diff --git a/gdb/Makefile.in b/gdb/Makefile.in
index f9606b8fc7..d5f1450035 100644
--- a/gdb/Makefile.in
+++ b/gdb/Makefile.in
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ SUBDIR_UNITTESTS_SRCS = \
 	unittests/rsp-low-selftests.c \
 	unittests/scoped_fd-selftests.c \
 	unittests/scoped_mmap-selftests.c \
+	unittests/scoped_pipe-selftests.c \
 	unittests/scoped_restore-selftests.c \
 	unittests/string_view-selftests.c \
 	unittests/style-selftests.c \
diff --git a/gdb/unittests/scoped_pipe-selftests.c b/gdb/unittests/scoped_pipe-selftests.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..dd634bec97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdb/unittests/scoped_pipe-selftests.c
@@ -0,0 +1,96 @@
+/* Self tests for scoped_pipe for GDB, the GNU debugger.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include "defs.h"
+
+#include "gdbsupport/scoped_pipe.h"
+#include "config.h"
+#include "gdbsupport/selftest.h"
+
+namespace selftests {
+namespace scoped_pipe {
+
+/* Test that the pipe is correctly created.  */
+
+static void
+test_create ()
+{
+  ::scoped_pipe spipe;
+
+  SELF_CHECK (spipe.get_read_end () > 0);
+  SELF_CHECK (spipe.get_write_end () > 0);
+}
+
+/* Test that we can write and read from the pipe.  */
+
+static void
+test_transmission ()
+{
+  int foo = 123;
+  ::scoped_pipe spipe;
+
+  /* Write to the pipe.  */
+  {
+    ssize_t writeret;
+
+    do
+      {
+	writeret = write (spipe.get_write_end (), &foo, sizeof (foo));
+      }
+    while (writeret < 0 && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR));
+
+    SELF_CHECK (writeret > 0);
+  }
+
+  /* Read from the pipe, and check if the value read is the same as
+     the one that was written.  */
+  {
+    ssize_t readret;
+    int read_foo;
+
+    do
+      {
+	readret = read (spipe.get_read_end (), &read_foo, sizeof (read_foo));
+      }
+    while (readret < 0 && (errno == EAGAIN || errno == EINTR));
+
+    SELF_CHECK (readret > 0);
+
+    SELF_CHECK (read_foo == foo);
+  }
+}
+
+/* Run selftests.  */
+static void
+run_tests ()
+{
+  test_create ();
+  test_transmission ();
+}
+
+} /* namespace scoped_pipe */
+} /* namespace selftests */
+
+void _initialize_scoped_pipe_selftests ();
+void
+_initialize_scoped_pipe_selftests ()
+{
+  selftests::register_test ("scoped_pipe",
+			    selftests::scoped_pipe::run_tests);
+}
diff --git a/gdbsupport/scoped_pipe.h b/gdbsupport/scoped_pipe.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8f133b442f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gdbsupport/scoped_pipe.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/* scoped_pipe, automatically close a pipe.
+
+   Copyright (C) 2020 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+
+   This file is part of GDB.
+
+   This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+   it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+   the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or
+   (at your option) any later version.
+
+   This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+   GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+   along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#ifndef COMMON_SCOPED_PIPE_H
+#define COMMON_SCOPED_PIPE_H
+
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include "filestuff.h"
+
+/* A smart-pointer-like class to automatically close a pipe.  */
+
+class scoped_pipe
+{
+public:
+  explicit scoped_pipe ()
+  {
+    if (gdb_pipe_cloexec (m_pipe) < 0)
+      error (_("gdb_pipe_cloexec: %s"), safe_strerror (errno));
+  }
+
+  ~scoped_pipe ()
+  {
+    if (m_pipe[0] >= 0)
+      close (m_pipe[0]);
+    if (m_pipe[1] >= 0)
+      close (m_pipe[1]);
+  }
+
+  DISABLE_COPY_AND_ASSIGN (scoped_pipe);
+
+  /* Get the read end of the pipe.  */
+  int get_read_end () const noexcept
+  {
+    return m_pipe[0];
+  }
+
+  /* Get the write end of the pipe.  */
+  int get_write_end () const noexcept
+  {
+    return m_pipe[1];
+  }
+
+private:
+  int m_pipe[2];
+};
+
+#endif /* ! COMMON_SCOPED_PIPE_H */
