diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index 14be27cbf2d911..dd1eca3d5003e5 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ There are four fundamental stream types within Node.js:
 * [Transform][] - Duplex streams that can modify or transform the data as it
   is written and read (for example [`zlib.createDeflate()`][]).
 
+Additionally this module includes the utility function [pump][].
+
 ### Object Mode
 
 All streams created by Node.js APIs operate exclusively on strings and `Buffer`
@@ -89,7 +91,7 @@ total size of the internal write buffer is below the threshold set by
 the size of the internal buffer reaches or exceeds the `highWaterMark`, `false`
 will be returned.
 
-A key goal of the `stream` API, particularly the [`stream.pipe()`] method,
+A key goal of the `stream` API, particularly the [`stream.pump()`] function,
 is to limit the buffering of data to acceptable levels such that sources and
 destinations of differing speeds will not overwhelm the available memory.
 
@@ -1244,6 +1246,18 @@ implementors should not override this method, but instead implement
 [`readable._destroy`][readable-_destroy].
 The default implementation of `_destroy` for `Transform` also emit `'close'`.
 
+#### Class Method: stream.pump(...streams[, callback])
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+* `...streams` {Stream} Two or more streams to pipe between.
+* `callback` {Function} A callback function that takes an optional error
+  argument.
+
+A class method to pipe between streams forwarding errors and properly cleaning
+up.
+
 ## API for Stream Implementers
 
