diff --git a/pkg/ioutil/readcloser.go b/pkg/ioutil/readcloser.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7c1fda1c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/ioutil/readcloser.go
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+// Copyright 2015 CoreOS, Inc.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package ioutil
+
+import "io"
+
+// ReaderAndCloser implements io.ReadCloser interface by combining
+// reader and closer together.
+type ReaderAndCloser struct {
+	io.Reader
+	io.Closer
+}
diff --git a/rafthttp/snapshot_sender.go b/rafthttp/snapshot_sender.go
index 53e348278..c2b46a9ab 100644
--- a/rafthttp/snapshot_sender.go
+++ b/rafthttp/snapshot_sender.go
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ import (
 	"time"
 
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/httputil"
+	pioutil "github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/ioutil"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/pkg/types"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/raft"
 	"github.com/coreos/etcd/snap"
@@ -142,12 +143,6 @@ func (s *snapshotSender) post(req *http.Request) (err error) {
 	}
 }
 
-// readCloser implements io.ReadCloser interface.
-type readCloser struct {
-	io.Reader
-	io.Closer
-}
-
 func createSnapBody(merged snap.Message) io.ReadCloser {
 	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	enc := &messageEncoder{w: buf}
@@ -156,7 +151,7 @@ func createSnapBody(merged snap.Message) io.ReadCloser {
 		plog.Panicf("encode message error (%v)", err)
 	}
 
-	return &readCloser{
+	return &pioutil.ReaderAndCloser{
 		Reader: io.MultiReader(buf, merged.ReadCloser),
 		Closer: merged.ReadCloser,
 	}