diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 1e971a755c8995..f1a4755a926711 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -1751,6 +1751,10 @@ fs.copyFileSync('source.txt', 'destination.txt', COPYFILE_EXCL);
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.31
 changes:
+  - version:
+     - REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35922
+    description: The `fd` option accepts FileHandle arguments.
   - version:
      - v13.6.0
      - v12.17.0
@@ -1782,7 +1786,7 @@ changes:
   * `flags` {string} See [support of file system `flags`][]. **Default:**
     `'r'`.
   * `encoding` {string} **Default:** `null`
-  * `fd` {integer} **Default:** `null`
+  * `fd` {integer|FileHandle} **Default:** `null`
   * `mode` {integer} **Default:** `0o666`
   * `autoClose` {boolean} **Default:** `true`
   * `emitClose` {boolean} **Default:** `false`
@@ -1858,6 +1862,10 @@ If `options` is a string, then it specifies the encoding.
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.31
 changes:
+  - version:
+     - REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35922
+    description: The `fd` option accepts FileHandle arguments.
   - version:
      - v13.6.0
      - v12.17.0
@@ -1887,7 +1895,7 @@ changes:
   * `flags` {string} See [support of file system `flags`][]. **Default:**
     `'w'`.
   * `encoding` {string} **Default:** `'utf8'`
-  * `fd` {integer} **Default:** `null`
+  * `fd` {integer|FileHandle} **Default:** `null`
   * `mode` {integer} **Default:** `0o666`
   * `autoClose` {boolean} **Default:** `true`
   * `emitClose` {boolean} **Default:** `false`
@@ -4697,6 +4705,14 @@ the promise-based API uses the `FileHandle` class in order to help avoid
 accidental leaking of unclosed file descriptors after a `Promise` is resolved or
 rejected.
 
+#### Event: `'close'`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+The `'close'` event is emitted when the `FileHandle` and any of its underlying
+resources (a file descriptor, for example) have been closed.
+
 #### `filehandle.appendFile(data, options)`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v10.0.0
diff --git a/lib/internal/event_target.js b/lib/internal/event_target.js
index c4452b67cf424c..a0efe8c18e875a 100644
--- a/lib/internal/event_target.js
+++ b/lib/internal/event_target.js
@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ const {
   ArrayFrom,
   Boolean,
   Error,
+  FunctionPrototypeCall,
   NumberIsInteger,
   ObjectAssign,
   ObjectDefineProperties,
   ObjectDefineProperty,
   ObjectGetOwnPropertyDescriptor,
+  ObjectGetOwnPropertyDescriptors,
   ReflectApply,
   SafeMap,
   String,
@@ -646,8 +648,23 @@ function defineEventHandler(emitter, name) {
     enumerable: true
   });
 }
+
+const EventEmitterMixin = (Superclass) => {
+  class MixedEventEmitter extends Superclass {
+    constructor(...args) {
+      super(...args);
+      FunctionPrototypeCall(EventEmitter, this);
+    }
+  }
+  const protoProps = ObjectGetOwnPropertyDescriptors(EventEmitter.prototype);
+  delete protoProps.constructor;
+  ObjectDefineProperties(MixedEventEmitter.prototype, protoProps);
+  return MixedEventEmitter;
+};
+
 module.exports = {
   Event,
+  EventEmitterMixin,
   EventTarget,
   NodeEventTarget,
   defineEventHandler,
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
index 93d37a07e751e6..2f4856e04427c4 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/promises.js
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/validators');
 const pathModule = require('path');
 const { promisify } = require('internal/util');
+const { EventEmitterMixin } = require('internal/event_target');
 
 const kHandle = Symbol('kHandle');
 const kFd = Symbol('kFd');
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ const kRefs = Symbol('kRefs');
 const kClosePromise = Symbol('kClosePromise');
 const kCloseResolve = Symbol('kCloseResolve');
 const kCloseReject = Symbol('kCloseReject');
+const kRef = Symbol('kRef');
+const kUnref = Symbol('kUnref');
 
 const { kUsePromises } = binding;
 const {
@@ -94,7 +97,7 @@ const lazyDOMException = hideStackFrames((message, name) => {
   return new DOMException(message, name);
 });
 
-class FileHandle extends JSTransferable {
+class FileHandle extends EventEmitterMixin(JSTransferable) {
   constructor(filehandle) {
     super();
     this[kHandle] = filehandle;
@@ -197,6 +200,7 @@ class FileHandle extends JSTransferable {
       );
     }
 
