diff --git a/examples/detach_claim.rs b/examples/detach_claim.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb3fa3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/detach_claim.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+//! Detach the kernel driver for an FTDI device and then reattach it.
+use std::{thread::sleep, time::Duration};
+fn main() {
+    env_logger::init();
+    let di = nusb::list_devices()
+        .unwrap()
+        .find(|d| d.vendor_id() == 0x0403 && d.product_id() == 0x6010)
+        .expect("device should be connected");
+
+    let device = di.open().unwrap();
+    let interface = device.detach_and_claim_interface(0).unwrap();
+    sleep(Duration::from_secs(1));
+    drop(interface);
+}
diff --git a/src/device.rs b/src/device.rs
index 80b1cfa..2e0bb0c 100644
--- a/src/device.rs
+++ b/src/device.rs
@@ -52,6 +52,16 @@ impl Device {
         Ok(Interface { backend })
     }
 
+    /// Detach kernel drivers and open an interface of the device and claim it for exclusive use.
+    ///
+    /// ### Platform notes
+    /// This function can only detach kernel drivers on Linux. Calling on other platforms has
+    /// the same effect as [`claim_interface`][`Device::claim_interface`].
+    pub fn detach_and_claim_interface(&self, interface: u8) -> Result<Interface, Error> {
+        let backend = self.backend.detach_and_claim_interface(interface)?;
+        Ok(Interface { backend })
+    }
+
     /// Get information about the active configuration.
     ///
     /// This returns cached data and does not perform IO. However, it can fail if the
diff --git a/src/platform/linux_usbfs/device.rs b/src/platform/linux_usbfs/device.rs
index 590a49d..c5f78f0 100644
--- a/src/platform/linux_usbfs/device.rs
+++ b/src/platform/linux_usbfs/device.rs
@@ -230,6 +230,23 @@ impl LinuxDevice {
         Ok(Arc::new(LinuxInterface {
             device: self.clone(),
             interface,
+            reattach: false,
+        }))
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn detach_and_claim_interface(
+        self: &Arc<Self>,
+        interface: u8,
+    ) -> Result<Arc<LinuxInterface>, Error> {
+        usbfs::detach_and_claim_interface(&self.fd, interface)?;
+        debug!(
+            "Detached and claimed interface {interface} on device id {dev}",
+            dev = self.events_id
+        );
+        Ok(Arc::new(LinuxInterface {
+            device: self.clone(),
+            interface,
+            reattach: true,
         }))
     }
 
@@ -272,6 +289,7 @@ impl Drop for LinuxDevice {
 pub(crate) struct LinuxInterface {
     pub(crate) interface: u8,
     pub(crate) device: Arc<LinuxDevice>,
+    pub(crate) reattach: bool,
 }
 
 impl LinuxInterface {
@@ -326,5 +344,13 @@ impl Drop for LinuxInterface {
             "Released interface {} on device {}: {res:?}",
             self.interface, self.device.events_id
         );
+
+        if res.is_ok() && self.reattach {
+            let res = usbfs::attach_kernel_driver(&self.device.fd, self.interface);
+            debug!(
+                "Reattached kernel drivers for interface {} on device {}: {res:?}",
+                self.interface, self.device.events_id
+            );
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/platform/linux_usbfs/usbfs.rs b/src/platform/linux_usbfs/usbfs.rs
index 8588095..8eca168 100644
--- a/src/platform/linux_usbfs/usbfs.rs
+++ b/src/platform/linux_usbfs/usbfs.rs
@@ -39,6 +39,51 @@ pub fn release_interface<Fd: AsFd>(fd: Fd, interface: u8) -> io::Result<()> {
     }
 }
 
+#[repr(C)]
+struct DetachAndClaim {
+    interface: c_uint,
+    flags: c_uint,
+    driver: [c_uchar; 255 + 1],
+}
+
+pub fn detach_and_claim_interface<Fd: AsFd>(fd: Fd, interface: u8) -> io::Result<()> {
+    const USBDEVFS_DISCONNECT_CLAIM_EXCEPT_DRIVER: c_uint = 0x02;
+    unsafe {
+        let mut dc = DetachAndClaim {
+            interface: interface.into(),
+            flags: USBDEVFS_DISCONNECT_CLAIM_EXCEPT_DRIVER,
+            driver: [0; 256],
+        };
+
+        dc.driver[0..6].copy_from_slice(b"usbfs\0");
+
+        let ctl =
+            ioctl::Setter::<ioctl::ReadOpcode<b'U', 27, DetachAndClaim>, DetachAndClaim>::new(dc);
+
+        ioctl::ioctl(&fd, ctl)
+    }
+}
+
+#[repr(C)]
+struct UsbFsIoctl {
+    interface: c_uint,
+    ioctl_code: c_uint,
+    data: *mut c_void,
+}
+
+pub fn attach_kernel_driver<Fd: AsFd>(fd: Fd, interface: u8) -> io::Result<()> {
+    unsafe {
+        let command = UsbFsIoctl {
+            interface: interface.into(),
+            ioctl_code: ioctl::NoneOpcode::<b'U', 23, ()>::OPCODE.raw(), // IOCTL_USBFS_CONNECT
+            data: std::ptr::null_mut(),
+        };
+        let ctl =
+            ioctl::Setter::<ioctl::ReadWriteOpcode<b'U', 18, UsbFsIoctl>, UsbFsIoctl>::new(command);
+        ioctl::ioctl(fd, ctl)
+    }
+}
+
 #[repr(C)]
 struct SetAltSetting {
     interface: c_int,
diff --git a/src/platform/macos_iokit/device.rs b/src/platform/macos_iokit/device.rs
index 8f849c2..a306a7e 100644
--- a/src/platform/macos_iokit/device.rs
+++ b/src/platform/macos_iokit/device.rs
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ impl MacDevice {
             _event_registration,
         }))
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn detach_and_claim_interface(
+        self: &Arc<Self>,
+        interface: u8,
+    ) -> Result<Arc<MacInterface>, Error> {
+        self.claim_interface(interface)
+    }
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct MacInterface {
diff --git a/src/platform/windows_winusb/device.rs b/src/platform/windows_winusb/device.rs
index 61360a5..6d3a0a6 100644
--- a/src/platform/windows_winusb/device.rs
+++ b/src/platform/windows_winusb/device.rs
@@ -130,6 +130,13 @@ impl WindowsDevice {
             winusb_handle,
         }))
     }
+
+    pub(crate) fn detach_and_claim_interface(
+        self: &Arc<Self>,
+        interface: u8,
+    ) -> Result<Arc<WindowsInterface>, Error> {
+        self.claim_interface(interface)
+    }
 }
 
 pub(crate) struct WindowsInterface {