diff --git a/src/libuv/Timer.zig b/src/libuv/Timer.zig
index 6b6db57fd..9d2195d28 100644
--- a/src/libuv/Timer.zig
+++ b/src/libuv/Timer.zig
@@ -25,13 +25,55 @@ pub fn deinit(self: *Timer, alloc: Allocator) void {
     self.* = undefined;
 }
 
+/// Start the timer. timeout and repeat are in milliseconds.
+///
+/// If timeout is zero, the callback fires on the next event loop iteration.
+/// If repeat is non-zero, the callback fires first after timeout milliseconds
+/// and then repeatedly after repeat milliseconds.
+pub fn start(
+    self: Timer,
+    comptime cb: fn (Timer) void,
+    timeout: u64,
+    repeat: u64,
+) !void {
+    const Wrapper = struct {
+        pub fn callback(handle: [*c]c.uv_timer_t) callconv(.C) void {
+            const newSelf: Timer = .{ .handle = handle };
+            @call(.{ .modifier = .always_inline }, cb, .{newSelf});
+        }
+    };
+
+    try errors.convertError(c.uv_timer_start(
+        self.handle,
+        Wrapper.callback,
+        timeout,
+        repeat,
+    ));
+}
+
+/// Stop the timer, the callback will not be called anymore.
+pub fn stop(self: Timer) !void {
+    try errors.convertError(c.uv_timer_stop(self.handle));
+}
+
 test "Timer" {
     var loop = try Loop.init(testing.allocator);
     defer loop.deinit(testing.allocator);
     var timer = try init(testing.allocator, loop);
     defer timer.deinit(testing.allocator);
-    timer.close(null);
+
+    var called: bool = false;
+    timer.setData(&called);
+    try timer.start((struct {
+        fn callback(t: Timer) void {
+            t.getData(bool).?.* = true;
+            t.close(null);
+        }
+    }).callback, 10, 1000);
+
     _ = try loop.run(.default);
+
+    try testing.expect(called);
 }
 
 test "Timer: close callback" {
@@ -43,7 +85,7 @@ test "Timer: close callback" {
     var data: u8 = 42;
     timer.setData(&data);
     timer.close((struct {
-        fn callback(v: *Timer) void {
+        fn callback(v: Timer) void {
             var dataPtr = v.getData(u8).?;
             dataPtr.* = 24;
         }
diff --git a/src/libuv/handle.zig b/src/libuv/handle.zig
index bfec0e8dc..adb088300 100644
--- a/src/libuv/handle.zig
+++ b/src/libuv/handle.zig
@@ -23,16 +23,15 @@ pub fn Handle(comptime T: type) type {
         //
         // In-progress requests, like uv_connect_t or uv_write_t, are cancelled
         // and have their callbacks called asynchronously with status=UV_ECANCELED.
-        pub fn close(self: *T, comptime cb: ?fn (*T) void) void {
+        pub fn close(self: T, comptime cb: ?fn (T) void) void {
             const cbParam = if (cb) |f|
                 (struct {
                     pub fn callback(handle: [*c]c.uv_handle_t) callconv(.C) void {
                         // We get the raw handle, so we need to reconstruct
                         // the T. This is mutable because a lot of the libuv APIs
                         // are non-const but modifying it makes no sense.
-                        var param: T = .{ .handle = @ptrCast(HandleType, handle) };
-
-                        @call(.{ .modifier = .always_inline }, f, .{&param});
+                        const param: T = .{ .handle = @ptrCast(HandleType, handle) };
+                        @call(.{ .modifier = .always_inline }, f, .{param});
                     }
                 }).callback
             else
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ pub fn Handle(comptime T: type) type {
         }
 
         /// Sets handle->data to data.
-        pub fn setData(self: *T, pointer: ?*anyopaque) void {
+        pub fn setData(self: T, pointer: ?*anyopaque) void {
             c.uv_handle_set_data(
                 @ptrCast(*c.uv_handle_t, self.handle),
                 pointer,
@@ -50,7 +49,7 @@ pub fn Handle(comptime T: type) type {
         }
 
         /// Returns handle->data.
-        pub fn getData(self: *T, comptime DT: type) ?*DT {
+        pub fn getData(self: T, comptime DT: type) ?*DT {
             return if (c.uv_handle_get_data(@ptrCast(*c.uv_handle_t, self.handle))) |ptr|
                 @ptrCast(?*DT, @alignCast(@alignOf(DT), ptr))
             else