diff --git a/src/uvw/pipe.hpp b/src/uvw/pipe.hpp
index 9a98c6e2..3000e78e 100644
--- a/src/uvw/pipe.hpp
+++ b/src/uvw/pipe.hpp
@@ -15,20 +15,6 @@
 namespace uvw {
 
 
-namespace details {
-
-
-enum class UVHandleType: std::underlying_type_t<uv_handle_type> {
-    UNKNOWN = UV_UNKNOWN_HANDLE,
-    PIPE = UV_NAMED_PIPE,
-    TCP = UV_TCP,
-    UDP = UV_UDP
-};
-
-
-}
-
-
 /**
  * @brief The PipeHandle handle.
  *
@@ -41,8 +27,6 @@ class PipeHandle final: public StreamHandle<PipeHandle, uv_pipe_t> {
     { }
 
 public:
-    using Pending = details::UVHandleType;
-
     /**
      * @brief Creates a new poll handle.
      * @param args
@@ -152,24 +136,19 @@ public:
      * Steps to be done:
      *
      * * Call `pending()`, if it’s greater than zero then proceed.
-     * * Initialize a handle of the given type, returned by `receive()`.
+     * * Initialize a handle of the given type, as returned by `receive()`.
      * * Call `accept(pipe, handle)`.
      *
-     * @return
+     * @return The type of the pending handle. Possible values are:
+     *
+     * * `HandleType::PIPE`
+     * * `HandleType::TCP`
+     * * `HandleType::UDP`
+     * * `HandleType::UNKNOWN`
      */
-    Pending receive() noexcept {
+    HandleType receive() noexcept {
         auto type = uv_pipe_pending_type(get<uv_pipe_t>());
-
-        switch(type) {
-        case UV_NAMED_PIPE:
-            return Pending::PIPE;
-        case UV_TCP:
-            return Pending::TCP;
-        case UV_UDP:
-            return Pending::UDP;
-        default:
-            return Pending::UNKNOWN;
-        }
+        return guessHandle(type);
     }
 
 private:
diff --git a/src/uvw/util.hpp b/src/uvw/util.hpp
index 21bf5d50..80d8fe60 100644
--- a/src/uvw/util.hpp
+++ b/src/uvw/util.hpp
@@ -12,6 +12,34 @@
 namespace uvw {
 
 
+namespace details {
+
+
+enum class UVHandleType: std::underlying_type_t<uv_handle_type> {
+    UNKNOWN = UV_UNKNOWN_HANDLE,
+    ASYNC = UV_ASYNC,
+    CHECK = UV_CHECK,
+    FS_EVENT = UV_FS_EVENT,
+    FS_POLL = UV_FS_POLL,
+    HANDLE = UV_HANDLE,
+    IDLE = UV_IDLE,
+    PIPE = UV_NAMED_PIPE,
+    POLL = UV_POLL,
+    PREPARE = UV_PREPARE,
+    PROCESS = UV_PROCESS,
+    STREAM = UV_STREAM,
+    TCP = UV_TCP,
+    TIMER = UV_TIMER,
+    TTY = UV_TTY,
+    UDP = UV_UDP,
+    SIGNAL = UV_SIGNAL,
+    FILE = UV_FILE
+};
+
+
+}
+
+
 /**
  * @brief Utility class to handle flags.
  *
@@ -114,9 +142,9 @@ private:
  *
  * In particular, It is used for:
  *
- * * FileHandle (that is an alias for `UVTypeWrapper<uv_file>`)
- * * OSSocketHandle (that is an alias for `UVTypeWrapper<uv_os_sock_t>`)
- * * OSFileDescriptor (that is an alias for `UVTypeWrapper<uv_os_fd_t>`)
+ * * `FileHandle` (that is an alias for `UVTypeWrapper<uv_file>`)
+ * * `OSSocketHandle` (that is an alias for `UVTypeWrapper<uv_os_sock_t>`)
+ * * `OSFileDescriptor` (that is an alias for `UVTypeWrapper<uv_os_fd_t>`)
  *
  * It can be bound to each value of type `T` and it will be implicitly converted
  * to the underlying type when needed.
@@ -141,11 +169,6 @@ private:
 };
 
 
-using FileHandle = UVTypeWrapper<uv_file>;
-using OSSocketHandle = UVTypeWrapper<uv_os_sock_t>;
-using OSFileDescriptor = UVTypeWrapper<uv_os_fd_t>;
-
-
 /**
  * @brief Address representation.
  *
@@ -171,10 +194,78 @@ struct Addr { std::string ip; unsigned int port; };
 struct WinSize { int width; int height; };
 
 
+using HandleType = details::UVHandleType;
+
+using FileHandle = UVTypeWrapper<uv_file>;
+using OSSocketHandle = UVTypeWrapper<uv_os_sock_t>;
+using OSFileDescriptor = UVTypeWrapper<uv_os_fd_t>;
+
 using TimeSpec = uv_timespec_t;
 using Stat = uv_stat_t;
 using Uid = uv_uid_t;
 using Gid = uv_gid_t;
 
 
+/**
+ * @brief Gets the type of the stream to be used with the given descriptor.
+ *
+ * Returns the type of stream that should be used with a given file
+ * descriptor.<br/>
+ * Usually this will be used during initialization to guess the type of the
+ * stdio streams.
+ *
+ * @param file A valid descriptor.
+ * @return One of the following types:
+ *
+ * * `HandleType::UNKNOWN`
+ * * `HandleType::PIPE`
+ * * `HandleType::TCP`
+ * * `HandleType::TTY`
+ * * `HandleType::UDP`
+ * * `HandleType::FILE`
+ */
+HandleType guessHandle(FileHandle file) {
+    auto type = uv_guess_handle(file);
+
+    switch(type) {
+    case UV_ASYNC:
+        return HandleType::ASYNC;
+    case UV_CHECK:
+        return HandleType::CHECK;
+    case UV_FS_EVENT:
+        return HandleType::FS_EVENT;
+    case UV_FS_POLL:
+        return HandleType::FS_POLL;
+    case UV_HANDLE:
+        return HandleType::HANDLE;
+    case UV_IDLE:
+        return HandleType::IDLE;
+    case UV_NAMED_PIPE:
+        return HandleType::PIPE;
+    case UV_POLL:
+        return HandleType::POLL;
+    case UV_PREPARE:
+        return HandleType::PREPARE;
+    case UV_PROCESS:
+        return HandleType::PROCESS;
+    case UV_STREAM:
+        return HandleType::STREAM;
+    case UV_TCP:
+        return HandleType::TCP;
+    case UV_TIMER:
+        return HandleType::TIMER;
+    case UV_TTY:
+        return HandleType::TTY;
+    case UV_UDP:
+        return HandleType::UDP;
+    case UV_SIGNAL:
+        return HandleType::SIGNAL;
+    case UV_FILE:
+        return HandleType::FILE;
+    default:
+        return HandleType::UNKNOWN;
+    }
+}
+
+
 }