diff --git a/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs b/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs
index a2b407459..a952729b5 100644
--- a/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs
+++ b/tokio/src/sync/semaphore.rs
@@ -990,6 +990,27 @@ impl<'a> SemaphorePermit<'a> {
         self.permits += other.permits;
         other.permits = 0;
     }
+
+    /// Splits `n` permits from `self` and returns a new [`SemaphorePermit`] instance that holds `n` permits.
+    ///
+    /// If there are insufficient permits and it's not possible to reduce by `n`, returns `None`.
+    pub fn split(&mut self, n: u32) -> Option<Self> {
+        if n > self.permits {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        self.permits -= n;
+
+        Some(Self {
+            sem: self.sem,
+            permits: n,
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Returns the number of permits held by `self`.
+    pub fn num_permits(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.permits
+    }
 }
 
 impl OwnedSemaphorePermit {
@@ -1019,10 +1040,35 @@ impl OwnedSemaphorePermit {
         other.permits = 0;
     }
 
+    /// Splits `n` permits from `self` and returns a new [`OwnedSemaphorePermit`] instance that holds `n` permits.
+    ///
+    /// If there are insufficient permits and it's not possible to reduce by `n`, returns `None`.
+    ///
+    /// # Note
+    ///
+    /// It will clone the owned `Arc<Semaphore>` to construct the new instance.
+    pub fn split(&mut self, n: u32) -> Option<Self> {
+        if n > self.permits {
+            return None;
+        }
+
+        self.permits -= n;
+
+        Some(Self {
+            sem: self.sem.clone(),
+            permits: n,
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Returns the [`Semaphore`] from which this permit was acquired.
     pub fn semaphore(&self) -> &Arc<Semaphore> {
         &self.sem
     }
+
+    /// Returns the number of permits held by `self`.
+    pub fn num_permits(&self) -> u32 {
+        self.permits
+    }
 }
 
 impl Drop for SemaphorePermit<'_> {
diff --git a/tokio/tests/sync_semaphore.rs b/tokio/tests/sync_semaphore.rs
index 40a5a0802..ab4b316ce 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/sync_semaphore.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/sync_semaphore.rs
@@ -88,6 +88,32 @@ fn merge_unrelated_permits() {
     p1.merge(p2);
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn split() {
+    let sem = Semaphore::new(5);
+    let mut p1 = sem.try_acquire_many(3).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(p1.num_permits(), 3);
+    let mut p2 = p1.split(1).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(p1.num_permits(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(p2.num_permits(), 1);
+    let p3 = p1.split(0).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(p3.num_permits(), 0);
+    drop(p1);
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 4);
+    let p4 = p2.split(1).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(p2.num_permits(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(p4.num_permits(), 1);
+    assert!(p2.split(1).is_none());
+    drop(p2);
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 4);
+    drop(p3);
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 4);
+    drop(p4);
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 5);
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 #[cfg(feature = "full")]
 async fn stress_test() {
diff --git a/tokio/tests/sync_semaphore_owned.rs b/tokio/tests/sync_semaphore_owned.rs
index d4b12d40e..f9eeee0cf 100644
--- a/tokio/tests/sync_semaphore_owned.rs
+++ b/tokio/tests/sync_semaphore_owned.rs
@@ -114,6 +114,32 @@ fn merge_unrelated_permits() {
     p1.merge(p2)
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn split() {
+    let sem = Arc::new(Semaphore::new(5));
+    let mut p1 = sem.clone().try_acquire_many_owned(3).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(p1.num_permits(), 3);
+    let mut p2 = p1.split(1).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(p1.num_permits(), 2);
+    assert_eq!(p2.num_permits(), 1);
+    let p3 = p1.split(0).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(p3.num_permits(), 0);
+    drop(p1);
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 4);
+    let p4 = p2.split(1).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(p2.num_permits(), 0);
+    assert_eq!(p4.num_permits(), 1);
+    assert!(p2.split(1).is_none());
+    drop(p2);
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 4);
+    drop(p3);
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 4);
+    drop(p4);
+    assert_eq!(sem.available_permits(), 5);
+}
+
 #[tokio::test]
 #[cfg(feature = "full")]
 async fn stress_test() {