+    this.emit('close');
     return this[kClosePromise];
   }
 
@@ -226,6 +230,22 @@ class FileHandle extends JSTransferable {
     this[kHandle] = handle;
     this[kFd] = handle.fd;
   }
+
+  [kRef]() {
+    this[kRefs]++;
+  }
+
+  [kUnref]() {
+    this[kRefs]--;
+    if (this[kRefs] === 0) {
+      this[kFd] = -1;
+      PromisePrototypeThen(
+        this[kHandle].close(),
+        this[kCloseResolve],
+        this[kCloseReject]
+      );
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 async function fsCall(fn, handle, ...args) {
@@ -242,18 +262,10 @@ async function fsCall(fn, handle, ...args) {
   }
 
   try {
-    handle[kRefs]++;
+    handle[kRef]();
     return await fn(handle, ...args);
   } finally {
-    handle[kRefs]--;
-    if (handle[kRefs] === 0) {
-      handle[kFd] = -1;
-      PromisePrototypeThen(
-        handle[kHandle].close(),
-        handle[kCloseResolve],
-        handle[kCloseReject]
-      );
-    }
+    handle[kUnref]();
   }
 }
 
@@ -712,5 +724,7 @@ module.exports = {
     readFile,
   },
 
-  FileHandle
+  FileHandle,
+  kRef,
+  kUnref,
 };
diff --git a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
index 9dfc7c73251e56..9542516aa7c1a2 100644
--- a/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
+++ b/lib/internal/fs/streams.js
@@ -2,21 +2,25 @@
 
 const {
   Array,
+  FunctionPrototypeBind,
   MathMin,
   ObjectDefineProperty,
   ObjectSetPrototypeOf,
+  PromisePrototypeThen,
   ReflectApply,
   Symbol,
 } = primordials;
 
 const {
   ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
-  ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE
+  ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE,
+  ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED,
 } = require('internal/errors').codes;
 const { deprecate } = require('internal/util');
 const { validateInteger } = require('internal/validators');
 const { errorOrDestroy } = require('internal/streams/destroy');
 const fs = require('fs');
+const { kRef, kUnref, FileHandle } = require('internal/fs/promises');
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
 const {
   copyObject,
@@ -28,6 +32,7 @@ const kIoDone = Symbol('kIoDone');
 const kIsPerformingIO = Symbol('kIsPerformingIO');
 
 const kFs = Symbol('kFs');
+const kHandle = Symbol('kHandle');
 
 function _construct(callback) {
   const stream = this;
@@ -66,6 +71,35 @@ function _construct(callback) {
   }
 }
 
+// This generates an fs operations structure for a FileHandle
+const FileHandleOperations = (handle) => {
+  return {
+    open: (path, flags, mode, cb) => {
+      throw new ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED('open()');
+    },
+    close: (fd, cb) => {
+      handle[kUnref]();
+      PromisePrototypeThen(handle.close(),
+                           () => cb(), cb);
+    },
+    read: (fd, buf, offset, length, pos, cb) => {
+      PromisePrototypeThen(handle.read(buf, offset, length, pos),
+                           (r) => cb(null, r.bytesRead, r.buffer),
+                           (err) => cb(err, 0, buf));
+    },
+    write: (fd, buf, offset, length, pos, cb) => {
+      PromisePrototypeThen(handle.write(buf, offset, length, pos),
+                           (r) => cb(null, r.bytesWritten, r.buffer),
+                           (err) => cb(err, 0, buf));
+    },
+    writev: (fd, buffers, pos, cb) => {
+      PromisePrototypeThen(handle.writev(buffers, pos),
+                           (r) => cb(null, r.bytesWritten, r.buffers),
+                           (err) => cb(err, 0, buffers));
+    }
+  };
+};
+
 function close(stream, err, cb) {
   if (!stream.fd) {
     // TODO(ronag)
@@ -80,6 +114,32 @@ function close(stream, err, cb) {
   }
 }
 
