diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aa19e3920..3d63abc0c 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ can use one of the many wrappers available on npm, like
   - [Multiple servers sharing a single HTTP/S server](#multiple-servers-sharing-a-single-https-server)
   - [Server broadcast](#server-broadcast)
   - [echo.websocket.org demo](#echowebsocketorg-demo)
+  - [Use the Node.js streams API](#use-the-nodejs-streams-api)
   - [Other examples](#other-examples)
 - [FAQ](#faq)
   - [How to get the IP address of the client?](#how-to-get-the-ip-address-of-the-client)
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ necessarily need to have a C++ compiler installed on your machine.
 
 ## API docs
 
-See [`/doc/ws.md`](./doc/ws.md) for Node.js-like docs for the ws classes.
+See [`/doc/ws.md`](./doc/ws.md) for Node.js-like documentation of ws classes and
+utility functions.
 
 ## WebSocket compression
 
@@ -302,6 +304,21 @@ ws.on('message', function incoming(data) {
 });
 ```
 
+### Use the Node.js streams API
+
+```js
+const WebSocket = require('ws');
+
+const ws = new WebSocket('wss://echo.websocket.org/', {
+  origin: 'https://websocket.org'
+});
+
+const duplex = WebSocket.createWebSocketStream(ws, { encoding: 'utf8' });
+
+duplex.pipe(process.stdout);
+process.stdin.pipe(duplex);
+```
+
 ### Other examples
 
 For a full example with a browser client communicating with a ws server, see the
diff --git a/doc/ws.md b/doc/ws.md
index fe7f482d7..77b3e42e0 100644
--- a/doc/ws.md
+++ b/doc/ws.md
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
   - [websocket.send(data[, options][, callback])](#websocketsenddata-options-callback)
   - [websocket.terminate()](#websocketterminate)
   - [websocket.url](#websocketurl)
+- [WebSocket.createWebSocketStream(websocket[, options])](#websocketcreatewebsocketstreamwebsocket-options)
 
 ## Class: WebSocket.Server
 
@@ -463,11 +464,22 @@ Forcibly close the connection.
 
 The URL of the WebSocket server. Server clients don't have this attribute.
 
+## WebSocket.createWebSocketStream(websocket[, options])
+
+- `websocket` {WebSocket} A `WebSocket` object.
+- `options` {Object} [Options][duplex-options] to pass to the `Duplex`
+  constructor.
+
+Returns a `Duplex` stream that allows to use the Node.js streams API on top of a
+given `WebSocket`.
+
 [concurrency-limit]: https://github.com/websockets/ws/issues/1202
-[permessage-deflate]:
-  https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-hybi-permessage-compression-19
-[zlib-options]: https://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html#zlib_class_options
+[duplex-options]:
+  https://nodejs.org/api/stream.html#stream_new_stream_duplex_options
 [http.request()]:
   https://nodejs.org/api/http.html#http_http_request_options_callback
 [https.request()]:
   https://nodejs.org/api/https.html#https_https_request_options_callback
+[permessage-deflate]:
+  https://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-hybi-permessage-compression-19
+[zlib-options]: https://nodejs.org/api/zlib.html#zlib_class_options
diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index b8d6be1c9..722c78676 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 const WebSocket = require('./lib/websocket');
 
+WebSocket.createWebSocketStream = require('./lib/stream');
 WebSocket.Server = require('./lib/websocket-server');
 WebSocket.Receiver = require('./lib/receiver');
 WebSocket.Sender = require('./lib/sender');
diff --git a/lib/stream.js b/lib/stream.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..adfcf3193
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/stream.js
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { Duplex } = require('stream');
+
+/**
+ * Emits the `'close'` event on a stream.
+ *
+ * @param {stream.Duplex} The stream.
+ * @private
+ */
+function emitClose(stream) {
+  stream.emit('close');
+}
+
+/**
+ * The listener of the `'end'` event.
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+function duplexOnEnd() {
+  if (!this.destroyed && this._writableState.finished) {
+    this.destroy();
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * The listener of the `'error'` event.
