diff --git a/packages/hash-stream-node/src/fileStreamHasher.ts b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/fileStreamHasher.ts
index b15a92af4a03..5accbf903cb2 100644
--- a/packages/hash-stream-node/src/fileStreamHasher.ts
+++ b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/fileStreamHasher.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import { Readable } from "stream";
 
 import { HashCalculator } from "./HashCalculator";
 
+// ToDo: deprecate in favor of readableStreamHasher
 export const fileStreamHasher: StreamHasher<Readable> = (hashCtor: HashConstructor, fileStream: Readable) =>
   new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
     if (!isReadStream(fileStream)) {
diff --git a/packages/hash-stream-node/src/fsCreateReadStream.spec.ts b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/fsCreateReadStream.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..5a7e21a6b4b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/fsCreateReadStream.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import * as fs from "fs";
+
+import { fsCreateReadStream } from "./fsCreateReadStream";
+
+jest.setTimeout(30000);
+
+describe(fsCreateReadStream.name, () => {
+  const mockFileContents = fs.readFileSync(__filename, "utf8");
+
+  it("uses file descriptor if defined", (done) => {
+    fs.promises.open(__filename, "r").then((fd) => {
+      if ((fd as any).createReadStream) {
+        const readStream = (fd as any).createReadStream();
+        const readStreamCopy = fsCreateReadStream(readStream);
+
+        const chunks: Array<Buffer> = [];
+        readStreamCopy.on("data", (chunk) => {
+          chunks.push(chunk);
+        });
+        readStreamCopy.on("end", () => {
+          const outputFileContents = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString();
+          expect(outputFileContents).toEqual(mockFileContents);
+          done();
+        });
+      } else {
+        console.log(`Skipping createReadStream test as it's not available.`);
+        done();
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("uses start and end if file descriptor is not defined", (done) => {
+    const readStream = fs.createReadStream(__filename);
+    const readStreamCopy = fsCreateReadStream(readStream);
+
+    const chunks: Array<Buffer> = [];
+    readStreamCopy.on("data", (chunk) => {
+      chunks.push(chunk);
+    });
+    readStreamCopy.on("end", () => {
+      const outputFileContents = Buffer.concat(chunks).toString();
+      expect(outputFileContents).toEqual(mockFileContents);
+      done();
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/hash-stream-node/src/fsCreateReadStream.ts b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/fsCreateReadStream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..837f51b5cf1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/fsCreateReadStream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+import { createReadStream, ReadStream } from "fs";
+
+export const fsCreateReadStream = (readStream: ReadStream) =>
+  createReadStream(readStream.path, {
+    fd: (readStream as any).fd,
+    start: (readStream as any).start,
+    end: (readStream as any).end,
+  });
diff --git a/packages/hash-stream-node/src/isFileStream.spec.ts b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/isFileStream.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d8985dd8f21e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/isFileStream.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { createReadStream } from "fs";
+import { Readable } from "stream";
+
+import { isFileStream } from "./isFileStream";
+
+describe(isFileStream.name, () => {
+  describe("returns true if readablestream is fs.ReadStream", () => {
+    it("with string path", () => {
+      const readStream = createReadStream(__filename);
+      expect(isFileStream(readStream)).toStrictEqual(true);
+    });
+
+    it("with buffer path", () => {
+      const readStream = createReadStream(Buffer.from(__filename, "utf-8"));
+      expect(isFileStream(readStream)).toStrictEqual(true);
+    });
+
+    it("with filehandle", async () => {
+      const { promises } = await import("fs");
+      const fd = await promises.open(__filename, "r");
+      // @ts-expect-error createReadStream is added in v16.11.0
+      if (fd.createReadStream) {
+        // @ts-expect-error createReadStream is added in v16.11.0
+        const readStream = fd.createReadStream();
+        expect(isFileStream(readStream)).toStrictEqual(true);
+      }
+    });
+  });
+
+  it("returns false if readablestream is not an fs.ReadStream", () => {
+    const readableStream = new Readable({ read: (size) => {} });
+    expect(isFileStream(readableStream)).toStrictEqual(false);
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/hash-stream-node/src/isFileStream.ts b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/isFileStream.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..3117afd0d914
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/isFileStream.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { ReadStream } from "fs";
+import { Readable } from "stream";
+
+export const isFileStream = (stream: Readable): stream is ReadStream =>
+  typeof (stream as ReadStream).path === "string" ||
+  Buffer.isBuffer((stream as ReadStream).path) ||
+  typeof (stream as any).fd === "number";
diff --git a/packages/hash-stream-node/src/readableStreamHasher.spec.ts b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/readableStreamHasher.spec.ts
index d002a6ccc511..130e18051cf3 100644
--- a/packages/hash-stream-node/src/readableStreamHasher.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/readableStreamHasher.spec.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 import { Hash } from "@aws-sdk/types";
-import { Readable, Writable, WritableOptions } from "stream";
+import { createReadStream } from "fs";
+import { Readable, Writable } from "stream";
 
