diff --git a/lightning/src/lib.rs b/lightning/src/lib.rs
index 3f88a208e9d..ba6d6bc7191 100644
--- a/lightning/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lightning/src/lib.rs
@@ -78,9 +78,11 @@ pub mod ln;
pub mod routing;
#[cfg(feature = "std")]
-use std::io;
+/// Re-export of either `core2::io` or `std::io`, depending on the `std` feature flag.
+pub use std::io;
#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
-use core2::io;
+/// Re-export of either `core2::io` or `std::io`, depending on the `std` feature flag.
+pub use core2::io;
#[cfg(not(feature = "std"))]
mod io_extras {