diff --git a/tower-filter/Cargo.toml b/tower-filter/Cargo.toml
index d66f9bc..9829615 100644
--- a/tower-filter/Cargo.toml
+++ b/tower-filter/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ tower-service = { version = "0.1", path = "../tower-service" }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tower-mock = { version = "0.1", path = "../tower-mock" }
+tower-util = { version = "0.1", path = "../tower-util" }
diff --git a/tower-filter/tests/filter.rs b/tower-filter/tests/filter.rs
index 4fdaa17..910f509 100644
--- a/tower-filter/tests/filter.rs
+++ b/tower-filter/tests/filter.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,12 @@ extern crate futures;
 extern crate tower_mock;
 extern crate tower_filter;
 extern crate tower_service;
+extern crate tower_util;
 
 use futures::*;
 use tower_filter::*;
 use tower_service::*;
+use tower_util::ServiceExt;
 
 use std::thread;
 use std::sync::mpsc;
diff --git a/tower-service/src/lib.rs b/tower-service/src/lib.rs
index 85cf570..2d317ca 100644
--- a/tower-service/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tower-service/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,13 +12,10 @@
 //! * [`MakeService`](trait.MakeService.html) is essentially a service factory. It
 //! is responsible for generating `Service` values on demand.
 
-#[macro_use]
 extern crate futures;
 
 use futures::{Future, Poll};
 
-use std::marker::PhantomData;
-
 /// An asynchronous function from `Request` to a `Response`.
 ///
 /// The `Service` trait is a simplified interface making it easy to write
@@ -171,14 +168,6 @@ pub trait Service<Request> {
     /// The future response value.
     type Future: Future<Item = Self::Response, Error = Self::Error>;
 
-    /// A future yielding the service when it is ready to accept a request.
-    fn ready(self) -> Ready<Self, Request> where Self: Sized {
-        Ready {
-            inner: Some(self),
-            _p: PhantomData,
-        }
-    }
-
     /// Returns `Ready` when the service is able to process requests.
     ///
     /// If the service is at capacity, then `NotReady` is returned and the task
@@ -202,32 +191,6 @@ pub trait Service<Request> {
     fn call(&mut self, req: Request) -> Self::Future;
 }
 
-/// Future yielding a `Service` once the service is ready to process a request
-///
-/// `Ready` values are produced by `Service::ready`.
-pub struct Ready<T, Request> {
-    inner: Option<T>,
-    _p: PhantomData<fn() -> Request>,
-}
-
-impl<T, Request> Future for Ready<T, Request>
-where T: Service<Request>,
-{
-    type Item = T;
-    type Error = T::Error;
-
-    fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<T, T::Error> {
-        match self.inner {
-            Some(ref mut service) => {
-                let _ = try_ready!(service.poll_ready());
-            }
-            None => panic!("called `poll` after future completed"),
-        }
-
-        Ok(self.inner.take().unwrap().into())
-    }
-}
-
 /// Creates new `Service` values.
 ///
 /// Acts as a service factory. This is useful for cases where new `Service`
diff --git a/tower-util/src/ext/mod.rs b/tower-util/src/ext/mod.rs
index 2e00dd7..b74ce25 100644
--- a/tower-util/src/ext/mod.rs
+++ b/tower-util/src/ext/mod.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ mod apply;
 mod from_err;
 mod map;
 mod map_err;
+mod ready;
 mod then;
 
 pub use self::and_then::AndThen;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ pub use self::apply::Apply;
 pub use self::from_err::FromErr;
 pub use self::map::Map;
 pub use self::map_err::MapErr;
+pub use self::ready::Ready;
 pub use self::then::Then;
 
 impl<T: ?Sized, Request> ServiceExt<Request> for T
@@ -25,6 +27,14 @@ where
 /// An extension trait for `Service`s that provides a variety of convenient
 /// adapters
 pub trait ServiceExt<Request>: Service<Request> {
+    /// A future yielding the service when it is ready to accept a request.
+    fn ready(self) -> Ready<Self, Request>
+    where
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        Ready::new(self)
+    }
+
     fn apply<F, In, Out>(self, f: F) -> Apply<Self, F, In, Out, Request>
     where
         Self: Service<Request> + Clone + Sized,
diff --git a/tower-util/src/ext/ready.rs b/tower-util/src/ext/ready.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc29255
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tower-util/src/ext/ready.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+use std::fmt;
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+use futures::{Future, Poll};
+use tower_service::Service;
+
+/// Future yielding a `Service` once the service is ready to process a request
+///
+/// `Ready` values are produced by `ServiceExt::ready`.
+pub struct Ready<T, Request> {
+    inner: Option<T>,
+    _p: PhantomData<fn() -> Request>,
+}
+
+impl<T, Request> Ready<T, Request>
+where
+    T: Service<Request>,
+{
+    pub(super) fn new(service: T) -> Self {
+        Ready {
+            inner: Some(service),
+            _p: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<T, Request> Future for Ready<T, Request>
+where
+    T: Service<Request>,
+{
+    type Item = T;
+    type Error = T::Error;
+
+    fn poll(&mut self) -> Poll<T, T::Error> {
+        match self.inner {
+            Some(ref mut service) => {
+                let _ = try_ready!(service.poll_ready());
+            }
+            None => panic!("called `poll` after future completed"),
+        }
+
+        Ok(self.inner.take().unwrap().into())
+    }
+}
+
+
+impl<T, Request> fmt::Debug for Ready<T, Request>
+where
+    T: fmt::Debug,
+{
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("Ready")
+            .field("inner", &self.inner)
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+