+import { fsCreateReadStream } from "./fsCreateReadStream";
 import { HashCalculator } from "./HashCalculator";
+import { isFileStream } from "./isFileStream";
 import { readableStreamHasher } from "./readableStreamHasher";
 
+jest.mock("./fsCreateReadStream");
 jest.mock("./HashCalculator");
+jest.mock("./isFileStream");
+jest.mock("fs");
 
 describe(readableStreamHasher.name, () => {
   const mockDigest = jest.fn();
@@ -38,6 +44,7 @@ describe(readableStreamHasher.name, () => {
     (HashCalculator as unknown as jest.Mock).mockImplementation(
       (hash) => new MockHashCalculator(hash, mockHashCalculatorWrite, mockHashCalculatorEnd)
     );
+    (isFileStream as unknown as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(false);
     mockDigest.mockResolvedValue(mockHash);
   });
 
@@ -45,6 +52,21 @@ describe(readableStreamHasher.name, () => {
     jest.clearAllMocks();
   });
 
+  it("creates a copy in case of fileStream", () => {
+    (fsCreateReadStream as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(
+      new Readable({
+        read: (size) => {},
+      })
+    );
+    (isFileStream as unknown as jest.Mock).mockReturnValue(true);
+
+    const fsReadStream = createReadStream(__filename);
+    readableStreamHasher(mockHashCtor, fsReadStream);
+
+    expect(isFileStream).toHaveBeenCalledWith(fsReadStream);
+    expect(fsCreateReadStream).toHaveBeenCalledWith(fsReadStream);
+  });
+
   it("computes hash for a readable stream", async () => {
     const readableStream = new Readable({
       read: (size) => {},
diff --git a/packages/hash-stream-node/src/readableStreamHasher.ts b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/readableStreamHasher.ts
index 272b0ee438af..6ee1296091dd 100644
--- a/packages/hash-stream-node/src/readableStreamHasher.ts
+++ b/packages/hash-stream-node/src/readableStreamHasher.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 import { HashConstructor, StreamHasher } from "@aws-sdk/types";
 import { Readable } from "stream";
 
+import { fsCreateReadStream } from "./fsCreateReadStream";
 import { HashCalculator } from "./HashCalculator";
+import { isFileStream } from "./isFileStream";
 
 export const readableStreamHasher: StreamHasher<Readable> = (hashCtor: HashConstructor, readableStream: Readable) => {
+  // ToDo: throw if readableStream is already flowing and it's copy can't be created.
+  const streamToPipe = isFileStream(readableStream) ? fsCreateReadStream(readableStream) : readableStream;
+
   const hash = new hashCtor();
   const hashCalculator = new HashCalculator(hash);
-  readableStream.pipe(hashCalculator);
+  streamToPipe.pipe(hashCalculator);
 
   return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    readableStream.on("error", (err: Error) => {
+    streamToPipe.on("error", (err: Error) => {
       // if the source errors, the destination stream needs to manually end
       hashCalculator.end();
       reject(err);