+function importFd(stream, options) {
+  stream.fd = null;
+  if (options.fd) {
+    if (typeof options.fd === 'number') {
+      // When fd is a raw descriptor, we must keep our fingers crossed
+      // that the descriptor won't get closed, or worse, replaced with
+      // another one
+      // https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/35862
+      stream.fd = options.fd;
+    } else if (typeof options.fd === 'object' &&
+      options.fd instanceof FileHandle) {
+      // When fd is a FileHandle we can listen for 'close' events
+      if (options.fs)
+        // FileHandle is not supported with custom fs operations
+        throw new ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED('FileHandle with fs');
+      stream[kHandle] = options.fd;
+      stream.fd = options.fd.fd;
+      stream[kFs] = FileHandleOperations(stream[kHandle]);
+      stream[kHandle][kRef]();
+      options.fd.on('close', FunctionPrototypeBind(stream.close, stream));
+    } else
+      throw ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('options.fd',
+                                 ['number', 'FileHandle'], options.fd);
+  }
+}
+
 function ReadStream(path, options) {
   if (!(this instanceof ReadStream))
     return new ReadStream(path, options);
@@ -115,10 +175,11 @@ function ReadStream(path, options) {
 
   // Path will be ignored when fd is specified, so it can be falsy
   this.path = toPathIfFileURL(path);
-  this.fd = options.fd === undefined ? null : options.fd;
   this.flags = options.flags === undefined ? 'r' : options.flags;
   this.mode = options.mode === undefined ? 0o666 : options.mode;
 
+  importFd(this, options);
+
   this.start = options.start;
   this.end = options.end;
   this.pos = undefined;
@@ -287,10 +348,11 @@ function WriteStream(path, options) {
 
   // Path will be ignored when fd is specified, so it can be falsy
   this.path = toPathIfFileURL(path);
-  this.fd = options.fd === undefined ? null : options.fd;
   this.flags = options.flags === undefined ? 'w' : options.flags;
   this.mode = options.mode === undefined ? 0o666 : options.mode;
 
+  importFd(this, options);
+
   this.start = options.start;
   this.pos = undefined;
   this.bytesWritten = 0;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read-worker.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read-worker.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..ccf3338d14506a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read-worker.js
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+const file = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'read_stream_filehandle_worker.txt');
+const input = 'hello world';
+const { Worker, isMainThread, workerData } = require('worker_threads');
+
+if (isMainThread || !workerData) {
+  tmpdir.refresh();
+  fs.writeFileSync(file, input);
+
+  fs.promises.open(file, 'r').then((handle) => {
+    handle.on('close', common.mustNotCall());
+    new Worker(__filename, {
+      workerData: { handle },
+      transferList: [handle]
+    });
+  });
+  fs.promises.open(file, 'r').then((handle) => {
+    fs.createReadStream(null, { fd: handle });
+    assert.throws(() => {
+      new Worker(__filename, {
+        workerData: { handle },
+        transferList: [handle]
+      });
+    }, {
+      code: 25,
+    });
+  });
+} else {
+  let output = '';
+
+  const handle = workerData.handle;
+  handle.on('close', common.mustCall());
+  const stream = fs.createReadStream(null, { fd: handle });
+
+  stream.on('data', common.mustCallAtLeast((data) => {
+    output += data;
+  }));
+
+  stream.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+    handle.close();
+    assert.strictEqual(output, input);
+  }));
+
+  stream.on('close', common.mustCall());
+}
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js
index 44c35840f283ed..68ad5c50acf094 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-promises-file-handle-read.js
@@ -19,33 +19,32 @@ async function read(fileHandle, buffer, offset, length, position) {
     fileHandle.read(buffer, offset, length, position);
 }
 
-async function validateRead() {
-  const filePath = path.resolve(tmpDir, 'tmp-read-file.txt');
-  const fileHandle = await open(filePath, 'w+');
-  const buffer = Buffer.from('Hello world', 'utf8');
+async function validateRead(data, file) {
+  const filePath = path.resolve(tmpDir, file);
+  const buffer = Buffer.from(data, 'utf8');
 
   const fd = fs.openSync(filePath, 'w+');
-  fs.writeSync(fd, buffer, 0, buffer.length);
-  fs.closeSync(fd);
-  const readAsyncHandle = await read(fileHandle, Buffer.alloc(11), 0, 11, 0);
-  assert.deepStrictEqual(buffer.length, readAsyncHandle.bytesRead);
-  assert.deepStrictEqual(buffer, readAsyncHandle.buffer);
-
-  await fileHandle.close();
-}
-
-async function validateEmptyRead() {
-  const filePath = path.resolve(tmpDir, 'tmp-read-empty-file.txt');
   const fileHandle = await open(filePath, 'w+');
-  const buffer = Buffer.from('', 'utf8');
+  const streamFileHandle = await open(filePath, 'w+');
 
