diff --git a/src/path/path.rs b/src/path/path.rs
index f4cae23b..c43ed049 100644
--- a/src/path/path.rs
+++ b/src/path/path.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use std::ffi::OsStr;
 
-use crate::path::{Ancestors, Components, Display, Iter, PathBuf};
+use crate::path::{Ancestors, Components, Display, Iter, PathBuf, StripPrefixError};
 use crate::{fs, io};
 
 /// This struct is an async version of [`std::path::Path`].
@@ -591,6 +591,41 @@ impl Path {
         self.inner.starts_with(base)
     }
 
+    /// Returns a path that, when joined onto `base`, yields `self`.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// If `base` is not a prefix of `self` (i.e., [`starts_with`]
+    /// returns `false`), returns [`Err`].
+    ///
+    /// [`starts_with`]: #method.starts_with
+    /// [`Err`]: https://doc.rust-lang.org/std/result/enum.Result.html#variant.Err
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use async_std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
+    ///
+    /// let path = Path::new("/test/haha/foo.txt");
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(path.strip_prefix("/"), Ok(Path::new("test/haha/foo.txt")));
+    /// assert_eq!(path.strip_prefix("/test"), Ok(Path::new("haha/foo.txt")));
+    /// assert_eq!(path.strip_prefix("/test/"), Ok(Path::new("haha/foo.txt")));
+    /// assert_eq!(path.strip_prefix("/test/haha/foo.txt"), Ok(Path::new("")));
+    /// assert_eq!(path.strip_prefix("/test/haha/foo.txt/"), Ok(Path::new("")));
+    /// assert_eq!(path.strip_prefix("test").is_ok(), false);
+    /// assert_eq!(path.strip_prefix("/haha").is_ok(), false);
+    ///
+    /// let prefix = PathBuf::from("/test/");
+    /// assert_eq!(path.strip_prefix(prefix), Ok(Path::new("haha/foo.txt")));
+    /// ```
+    pub fn strip_prefix<P>(&self, base: P) -> Result<&Path, StripPrefixError>
+    where
+        P: AsRef<std::path::Path>,
+    {
+        Ok(self.inner.strip_prefix(base)?.into())
+    }
+
     /// Queries the metadata about a file without following symlinks.
     ///
     /// This is an alias to [`fs::symlink_metadata`].
diff --git a/src/path/pathbuf.rs b/src/path/pathbuf.rs
index 308200ee..2f333286 100644
--- a/src/path/pathbuf.rs
+++ b/src/path/pathbuf.rs
@@ -39,3 +39,9 @@ impl AsRef<Path> for PathBuf {
         Path::new(&self.inner)
     }
 }
+
+impl AsRef<std::path::Path> for PathBuf {
+    fn as_ref(&self) -> &std::path::Path {
+        self.inner.as_ref()
+    }
+}