diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/mutex.rs b/tokio/src/sync/mutex.rs
index 21e44ca932c..15a418d096b 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/mutex.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/mutex.rs
@@ -161,13 +161,22 @@ unsafe impl<T> Sync for Mutex<T> where T: ?Sized + Send {}
 unsafe impl<T> Sync for MutexGuard<'_, T> where T: ?Sized + Send + Sync {}
 unsafe impl<T> Sync for OwnedMutexGuard<T> where T: ?Sized + Send + Sync {}
 
-/// Error returned from the [`Mutex::try_lock`] function.
+/// Error returned from the [`Mutex::try_lock`], [`RwLock::try_read`] and
+/// [`RwLock::try_write`] functions.
 ///
-/// A `try_lock` operation can only fail if the mutex is already locked.
+/// `Mutex::try_lock` operation will only fail if the mutex is already locked.
+///
+/// `RwLock::try_read` operation will only fail if the lock is currently held
+/// by an exclusive writer.
+///
+/// `RwLock::try_write` operation will if lock is held by any reader or by an
+/// exclusive writer.
 ///
 /// [`Mutex::try_lock`]: Mutex::try_lock
+/// [`RwLock::try_read`]: fn@super::RwLock::try_read
+/// [`RwLock::try_write`]: fn@super::RwLock::try_write
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub struct TryLockError(());
+pub struct TryLockError(pub(super) ());
 
 impl fmt::Display for TryLockError {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs b/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs
index 2e72cf75d85..bafae8f4b57 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/rwlock.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-use crate::sync::batch_semaphore::Semaphore;
+use crate::sync::batch_semaphore::{Semaphore, TryAcquireError};
+use crate::sync::mutex::TryLockError;
 use std::cell::UnsafeCell;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::marker;
@@ -422,7 +423,7 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> RwLock<T> {
     ///         // While main has an active read lock, we acquire one too.
     ///         let r = c_lock.read().await;
     ///         assert_eq!(*r, 1);
-    ///     }).await.expect("The spawned task has paniced");
+    ///     }).await.expect("The spawned task has panicked");
     ///
     ///     // Drop the guard after the spawned task finishes.
     ///     drop(n);
@@ -441,6 +442,52 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> RwLock<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Attempts to acquire this `RwLock` with shared read access.
+    ///
+    /// If the access couldn't be acquired immediately, returns [`TryLockError`].
+    /// Otherwise, an RAII guard is returned which will release read access
+    /// when dropped.
+    ///
+    /// [`TryLockError`]: TryLockError
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use std::sync::Arc;
+    /// use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+    ///
+    /// #[tokio::main]
+    /// async fn main() {
+    ///     let lock = Arc::new(RwLock::new(1));
+    ///     let c_lock = lock.clone();
+    ///
+    ///     let v = lock.try_read().unwrap();
+    ///     assert_eq!(*v, 1);
+    ///
+    ///     tokio::spawn(async move {
+    ///         // While main has an active read lock, we acquire one too.
+    ///         let n = c_lock.read().await;
+    ///         assert_eq!(*n, 1);
+    ///     }).await.expect("The spawned task has panicked");
+    ///
+    ///     // Drop the guard when spawned task finishes.
+    ///     drop(v);
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn try_read(&self) -> Result<RwLockReadGuard<'_, T>, TryLockError> {
+        match self.s.try_acquire(1) {
+            Ok(permit) => permit,
+            Err(TryAcquireError::NoPermits) => return Err(TryLockError(())),
+            Err(TryAcquireError::Closed) => unreachable!(),
+        }
+
+        Ok(RwLockReadGuard {
+            s: &self.s,
+            data: self.c.get(),
+            marker: marker::PhantomData,
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Locks this rwlock with exclusive write access, causing the current task
     /// to yield until the lock has been acquired.
     ///
@@ -476,6 +523,43 @@ impl<T: ?Sized> RwLock<T> {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Attempts to acquire this `RwLock` with exclusive write access.
+    ///
+    /// If the access couldn't be acquired immediately, returns [`TryLockError`].
+    /// Otherwise, an RAII guard is returned which will release write access
+    /// when dropped.
+    ///
+    /// [`TryLockError`]: TryLockError
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use tokio::sync::RwLock;
+    ///
+    /// #[tokio::main]
+    /// async fn main() {
+    ///     let rw = RwLock::new(1);
+    ///
+    ///     let v = rw.read().await;
+    ///     assert_eq!(*v, 1);
+    ///
+    ///     assert!(rw.try_write().is_err());
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn try_write(&self) -> Result<RwLockWriteGuard<'_, T>, TryLockError> {
+        match self.s.try_acquire(MAX_READS as u32) {
+            Ok(permit) => permit,
+            Err(TryAcquireError::NoPermits) => return Err(TryLockError(())),
+            Err(TryAcquireError::Closed) => unreachable!(),
+        }
+
+        Ok(RwLockWriteGuard {
+            s: &self.s,
+            data: self.c.get(),
+            marker: marker::PhantomData,
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Returns a mutable reference to the underlying data.
     ///
     /// Since this call borrows the `RwLock` mutably, no actual locking needs to
diff --git a/tokio/tests/sync_rwlock.rs b/tokio/tests/sync_rwlock.rs
index 76760351680..872b845cfdd 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/sync_rwlock.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/sync_rwlock.rs
@@ -235,3 +235,36 @@ async fn multithreaded() {
     let g = rwlock.read().await;
     assert_eq!(*g, 17_000);
 }
+
+#[tokio::test]
+async fn try_write() {
+    let lock = RwLock::new(0);
+    let read_guard = lock.read().await;
+    assert!(lock.try_write().is_err());
+    drop(read_guard);
+    assert!(lock.try_write().is_ok());
+}
+
+#[test]
+fn try_read_try_write() {
+    let lock: RwLock<usize> = RwLock::new(15);
+
+    {
+        let rg1 = lock.try_read().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(*rg1, 15);
+
+        assert!(lock.try_write().is_err());
+
+        let rg2 = lock.try_read().unwrap();
+        assert_eq!(*rg2, 15)
+    }
+
+    {
+        let mut wg = lock.try_write().unwrap();
+        *wg = 1515;
+
+        assert!(lock.try_read().is_err())
+    }
+
+    assert_eq!(*lock.try_read().unwrap(), 1515);
+}