 <!--type=misc-->
@@ -2334,14 +2348,15 @@ contain multi-byte characters.
 [TCP sockets]: net.html#net_class_net_socket
 [Transform]: #stream_class_stream_transform
 [Writable]: #stream_class_stream_writable
+[async-iterator]: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-async-iteration
 [child process stdin]: child_process.html#child_process_subprocess_stdin
 [child process stdout and stderr]: child_process.html#child_process_subprocess_stdout
 [crypto]: crypto.html
 [fs read streams]: fs.html#fs_class_fs_readstream
 [fs write streams]: fs.html#fs_class_fs_writestream
 [http-incoming-message]: http.html#http_class_http_incomingmessage
-[zlib]: zlib.html
 [hwm-gotcha]: #stream_highwatermark_discrepancy_after_calling_readable_setencoding
+[pump]: #stream_class_method_pump
 [stream-_flush]: #stream_transform_flush_callback
 [stream-_read]: #stream_readable_read_size_1
 [stream-_transform]: #stream_transform_transform_chunk_encoding_callback
@@ -2358,4 +2373,4 @@ contain multi-byte characters.
 [readable-destroy]: #stream_readable_destroy_error
 [writable-_destroy]: #stream_writable_destroy_err_callback
 [writable-destroy]: #stream_writable_destroy_error
-[async-iterator]: https://github.com/tc39/proposal-async-iteration
+[zlib]: zlib.html
diff --git a/lib/_stream_pump.js b/lib/_stream_pump.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..f8bfebb0c2f62b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/_stream_pump.js
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+'use strict';
+
+function noop() {}
+
+function isRequest(stream) {
+  return stream.setHeader && typeof stream.abort === 'function';
+}
+
+function isChildProcess(stream) {
+  return stream.stdio &&
+    Array.isArray(stream.stdio) && stream.stdio.length === 3;
+}
+
+function eos(stream, opts, _callback) {
+  if (typeof opts === 'function') return eos(stream, null, opts);
+  if (!opts) opts = {};
+
+  let callbackCalled = false;
+  const callback = (err) => {
+    if (!_callback || callbackCalled) {
+      return;
+    }
+    callbackCalled = true;
+    _callback.call(stream, err);
+  };
+
+  const ws = stream._writableState;
+  const rs = stream._readableState;
+  let readable = opts.readable || opts.readable !== false && stream.readable;
+  let writable = opts.writable || opts.writable !== false && stream.writable;
+
+  const onlegacyfinish = () => {
+    if (!stream.writable) onfinish();
+  };
+
+  const onfinish = () => {
+    writable = false;
+    if (!readable) callback();
+  };
+
+  const onend = () => {
+    readable = false;
+    if (!writable) callback();
+  };
+
+  const onexit = (exitCode) => {
+    if (exitCode) {
+      callback(new Error(`Exited with error code: ${exitCode}`));
+    } else {
+      callback(null);
+    }
+  };
+
+  const onclose = () => {
+    if (readable && !(rs && rs.ended) || writable && !(ws && ws.ended))
+      return callback(new Error('Premature close'));
+  };
+
+  const onrequest = () =>
+    stream.req.on('finish', onfinish);
+
+  if (isRequest(stream)) {
+    stream.on('complete', onfinish);
+    stream.on('abort', onclose);
+    if (stream.req) onrequest();
+    else stream.on('request', onrequest);
+  } else if (writable && !ws) { // legacy streams
+    stream.on('end', onlegacyfinish);
+    stream.on('close', onlegacyfinish);
+  }
+
+  if (isChildProcess(stream)) stream.on('exit', onexit);
+
+  stream.on('end', onend);
+  stream.on('finish', onfinish);
+  if (opts.error !== false) stream.on('error', callback);
+  stream.on('close', onclose);
+
+  return () => {
+    stream.removeListener('complete', onfinish);
+    stream.removeListener('abort', onclose);
+    stream.removeListener('request', onrequest);
+    if (stream.req) stream.req.removeListener('finish', onfinish);
+    stream.removeListener('end', onlegacyfinish);
+    stream.removeListener('close', onlegacyfinish);
+    stream.removeListener('finish', onfinish);
+    stream.removeListener('exit', onexit);
+    stream.removeListener('end', onend);
+    stream.removeListener('error', callback);
+    stream.removeListener('close', onclose);
+  };
+}
+
+function destroyer(stream, readable, writable, _callback) {
+  let callbackCalled = false;
+  const callback = (err) => {
+    if (callbackCalled) return;
+    callbackCalled = true;
+    return _callback(err);
+  };
+  let closed = false;
+  stream.on('close', () => {
+    closed = true;
+  });
+
+  eos(stream, { readable, writable }, (err) => {
+    if (err) return callback(err);
+    closed = true;
+    callback();
+  });
+
+  let destroyed = false;
+  return (err) => {
+    if (closed || destroyed) return;
+    destroyed = true;
+
+    if (isRequest(stream))
+      return stream.abort();
+
+    if (typeof stream.destroy === 'function') return stream.destroy(err);
+
+    callback(err || new Error('Stream was destroyed'));
+  };
+}
+
+const call = (fn) => fn();
+const callErr = (err) => (fn) => fn(err);
+const pipe = (from, to) => from.pipe(to);
+
+function pump(...streams) {
+  const callback = streams.pop() || noop;
+
+  if (Array.isArray(streams[0])) streams = streams[0];
+
+  if (streams.length < 2)
+    throw new Error('Pump requires two streams per minimum.');
+
+  let firstError;
+  const destroys = streams.map((stream, i) => {
+    var reading = i < streams.length - 1;
+    var writing = i > 0;
+    return destroyer(stream, reading, writing, (err) => {
+      if (!firstError) firstError = err;
+
+      if (err) destroys.forEach(callErr(err));
+
+      if (reading) return;
+
+      destroys.forEach(call);
+      callback(firstError);
+    });
+  });
+
+  return streams.reduce(pipe);
+}
+
+module.exports = pump;
diff --git a/lib/stream.js b/lib/stream.js
index 9a816600a05e5a..6d241daa8fd165 100644
--- a/lib/stream.js
+++ b/lib/stream.js
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Stream.Writable = require('_stream_writable');
 Stream.Duplex = require('_stream_duplex');
 Stream.Transform = require('_stream_transform');
 Stream.PassThrough = require('_stream_passthrough');
+Stream.pump = require('_stream_pump');
 