+ *
+ * @private
+ */
+function duplexOnError(err) {
+  this.removeListener('error', duplexOnError);
+  this.destroy();
+  if (this.listenerCount('error') === 0) {
+    // Do not suppress the throwing behavior.
+    this.emit('error', err);
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Wraps a `WebSocket` in a duplex stream.
+ *
+ * @param {WebSocket} ws The `WebSocket` to wrap
+ * @param {Object} options The options for the `Duplex` constructor
+ * @return {stream.Duplex} The duplex stream
+ * @public
+ */
+function createWebSocketStream(ws, options) {
+  let resumeOnReceiverDrain = true;
+
+  function receiverOnDrain() {
+    if (resumeOnReceiverDrain) ws._socket.resume();
+  }
+
+  if (ws.readyState === ws.CONNECTING) {
+    ws.once('open', function open() {
+      ws._receiver.removeAllListeners('drain');
+      ws._receiver.on('drain', receiverOnDrain);
+    });
+  } else {
+    ws._receiver.removeAllListeners('drain');
+    ws._receiver.on('drain', receiverOnDrain);
+  }
+
+  const duplex = new Duplex({
+    ...options,
+    autoDestroy: false,
+    emitClose: false,
+    objectMode: false,
+    readableObjectMode: false,
+    writableObjectMode: false
+  });
+
+  ws.on('message', function message(msg) {
+    if (!duplex.push(msg)) {
+      resumeOnReceiverDrain = false;
+      ws._socket.pause();
+    }
+  });
+
+  ws.once('error', function error(err) {
+    duplex.destroy(err);
+  });
+
+  ws.once('close', function close() {
+    if (duplex.destroyed) return;
+
+    duplex.push(null);
+  });
+
+  duplex._destroy = function(err, callback) {
+    if (ws.readyState === ws.CLOSED) {
+      callback(err);
+      process.nextTick(emitClose, duplex);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    ws.once('close', function close() {
+      callback(err);
+      process.nextTick(emitClose, duplex);
+    });
+    ws.terminate();
+  };
+
+  duplex._final = function(callback) {
+    if (ws.readyState === ws.CONNECTING) {
+      ws.once('open', function open() {
+        duplex._final(callback);
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    if (ws._socket._writableState.finished) {
+      if (duplex._readableState.endEmitted) duplex.destroy();
+      callback();
+    } else {
+      ws._socket.once('finish', function finish() {
+        // `duplex` is not destroyed here because the `'end'` event will be
+        // emitted on `duplex` after this `'finish'` event. The EOF signaling
+        // `null` chunk is, in fact, pushed when the WebSocket emits `'close'`.
+        callback();
+      });
+      ws.close();
+    }
+  };
+
+  duplex._read = function() {
+    if (ws.readyState === ws.OPEN && !resumeOnReceiverDrain) {
+      resumeOnReceiverDrain = true;
+      if (!ws._receiver._writableState.needDrain) ws._socket.resume();
+    }
+  };
+
+  duplex._write = function(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+    if (ws.readyState === ws.CONNECTING) {
+      ws.once('open', function open() {
+        duplex._write(chunk, encoding, callback);
+      });
+      return;
+    }
+
+    ws.send(chunk, callback);
+  };
+
+  duplex.on('end', duplexOnEnd);
+  duplex.on('error', duplexOnError);
+  return duplex;
+}
+
+module.exports = createWebSocketStream;
diff --git a/test/create-websocket-stream.test.js b/test/create-websocket-stream.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a0b95966d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/create-websocket-stream.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,415 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const EventEmitter = require('events');
+const { Duplex } = require('stream');
+const { randomBytes } = require('crypto');
+
+const createWebSocketStream = require('../lib/stream');
+const Sender = require('../lib/sender');
+const WebSocket = require('..');
+
+describe('createWebSocketStream', () => {
+  it('is exposed as a property of the `WebSocket` class', () => {
+    assert.strictEqual(WebSocket.createWebSocketStream, createWebSocketStream);
+  });
+
+  it('returns a `Duplex` stream', () => {
+    const duplex = createWebSocketStream(new EventEmitter());
+
+    assert.ok(duplex instanceof Duplex);
+  });
+
+  it('passes the options object to the `Duplex` constructor', (done) => {
+    const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+      const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+      const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws, {
+        allowHalfOpen: false,
+        encoding: 'utf8'
+      });
+
+      duplex.on('data', (chunk) => {
+        assert.strictEqual(chunk, 'hi');
+
+        duplex.on('close', () => {
+          wss.close(done);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+      ws.send(Buffer.from('hi'));
+      ws.close();
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('The returned stream', () => {
