diff --git a/include/osmocom/core/osmo_io.h b/include/osmocom/core/osmo_io.h
index ffc8cfa..c19ca67 100644
--- a/include/osmocom/core/osmo_io.h
+++ b/include/osmocom/core/osmo_io.h
@@ -88,3 +88,5 @@
 
 int osmo_iofd_get_fd(const struct osmo_io_fd *iofd);
 const char *osmo_iofd_get_name(const struct osmo_io_fd *iofd);
+
+void osmo_iofd_set_ioops(struct osmo_io_fd *iofd, const struct osmo_io_ops *ioops);
diff --git a/src/core/libosmocore.map b/src/core/libosmocore.map
index 7bca331..bce3399 100644
--- a/src/core/libosmocore.map
+++ b/src/core/libosmocore.map
@@ -267,6 +267,7 @@
 osmo_iofd_sendto_msgb;
 osmo_iofd_set_alloc_info;
 osmo_iofd_set_data;
+osmo_iofd_set_ioops;
 osmo_iofd_set_priv_nr;
 osmo_iofd_setup;
 osmo_iofd_txqueue_clear;
diff --git a/src/core/osmo_io.c b/src/core/osmo_io.c
index cfb6d68..b06e63c 100644
--- a/src/core/osmo_io.c
+++ b/src/core/osmo_io.c
@@ -599,4 +599,12 @@
 	return iofd->name;
 }
 
+/*! Set the osmo_io_ops for an iofd
+ *  \param[in] iofd Target iofd file descriptor
+ *  \param[in] ioops osmo_io_ops structure to be set */
+void osmo_iofd_set_ioops(struct osmo_io_fd *iofd, const struct osmo_io_ops *ioops)
+{
+	iofd->io_ops = *ioops;
+}
+
 #endif /* defined(__linux__) */