 // Backwards-compat with node 0.4.x
 Stream.Stream = Stream;
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 08eee428560770..ce9390d9a533b2 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
       'lib/_stream_duplex.js',
       'lib/_stream_transform.js',
       'lib/_stream_passthrough.js',
+      'lib/_stream_pump.js',
       'lib/_stream_wrap.js',
       'lib/string_decoder.js',
       'lib/sys.js',
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-pump.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-pump.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..d69f41924997d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-pump.js
@@ -0,0 +1,165 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const stream = require('stream');
+const common = require('../common');
+
+if (!common.hasCrypto)
+  common.skip('missing crypto');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const crypto = require('crypto');
+const pump = stream.pump;
+// tiny node-tap lookalike.
+const tests = [];
+let count = 0;
+
+function test(name, fn) {
+  count++;
+  tests.push([name, fn]);
+}
+
+function run() {
+  const next = tests.shift();
+  if (!next)
+    return console.error('ok');
+
+  const name = next[0];
+  const fn = next[1];
+  console.log('# %s', name);
+  fn({
+    same: assert.deepStrictEqual,
+    equal: assert.strictEqual,
+    end: function() {
+      count--;
+      run();
+    }
+  });
+}
+
+// ensure all tests have run
+process.on('exit', function() {
+  assert.strictEqual(count, 0);
+});
+
+process.nextTick(run);
+
+test('basic pump', (t) => {
+  const rs = new stream.Readable({
+    read(size) {
+      this.push(crypto.randomBytes(size));
+    }
+  });
+  const ws = new stream.Writable({
+    write(chunk, enc, next) {
+      setImmediate(next);
+    }
+  });
+
+  function toHex() {
+    const reverse = new stream.Transform();
+
+    reverse._transform = function(chunk, enc, callback) {
+      reverse.push(chunk.toString('hex'));
+      callback();
+    };
+
+    return reverse;
+  }
+
+  let wsClosed = false;
+  let rsClosed = false;
+  let callbackCalled = false;
+  const timeout = setTimeout(function() {
+    throw new Error('timeout');
+  }, 5000);
+  function check() {
+    if (wsClosed && rsClosed && callbackCalled) {
+      clearTimeout(timeout);
+      t.end();
+    }
+  }
+
+  ws.on('finish', function() {
+    wsClosed = true;
+    check();
+  });
+
+  rs.on('end', function() {
+    rsClosed = true;
+    check();
+  });
+
+  pump(rs, toHex(), toHex(), toHex(), ws, function() {
+    callbackCalled = true;
+    check();
+  });
+
+  setTimeout(function() {
+    rs.push(null);
+  }, 1000);
+});
+test('call destroy if error', (t) => {
+  let wsDestroyCalled = false;
+  let rsDestroyCalled = false;
+  let callbackCalled = false;
+  class RS extends stream.Readable {
+    _read(size) {
+      this.push(crypto.randomBytes(size));
+    }
+    _destroy(err, cb) {
+      rsDestroyCalled = true;
+      check();
+      super._destroy(err, cb);
+    }
+  }
+  class WS extends stream.Writable {
+    _write(chunk, enc, next) {
+      setImmediate(next);
+    }
+    _destroy(error, cb) {
+      t.equal(error && error.message, 'lets end this');
+      this.emit('close');
+      wsDestroyCalled = true;
+      check();
+      super._destroy(error, cb);
+    }
+  }
+  const rs = new RS();
+  const ws = new WS();
+  function throwError() {
+    const reverse = new stream.Transform();
+    let i = 0;
+    reverse._transform = function(chunk, enc, callback) {
+      i++;
+      if (i > 5) {
+        return callback(new Error('lets end this'));
+      }
+      reverse.push(chunk.toString('hex'));
+      callback();
+    };
+
+    return reverse;
+  }
+  function toHex() {
+    const reverse = new stream.Transform();
+
+    reverse._transform = function(chunk, enc, callback) {
+      reverse.push(chunk.toString('hex'));
+      callback();
+    };
+
+    return reverse;
+  }
+
+  function check() {
+    if (wsDestroyCalled && rsDestroyCalled && callbackCalled) {
+      t.end();
+    }
+  }
+
+  pump(rs, toHex(), throwError(), toHex(), toHex(), ws, function(err) {
+    t.equal(err && err.message, 'lets end this');
+    callbackCalled = true;
+    check();
+  });
+});