diff --git a/src/header/stdio/lookaheadreader.rs b/src/header/stdio/lookaheadreader.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5c08d86751
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/header/stdio/lookaheadreader.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+use super::{fseek_locked, FILE, SEEK_SET, ftell_locked};
+use crate::core_io::Read;
+struct LookAheadBuffer {
+    buf: *const u8,
+    pos: isize,
+    look_ahead: isize,
+}
+impl LookAheadBuffer {
+    fn look_ahead(&mut self) -> Result<Option<u8>, i32> {
+        let byte = unsafe { *self.buf.offset(self.look_ahead) };
+        self.look_ahead += 1;
+        Ok(Some(byte))
+    }
+
+    fn commit(&mut self) {
+        self.pos = self.look_ahead;
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<*const u8> for LookAheadBuffer {
+    fn from(buff: *const u8) -> LookAheadBuffer {
+        LookAheadBuffer {
+            buf: buff,
+            pos: 0,
+            look_ahead: 0,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+struct LookAheadFile<'a> {
+    f: &'a mut FILE,
+    look_ahead: i64,
+}
+
+impl <'a> LookAheadFile<'a> {
+    fn look_ahead(&mut self) -> Result<Option<u8>, i32> {
+        let buf = &mut [0];
+        let seek = unsafe{ ftell_locked(self.f)};
+        unsafe{fseek_locked(self.f, self.look_ahead, SEEK_SET)};
+        let ret = match self.f.read(buf) {
+            Ok(0) => Ok(None),
+            Ok(_) => Ok(Some(buf[0])),
+            Err(_) => Err(-1),
+        };
+        unsafe{fseek_locked(self.f, seek, SEEK_SET)};
+        self.look_ahead += 1;
+        ret
+    }
+
+    fn commit(&mut self) {
+        unsafe { fseek_locked(self.f, self.look_ahead, SEEK_SET) };
+    }
+}
+
+impl <'a> From<&'a mut FILE> for LookAheadFile<'a> {
+    fn from(f: &'a mut FILE) -> LookAheadFile<'a> {
+        let look_ahead = unsafe{ftell_locked(f)} as i64;
+        LookAheadFile{
+            f,
+            look_ahead,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+
+enum LookAheadReaderEnum<'a> {
+    FILE(LookAheadFile<'a>),
+    // (buffer, location)
+    BUFFER(LookAheadBuffer),
+}
+
+pub struct LookAheadReader<'a>(LookAheadReaderEnum<'a>);
+
+impl <'a> LookAheadReader<'a> {
+    pub fn lookahead1(&mut self) -> Result<Option<u8>, i32> {
+        match &mut self.0 {
+            LookAheadReaderEnum::FILE(f) => f.look_ahead(),
+            LookAheadReaderEnum::BUFFER(b) => b.look_ahead(),
+        }
+    }
+    pub fn commit(&mut self) {
+        match &mut self.0 {
+            LookAheadReaderEnum::FILE(f) => f.commit(),
+            LookAheadReaderEnum::BUFFER(b) => b.commit(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl <'a> From<&'a mut FILE> for LookAheadReader<'a> {
+    fn from(f: &'a mut FILE) -> LookAheadReader {
+        LookAheadReader(LookAheadReaderEnum::FILE(f.into()))
+    }
+}
+
+impl <'a> From<*const u8> for LookAheadReader<'a > {
+    fn from(buff: *const u8) -> LookAheadReader<'a> {
+        LookAheadReader(LookAheadReaderEnum::BUFFER(buff.into()))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/header/stdio/mod.rs b/src/header/stdio/mod.rs
index 8273f6deab..f9ab3551e3 100644
--- a/src/header/stdio/mod.rs
+++ b/src/header/stdio/mod.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ mod getdelim;
 
 mod ext;
 mod helpers;
+mod lookaheadreader;
 mod printf;
 mod scanf;