diff --git a/Lib/test/test_fileio.py b/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
index 87bf01549c8..91c5251d42b 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_fileio.py
@@ -71,6 +71,15 @@ class AutoFileTests(unittest.TestCase):
         n = self.f.readinto(a)
         self.assertEquals(array(b'b', [1, 2]), a[:n])
 
+    def test_none_args(self):
+        self.f.write(b"hi\nbye\nabc")
+        self.f.close()
+        self.f = _FileIO(TESTFN, 'r')
+        self.assertEqual(self.f.read(None), b"hi\nbye\nabc")
+        self.f.seek(0)
+        self.assertEqual(self.f.readline(None), b"hi\n")
+        self.assertEqual(self.f.readlines(None), [b"bye\n", b"abc"])
+
     def testRepr(self):
         self.assertEquals(repr(self.f), "<_io.FileIO name=%r mode='%s'>"
                                         % (self.f.name, self.f.mode))
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_io.py b/Lib/test/test_io.py
index 4288f1ba05c..a90dd504a38 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_io.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_io.py
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ class IOTest(unittest.TestCase):
             self.assertEqual(f.readline(2), b"xy")
             self.assertEqual(f.readline(4), b"zzy\n")
             self.assertEqual(f.readline(), b"foo\x00bar\n")
-            self.assertEqual(f.readline(), b"another line")
+            self.assertEqual(f.readline(None), b"another line")
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, f.readline, 5.3)
         with self.open(support.TESTFN, "r") as f:
             self.assertRaises(TypeError, f.readline, 5.3)
@@ -654,9 +654,10 @@ class BufferedReaderTest(unittest.TestCase, CommonBufferedTests):
         self.assertEquals(b"abc", bufio.read())
 
     def test_read(self):
-        rawio = self.MockRawIO((b"abc", b"d", b"efg"))
-        bufio = self.tp(rawio)
-        self.assertEquals(b"abcdef", bufio.read(6))
+        for arg in (None, 7):
+            rawio = self.MockRawIO((b"abc", b"d", b"efg"))
+            bufio = self.tp(rawio)
+            self.assertEquals(b"abcdefg", bufio.read(arg))
         # Invalid args
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, bufio.read, -2)
 
@@ -673,6 +674,7 @@ class BufferedReaderTest(unittest.TestCase, CommonBufferedTests):
         self.assertEquals(b"efg", bufio.read1(100))
         self.assertEquals(rawio._reads, 3)
         self.assertEquals(b"", bufio.read1(100))
+        self.assertEquals(rawio._reads, 4)
         # Invalid args
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, bufio.read1, -1)
 
@@ -691,6 +693,14 @@ class BufferedReaderTest(unittest.TestCase, CommonBufferedTests):
         self.assertEquals(bufio.readinto(b), 0)
         self.assertEquals(b, b"gf")
 
+    def test_readlines(self):
+        def bufio():
+            rawio = self.MockRawIO((b"abc\n", b"d\n", b"ef"))
+            return self.tp(rawio)
+        self.assertEquals(bufio().readlines(), [b"abc\n", b"d\n", b"ef"])
+        self.assertEquals(bufio().readlines(5), [b"abc\n", b"d\n"])
+        self.assertEquals(bufio().readlines(None), [b"abc\n", b"d\n", b"ef"])
+
     def test_buffering(self):
         data = b"abcdefghi"
         dlen = len(data)
@@ -1131,6 +1141,14 @@ class BufferedRWPairTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(pair.read(3), b"abc")
         self.assertEqual(pair.read(1), b"d")
         self.assertEqual(pair.read(), b"ef")
+        pair = self.tp(self.BytesIO(b"abc"), self.MockRawIO())
+        self.assertEqual(pair.read(None), b"abc")
+
+    def test_readlines(self):
+        pair = lambda: self.tp(self.BytesIO(b"abc\ndef\nh"), self.MockRawIO())
+        self.assertEqual(pair().readlines(), [b"abc\n", b"def\n", b"h"])
+        self.assertEqual(pair().readlines(), [b"abc\n", b"def\n", b"h"])
+        self.assertEqual(pair().readlines(5), [b"abc\n", b"def\n"])
 
     def test_read1(self):
         # .read1() is delegated to the underlying reader object, so this test
@@ -1781,6 +1799,8 @@ class TextIOWrapperTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 self.assertEquals(f.read(), "abc")
                 cookie = f.tell()
                 self.assertEquals(f.seek(0), 0)
+                self.assertEquals(f.read(None), "abc")
+                f.seek(0)
                 self.assertEquals(f.read(2), "ab")
                 self.assertEquals(f.read(1), "c")
                 self.assertEquals(f.read(1), "")
@@ -1951,6 +1971,14 @@ class TextIOWrapperTest(unittest.TestCase):
             reads += c
         self.assertEquals(reads, "AA\nBB")
 
