diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c188eb1..2fc5727 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -36,3 +36,4 @@ serde = { version = "1.0.130", optional = true }
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_derive = "1.0.130"
 serde_json = "1.0.68"
+tempfile = "3.2.0"
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 04db286..b21c6df 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@
 pub enum EncodeError {
     InvalidIntEncoding,
     UnexpectedEnd,
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "std")]
+    Io {
+        error: std::io::Error,
+        index: usize,
+    },
 }
 
 #[non_exhaustive]
diff --git a/src/features/impl_std.rs b/src/features/impl_std.rs
index 31d9758..0cdca00 100644
--- a/src/features/impl_std.rs
+++ b/src/features/impl_std.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 use crate::{
     config::{self, Config},
     de::{read::Reader, Decodable, Decoder},
-    error::DecodeError,
+    enc::{write::Writer, Encodeable, Encoder},
+    error::{DecodeError, EncodeError},
 };
 
 pub fn decode_from<D: Decodable, R: std::io::Read>(src: &mut R) -> Result<D, DecodeError> {
@@ -25,3 +26,42 @@ impl<'storage, R: std::io::Read> Reader<'storage> for R {
         }
     }
 }
+
+pub fn encode_into_write<E: Encodeable, W: std::io::Write>(
+    val: E,
+    dst: &mut W,
+) -> Result<usize, EncodeError> {
+    encode_into_write_with_config(val, dst, config::Default)
+}
+
+pub fn encode_into_write_with_config<E: Encodeable, C: Config, W: std::io::Write>(
+    val: E,
+    dst: &mut W,
+    _config: C,
+) -> Result<usize, EncodeError> {
+    let writer = IoWriter {
+        writer: dst,
+        bytes_written: 0,
+    };
+    let mut encoder = Encoder::<_, C>::new(writer);
+    val.encode(&mut encoder)?;
+    Ok(encoder.into_writer().bytes_written)
+}
+
+struct IoWriter<'a, W: std::io::Write> {
+    writer: &'a mut W,
+    bytes_written: usize,
+}
+
+impl<'storage, W: std::io::Write> Writer for IoWriter<'storage, W> {
+    fn write(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<(), EncodeError> {
+        self.writer
+            .write_all(bytes)
+            .map_err(|error| EncodeError::Io {
+                error,
+                index: self.bytes_written,
+            })?;
+        self.bytes_written += bytes.len();
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/alloc.rs b/tests/alloc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dee965
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/alloc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "alloc")]
+
+struct Foo {
+    pub a: u32,
+    pub b: u32,
+}
+
+impl bincode::enc::Encodeable for Foo {
+    fn encode<E: bincode::enc::Encode>(
+        &self,
+        mut encoder: E,
+    ) -> Result<(), bincode::error::EncodeError> {
+        self.a.encode(&mut encoder)?;
+        self.b.encode(&mut encoder)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl bincode::de::Decodable for Foo {
+    fn decode<D: bincode::de::Decode>(mut decoder: D) -> Result<Self, bincode::error::DecodeError> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            a: bincode::de::Decodable::decode(&mut decoder)?,
+            b: bincode::de::Decodable::decode(&mut decoder)?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_vec() {
+    let vec = bincode::encode_to_vec(Foo { a: 5, b: 10 }).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(vec, &[5, 10]);
+
+    let foo: Foo = bincode::decode(&vec).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(foo.a, 5);
+    assert_eq!(foo.b, 10);
+}
diff --git a/tests/std.rs b/tests/std.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da8b984
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/std.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+#![cfg(feature = "std")]
+
+struct Foo {
+    pub a: u32,
+    pub b: u32,
+}
+
+impl bincode::enc::Encodeable for Foo {
+    fn encode<E: bincode::enc::Encode>(
+        &self,
+        mut encoder: E,
+    ) -> Result<(), bincode::error::EncodeError> {
+        self.a.encode(&mut encoder)?;
+        self.b.encode(&mut encoder)?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+impl bincode::de::Decodable for Foo {
+    fn decode<D: bincode::de::Decode>(mut decoder: D) -> Result<Self, bincode::error::DecodeError> {
+        Ok(Self {
+            a: bincode::de::Decodable::decode(&mut decoder)?,
+            b: bincode::de::Decodable::decode(&mut decoder)?,
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_std_cursor() {
+    let mut cursor = std::io::Cursor::<&[u8]>::new(&[5, 10]);
+    let foo: Foo = bincode::decode_from(&mut cursor).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(foo.a, 5);
+    assert_eq!(foo.b, 10);
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn test_std_file() {
+    use std::io::{Seek, SeekFrom};
+
+    let mut file = tempfile::tempfile().expect("Could not create temp file");
+
+    let bytes_written = bincode::encode_into_write(Foo { a: 30, b: 50 }, &mut file).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(bytes_written, 2);
+    file.seek(SeekFrom::Start(0)).unwrap();
+
+    let foo: Foo = bincode::decode_from(&mut file).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(foo.a, 30);
+    assert_eq!(foo.b, 50);
+}