+    it('buffers writes if `readyState` is `CONNECTING`', (done) => {
+      const chunk = randomBytes(1024);
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+
+        assert.strictEqual(ws.readyState, 0);
+
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+
+        duplex.write(chunk);
+      });
+
+      wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+        ws.on('message', (message) => {
+          ws.on('close', (code, reason) => {
+            assert.ok(message.equals(chunk));
+            assert.strictEqual(code, 1005);
+            assert.strictEqual(reason, '');
+            wss.close(done);
+          });
+        });
+
+        ws.close();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('errors if a write occurs when `readyState` is `CLOSING`', (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+
+        duplex.on('error', (err) => {
+          assert.ok(duplex.destroyed);
+          assert.ok(err instanceof Error);
+          assert.strictEqual(
+            err.message,
+            'WebSocket is not open: readyState 2 (CLOSING)'
+          );
+
+          duplex.on('close', () => {
+            wss.close(done);
+          });
+        });
+
+        ws.on('open', () => {
+          ws._receiver.on('conclude', () => {
+            duplex.write('hi');
+          });
+        });
+      });
+
+      wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+        ws.close();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('errors if a write occurs when `readyState` is `CLOSED`', (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+
+        duplex.on('error', (err) => {
+          assert.ok(duplex.destroyed);
+          assert.ok(err instanceof Error);
+          assert.strictEqual(
+            err.message,
+            'WebSocket is not open: readyState 3 (CLOSED)'
+          );
+
+          duplex.on('close', () => {
+            wss.close(done);
+          });
+        });
+
+        ws.on('close', () => {
+          duplex.write('hi');
+        });
+      });
+
+      wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+        ws.close();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('does not error if `_final()` is called while connecting', (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+
+        assert.strictEqual(ws.readyState, 0);
+
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+
+        duplex.on('close', () => {
+          wss.close(done);
+        });
+
+        duplex.resume();
+        duplex.end();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('reemits errors', (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+
+        duplex.on('error', (err) => {
+          assert.ok(err instanceof RangeError);
+          assert.strictEqual(
+            err.message,
+            'Invalid WebSocket frame: invalid opcode 5'
+          );
+
+          duplex.on('close', () => {
+            wss.close(done);
+          });
+        });
+      });
+
+      wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+        ws._socket.write(Buffer.from([0x85, 0x00]));
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("does not suppress the throwing behavior of 'error' events", (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+        createWebSocketStream(ws);
+      });
+
+      wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+        ws._socket.write(Buffer.from([0x85, 0x00]));
+      });
+
+      assert.strictEqual(process.listenerCount('uncaughtException'), 1);
+
+      const [listener] = process.listeners('uncaughtException');
+
+      process.removeAllListeners('uncaughtException');
+      process.once('uncaughtException', (err) => {
+        assert.ok(err instanceof Error);
+        assert.strictEqual(
+          err.message,
+          'Invalid WebSocket frame: invalid opcode 5'
+        );
+
+        process.on('uncaughtException', listener);
+        wss.close(done);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("is destroyed after 'end' and 'finish' are emitted (1/2)", (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const events = [];
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+
+        duplex.on('end', () => {
+          events.push('end');
+          assert.ok(duplex.destroyed);
+        });
+
+        duplex.on('close', () => {
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(events, ['finish', 'end']);
+          wss.close(done);
+        });
+
+        duplex.on('finish', () => {
+          events.push('finish');
+          assert.ok(!duplex.destroyed);
+          assert.ok(duplex.readable);
+
+          duplex.resume();
+        });
+
+        ws.on('close', () => {
+          duplex.end();
+        });
+      });
+
+      wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+        ws.send('foo');