+    def test_readlines(self):
+        txt = self.TextIOWrapper(self.BytesIO(b"AA\nBB\nCC"))
+        self.assertEqual(txt.readlines(), ["AA\n", "BB\n", "CC"])
+        txt.seek(0)
+        self.assertEqual(txt.readlines(None), ["AA\n", "BB\n", "CC"])
+        txt.seek(0)
+        self.assertEqual(txt.readlines(5), ["AA\n", "BB\n"])
+
     # read in amounts equal to TextIOWrapper._CHUNK_SIZE which is 128.
     def test_read_by_chunk(self):
         # make sure "\r\n" straddles 128 char boundary.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 9c08b432a16..cfdf975e20f 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #7349: Make methods of file objects in the io module accept None as an
+  argument where file-like objects (ie StringIO and BytesIO) accept them to mean
+  the same as passing no argument.
+
 - Issue #7348: StringIO.StringIO.readline(-1) now acts as if it got no argument
   like other file objects.
 
diff --git a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
index 7b430228091..a2a64304b13 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.c
@@ -573,6 +573,29 @@ PyNumber_AsOff_t(PyObject *item, PyObject *err)
 }
 
 
+/* Basically the "n" format code with the ability to turn None into -1. */
+int 
+_PyIO_ConvertSsize_t(PyObject *obj, void *result) {
+    Py_ssize_t limit;
+    if (obj == Py_None) {
+        limit = -1;
+    }
+    else if (PyNumber_Check(obj)) {
+        limit = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(obj, PyExc_OverflowError);
+        if (limit == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
+            return 0;
+    }
+    else {
+        PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
+                     "integer argument expected, got '%.200s'",
+                     Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_name);
+        return 0;
+    }
+    *((Py_ssize_t *)result) = limit;
+    return 1;
+}
+
+
 /*
  * Module definition
  */
diff --git a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.h b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.h
index 790d9193c5d..0fa53910509 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/_iomodule.h
+++ b/Modules/_io/_iomodule.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ extern PyTypeObject PyBufferedRandom_Type;
 extern PyTypeObject PyTextIOWrapper_Type;
 extern PyTypeObject PyIncrementalNewlineDecoder_Type;
 
+
+extern int _PyIO_ConvertSsize_t(PyObject *, void *);
+
 /* These functions are used as METH_NOARGS methods, are normally called
  * with args=NULL, and return a new reference.
  * BUT when args=Py_True is passed, they return a borrowed reference.
diff --git a/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c b/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
index 3ab7906a930..ba937eda837 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/bufferedio.c
@@ -720,7 +720,7 @@ buffered_read(buffered *self, PyObject *args)
     PyObject *res;
 
     CHECK_INITIALIZED(self)
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|n:read", &n)) {
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O&:read", &_PyIO_ConvertSsize_t, &n)) {
         return NULL;
     }
     if (n < -1) {
@@ -950,25 +950,11 @@ end_unlocked:
 static PyObject *
 buffered_readline(buffered *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-    PyObject *limitobj = NULL;
     Py_ssize_t limit = -1;
 
     CHECK_INITIALIZED(self)
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O:readline", &limitobj)) {
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O&:readline", &_PyIO_ConvertSsize_t, &limit))
         return NULL;
-    }
-    if (limitobj) {
-        if (!PyNumber_Check(limitobj)) {
-            PyErr_Format(PyExc_TypeError,
-                         "integer argument expected, got '%.200s'",
-                         Py_TYPE(limitobj)->tp_name);
-            return NULL;
-        }
-        limit = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(limitobj, PyExc_OverflowError);
-        if (limit == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
-            return NULL;
-    }
     return _buffered_readline(self, limit);
 }
 
diff --git a/Modules/_io/fileio.c b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
index e98de9e69fa..164fe5bc081 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/fileio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/fileio.c
@@ -599,7 +599,7 @@ fileio_read(fileio *self, PyObject *args)
 	if (!self->readable)
 		return err_mode("reading");
 
-	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|n", &size))
+	if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O&", &_PyIO_ConvertSsize_t, &size))
 		return NULL;
 
         if (size < 0) {
diff --git a/Modules/_io/iobase.c b/Modules/_io/iobase.c
index 38080f7f8a9..bd6cd5f8deb 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/iobase.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/iobase.c
@@ -455,7 +455,7 @@ iobase_readline(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     PyObject *buffer, *result;
     Py_ssize_t old_size = -1;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|n:readline", &limit)) {
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O&:readline", &_PyIO_ConvertSsize_t, &limit)) {
         return NULL;
     }
 
@@ -579,14 +579,9 @@ iobase_readlines(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     Py_ssize_t hint = -1, length = 0;
     PyObject *hintobj = Py_None, *result;
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O:readlines", &hintobj)) {
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O&:readlines", &_PyIO_ConvertSsize_t, &hint)) {
         return NULL;
     }
-    if (hintobj != Py_None) {
-        hint = PyNumber_AsSsize_t(hintobj, PyExc_ValueError);
-        if (hint == -1 && PyErr_Occurred())
-            return NULL;
-    }
 
     result = PyList_New(0);
     if (result == NULL)
diff --git a/Modules/_io/textio.c b/Modules/_io/textio.c
index 2f99a606b2e..91fecae761f 100644
--- a/Modules/_io/textio.c
+++ b/Modules/_io/textio.c
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ textiowrapper_read(textio *self, PyObject *args)
 
     CHECK_INITIALIZED(self);
 
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|n:read", &n))
+    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "|O&:read", &_PyIO_ConvertSsize_t, &n))
         return NULL;
 
     CHECK_CLOSED(self);