as *const [u8]) }
     }
 
+    /// Iterates over the bytes in this C string.
+    ///
+    /// The returned iterator will **not** contain the trailing nul terminator
+    /// that this C string has.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// #![feature(cstr_bytes)]
+    /// use std::ffi::CStr;
+    ///
+    /// let cstr = CStr::from_bytes_with_nul(b"foo\0").expect("CStr::from_bytes_with_nul failed");
+    /// assert!(cstr.bytes().eq(*b"foo"));
+    /// ```
+    #[inline]
+    #[unstable(feature = "cstr_bytes", issue = "112115")]
+    pub fn bytes(&self) -> CStrBytes<'_> {
+        CStrBytes::new(self)
+    }
+
     /// Yields a <code>&[str]</code> slice if the `CStr` contains valid UTF-8.
     ///
     /// If the contents of the `CStr` are valid UTF-8 data, this
@@ -675,3 +698,71 @@ impl AsRef<CStr> for CStr {
         self
     }
 }
+
+/// An iterator over the bytes of a [`CStr`], without the nul terminator.
+///
+/// This struct is created by the [`bytes`] method on [`CStr`].
+/// See its documentation for more.
+///
+/// [`bytes`]: CStr::bytes
+#[must_use = "iterators are lazy and do nothing unless consumed"]
+#[unstable(feature = "cstr_bytes", issue = "112115")]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+pub struct CStrBytes<'a> {
+    // since we know the string is nul-terminated, we only need one pointer
+    ptr: NonNull<u8>,
+    phantom: PhantomData<&'a u8>,
+}
+impl<'a> CStrBytes<'a> {
+    #[inline]
+    fn new(s: &'a CStr) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            // SAFETY: Because we have a valid reference to the string, we know
+            // that its pointer is non-null.
+            ptr: unsafe { NonNull::new_unchecked(s.inner.as_ptr() as *const u8 as *mut u8) },
+            phantom: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn is_empty(&self) -> bool {
+        // SAFETY: We uphold that the pointer is always valid to dereference
+        // by starting with a valid C string and then never incrementing beyond
+        // the nul terminator.
+        unsafe { *self.ptr.as_ref() == 0 }
+    }
+}
+
+#[unstable(feature = "cstr_bytes", issue = "112115")]
+impl Iterator for CStrBytes<'_> {
+    type Item = u8;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<u8> {
+        // SAFETY: We only choose a pointer from a valid C string, which must
+        // be non-null and contain at least one value. Since we always stop at
+        // the nul terminator, which is guaranteed to exist, we can assume that
+        // the pointer is non-null and valid. This lets us safely dereference
+        // it and assume that adding 1 will create a new, non-null, valid
+        // pointer.
+        unsafe {
+            intrinsics::assume(!self.ptr.as_ptr().is_null());
+
+            let ret = *self.ptr.as_ref();
+            if ret == 0 {
+                None
+            } else {
+                self.ptr = NonNull::new_unchecked(self.ptr.as_ptr().offset(1));
+                Some(ret)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn size_hint(&self) -> (usize, Option<usize>) {
+        if self.is_empty() { (0, Some(0)) } else { (1, None) }
+    }
+}
+
+#[unstable(feature = "cstr_bytes", issue = "112115")]
+impl FusedIterator for CStrBytes<'_> {}