diff --git a/src/liballoc/lib.rs b/src/liballoc/lib.rs
index 0cbfc9e9dacbb..f654a6b5ba471 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/lib.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/lib.rs
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@
 #![feature(dropck_eyepatch)]
 #![feature(exact_size_is_empty)]
 #![feature(fmt_internals)]
+#![feature(from_ref)]
 #![feature(fundamental)]
 #![feature(fused)]
 #![feature(generic_param_attrs)]
diff --git a/src/liballoc/slice.rs b/src/liballoc/slice.rs
index 2045d5ddd972d..0c5fec2cf7499 100644
--- a/src/liballoc/slice.rs
+++ b/src/liballoc/slice.rs
@@ -119,6 +119,8 @@ pub use core::slice::{SplitN, RSplitN, SplitNMut, RSplitNMut};
 pub use core::slice::{RSplit, RSplitMut};
 #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
 pub use core::slice::{from_raw_parts, from_raw_parts_mut};
+#[unstable(feature = "from_ref", issue = "45703")]
+pub use core::slice::{from_ref, from_ref_mut};
 #[unstable(feature = "slice_get_slice", issue = "35729")]
 pub use core::slice::SliceIndex;
 
diff --git a/src/libcore/slice/mod.rs b/src/libcore/slice/mod.rs
index 5039bef631e51..57e5ae28664e0 100644
--- a/src/libcore/slice/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/slice/mod.rs
@@ -2450,6 +2450,22 @@ pub unsafe fn from_raw_parts_mut<'a, T>(p: *mut T, len: usize) -> &'a mut [T] {
     mem::transmute(Repr { data: p, len: len })
 }
 
+/// Converts a reference to T into a slice of length 1 (without copying).
+#[unstable(feature = "from_ref", issue = "45703")]
+pub fn from_ref<T>(s: &T) -> &[T] {
+    unsafe {
+        from_raw_parts(s, 1)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Converts a reference to T into a slice of length 1 (without copying).
+#[unstable(feature = "from_ref", issue = "45703")]
+pub fn from_ref_mut<T>(s: &mut T) -> &mut [T] {
+    unsafe {
+        from_raw_parts_mut(s, 1)
+    }
+}
+
 // This function is public only because there is no other way to unit test heapsort.
 #[unstable(feature = "sort_internals", reason = "internal to sort module", issue = "0")]
 #[doc(hidden)]