diff --git a/src/header/name.rs b/src/header/name.rs
index 1b4a39d6..ce04bc89 100644
--- a/src/header/name.rs
+++ b/src/header/name.rs
@@ -1270,7 +1270,10 @@ impl HeaderName {
         }
     }
 
-    pub(super) fn into_bytes(self) -> Bytes {
+    /// Returns a `Bytes` representation of the header.
+    ///
+    /// The returned string will always be lower case.
+    pub fn into_bytes(self) -> Bytes {
         self.inner.into()
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/header/value.rs b/src/header/value.rs
index 48308cb4..17ec555c 100644
--- a/src/header/value.rs
+++ b/src/header/value.rs
@@ -296,6 +296,19 @@ impl HeaderValue {
         self.as_ref()
     }
 
+    /// Converts a `HeaderValue` to a `Byte` slice.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # use http::header::HeaderValue;
+    /// let val = HeaderValue::from_static("hello");
+    /// assert_eq!(&val.into_bytes(), b"hello");
+    /// ```
+    pub fn into_bytes(self) -> Bytes {
+        self.inner.into()
+    }
+
     /// Mark that the header value represents sensitive information.
     ///
     /// # Examples