-  const fd = fs.openSync(filePath, 'w+');
   fs.writeSync(fd, buffer, 0, buffer.length);
   fs.closeSync(fd);
-  const readAsyncHandle = await read(fileHandle, Buffer.alloc(11), 0, 11, 0);
-  assert.deepStrictEqual(buffer.length, readAsyncHandle.bytesRead);
 
+  fileHandle.on('close', common.mustCall());
+  const readAsyncHandle = await read(fileHandle, Buffer.alloc(11), 0, 11, 0);
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(data.length, readAsyncHandle.bytesRead);
+  if (data.length)
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(buffer, readAsyncHandle.buffer);
   await fileHandle.close();
+
+  const stream = fs.createReadStream(null, { fd: streamFileHandle });
+  let streamData = Buffer.alloc(0);
+  for await (const chunk of stream)
+    streamData = Buffer.from(chunk);
+  assert.deepStrictEqual(buffer, streamData);
+  if (data.length)
+    assert.deepStrictEqual(streamData, readAsyncHandle.buffer);
+  await streamFileHandle.close();
 }
 
 async function validateLargeRead() {
@@ -67,9 +66,9 @@ let useConf = false;
     tmpdir.refresh();
     useConf = value;
 
-    await validateRead()
-          .then(validateEmptyRead)
-          .then(validateLargeRead)
-          .then(common.mustCall());
+    await validateRead('Hello world', 'tmp-read-file.txt')
+      .then(validateRead('', 'tmp-read-empty-file.txt'))
+      .then(validateLargeRead)
+      .then(common.mustCall());
   }
-});
+})().then(common.mustCall());
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-file-handle.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-file-handle.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..063075aa25f64e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream-file-handle.js
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const path = require('path');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+const file = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'read_stream_filehandle_test.txt');
+const input = 'hello world';
+
+let output = '';
+tmpdir.refresh();
+fs.writeFileSync(file, input);
+
+fs.promises.open(file, 'r').then(common.mustCall((handle) => {
+  handle.on('close', common.mustCall());
+  const stream = fs.createReadStream(null, { fd: handle });
+
+  stream.on('data', common.mustCallAtLeast((data) => {
+    output += data;
+  }));
+
+  stream.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+    assert.strictEqual(output, input);
+  }));
+
+  stream.on('close', common.mustCall());
+}));
+
+fs.promises.open(file, 'r').then(common.mustCall((handle) => {
+  handle.on('close', common.mustCall());
+  const stream = fs.createReadStream(null, { fd: handle });
+  stream.on('data', common.mustNotCall());
+  stream.on('close', common.mustCall());
+
+  handle.close();
+}));
+
+fs.promises.open(file, 'r').then(common.mustCall((handle) => {
+  handle.on('close', common.mustCall());
+  const stream = fs.createReadStream(null, { fd: handle });
+  stream.on('close', common.mustCall());
+
+  stream.on('data', common.mustCall(() => {
+    handle.close();
+  }));
+}));
+
+fs.promises.open(file, 'r').then(common.mustCall((handle) => {
+  handle.on('close', common.mustCall());
+  const stream = fs.createReadStream(null, { fd: handle });
+  stream.on('close', common.mustCall());
+
+  stream.close();
+}));
+
+fs.promises.open(file, 'r').then(common.mustCall((handle) => {
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    fs.createReadStream(null, { fd: handle, fs });
+  }, {
+    code: 'ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED',
+    name: 'Error',
+    message: 'The FileHandle with fs method is not implemented'
+  });
+  handle.close();
+}));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-write-stream-file-handle.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-write-stream-file-handle.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..37d9a81d7c12e4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-write-stream-file-handle.js
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+const file = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'write_stream_filehandle_test.txt');
+const input = 'hello world';
+
+tmpdir.refresh();
+
+fs.promises.open(file, 'w+').then(common.mustCall((handle) => {
+  handle.on('close', common.mustCall());
+  const stream = fs.createWriteStream(null, { fd: handle });
+
+  stream.end(input);
+  stream.on('close', common.mustCall(() => {
+    const output = fs.readFileSync(file, 'utf-8');
+    assert.strictEqual(output, input);
+  }));
+}));