+        ws.close();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it("is destroyed after 'end' and 'finish' are emitted (2/2)", (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const events = [];
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+
+        duplex.on('end', () => {
+          events.push('end');
+          assert.ok(!duplex.destroyed);
+          assert.ok(duplex.writable);
+
+          duplex.end();
+        });
+
+        duplex.on('close', () => {
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(events, ['end', 'finish']);
+          wss.close(done);
+        });
+
+        duplex.on('finish', () => {
+          events.push('finish');
+          assert.ok(duplex.destroyed);
+        });
+
+        duplex.resume();
+      });
+
+      wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+        ws.close();
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('handles backpressure (1/3)', (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-unused-vars
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+      });
+
+      wss.on('connection', (ws) => {
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+
+        duplex.resume();
+
+        duplex.on('drain', () => {
+          duplex.on('close', () => {
+            wss.close(done);
+          });
+
+          duplex.end();
+        });
+
+        const chunk = randomBytes(1024);
+        let ret;
+
+        do {
+          ret = duplex.write(chunk);
+        } while (ret !== false);
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('handles backpressure (2/3)', (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const called = [];
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+        const read = duplex._read;
+
+        duplex._read = () => {
+          called.push('read');
+          assert.ok(ws._receiver._writableState.needDrain);
+          read();
+          assert.ok(ws._socket.isPaused());
+        };
+
+        ws.on('open', () => {
+          ws._socket.on('pause', () => {
+            console.log('here');
+            duplex.resume();
+          });
+
+          ws._receiver.on('drain', () => {
+            called.push('drain');
+            assert.ok(!ws._socket.isPaused());
+          });
+
+          const list = Sender.frame(randomBytes(16 * 1024), {
+            fin: true,
+            rsv1: false,
+            opcode: 0x02,
+            mask: false,
+            readOnly: false
+          });
+
+          // This hack is used because there is no guarantee that more than
+          // 16KiB will be sent as a single TCP packet.
+          ws._socket.push(Buffer.concat(list));
+        });
+
+        duplex.on('resume', duplex.end);
+        duplex.on('close', () => {
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(called, ['read', 'drain']);
+          wss.close(done);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('handles backpressure (3/3)', (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const called = [];
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+
+        const read = duplex._read;
+
+        duplex._read = () => {
+          called.push('read');
+          assert.ok(!ws._receiver._writableState.needDrain);
+          read();
+          assert.ok(!ws._socket.isPaused());
+        };
+
+        ws.on('open', () => {
+          ws._receiver.on('drain', () => {
+            called.push('drain');
+            assert.ok(ws._socket.isPaused());
+            duplex.resume();
+          });
+
+          const list = Sender.frame(randomBytes(16 * 1024), {
+            fin: true,
+            rsv1: false,
+            opcode: 0x02,
+            mask: false,
+            readOnly: false
+          });
+
+          ws._socket.push(Buffer.concat(list));
+        });
+
+        duplex.on('resume', duplex.end);
+        duplex.on('close', () => {
+          assert.deepStrictEqual(called, ['drain', 'read']);
+          wss.close(done);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('can be destroyed (1/2)', (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const error = new Error('Oops');
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+
+        duplex.on('error', (err) => {
+          assert.strictEqual(err, error);
+
+          duplex.on('close', () => {
+            wss.close(done);
+          });
+        });
+
+        ws.on('open', () => {
+          duplex.destroy(error);
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('can be destroyed (2/2)', (done) => {
+      const wss = new WebSocket.Server({ port: 0 }, () => {
+        const ws = new WebSocket(`ws://localhost:${wss.address().port}`);
+        const duplex = createWebSocketStream(ws);
+
+        duplex.on('close', () => {
+          wss.close(done);
+        });
+
+        ws.on('open', () => {
+          duplex.destroy();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});