diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/pipelinify.js b/lib/internal/streams/pipelinify.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000000..919b9da35227473
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/pipelinify.js
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const pipeline = require('internal/streams/pipeline');
+const Duplex = require('internal/streams/duplex');
+const { destroyer } = require('internal/streams/destroy');
+
+module.exports = function pipe(...streams) {
+  let ondrain;
+  let onfinish;
+  let onreadable;
+  let onclose;
+  let ret;
+
+  const r = pipeline(streams, function(err) {
+    if (onclose) {
+      const cb = onclose;
+      onclose = null;
+      cb(err);
+    } else {
+      ret.destroy(err);
+    }
+  });
+  const w = streams[0];
+
+  const writable = w.writable;
+  const readable = r.readable;
+  const objectMode = w.readableObjectMode;
+
+  ret = new Duplex({
+    writable,
+    readable,
+    objectMode,
+    highWaterMark: 1
+  });
+
+  if (writable) {
+    ret._write = function(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+      if (w.write(chunk, encoding)) {
+        callback();
+      } else {
+        ondrain = callback;
+      }
+    };
+
+    ret._final = function(callback) {
+      w.end();
+      onfinish = callback;
+    };
+
+    ret.on('drain', function() {
+      if (ondrain) {
+        const cb = ondrain;
+        ondrain = null;
+        cb();
+      }
+    });
+
+    ret.on('finish', function() {
+      if (onfinish) {
+        const cb = onfinish;
+        onfinish = null;
+        cb();
+      }
+    });
+
+    // Writable.write unfortunately checks buffering before
+    // writing, and not after due to https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/35941.
+    // We need to override this in order to avoid buffering overhead.
+    ret.write = function write (chunk, encoding, cb) {
+      return Duplex.prototype.write.call(ret, chunk, encoding, cb) && !ondrain;
+    }
+  }
+
+  if (readable) {
+    r.on('readable', function() {
+      if (onreadable) {
+        const cb = onreadable;
+        onreadable = null;
+        cb();
+      }
+    });
+
+    ret._read = function() {
+      while (true) {
+        const buf = r.read();
+
+        if (buf === null) {
+          onreadable = ret._read;
+          return;
+        }
+
+        if (!ret.push(buf)) {
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  }
+
+  ret._destroy = function(err, callback) {
+    onclose = callback;
+    onreadable = null;
+    ondrain = null;
+    onfinish = null;
+    destroyer(r, err);
+  };
+};
diff --git a/lib/stream.js b/lib/stream.js
index 85adda81b32f294..3b4a83868f84acd 100644
--- a/lib/stream.js
+++ b/lib/stream.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/util');
 
 const pipeline = require('internal/streams/pipeline');
+const pipelinify = require('internal/streams/pipelinify');
 const eos = require('internal/streams/end-of-stream');
 const internalBuffer = require('internal/buffer');
 
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ Stream.Duplex = require('internal/streams/duplex');
 Stream.Transform = require('internal/streams/transform');
 Stream.PassThrough = require('internal/streams/passthrough');
 Stream.pipeline = pipeline;
+Stream.pipelinify = pipelinify;
 const { addAbortSignal } = require('internal/streams/add-abort-signal');
 Stream.addAbortSignal = addAbortSignal;
 Stream.finished = eos;