diff --git a/lib/stream.js b/lib/stream.js
index a26cc0b81c557e..953169537b5013 100644
--- a/lib/stream.js
+++ b/lib/stream.js
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ const {
 const {
   codes: {
     ERR_ILLEGAL_CONSTRUCTOR,
+    ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE,
   },
 } = require('internal/errors');
 const compose = require('internal/streams/compose');
@@ -69,7 +70,14 @@ for (let i = 0; i < streamKeys.length; i++) {
     if (new.target) {
       throw new ERR_ILLEGAL_CONSTRUCTOR();
     }
-    return Stream.Readable.from(ReflectApply(op, this, args));
+    const result = (ReflectApply(op, this, args));
+    if (result instanceof Stream.Duplex) {
+      return result;
+    }
+    if (utils.isReadable(result) || utils.isWritable(result)) {
+      return Stream.compose(result);
+    }
+    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('result', result, 'must be a Duplex, Readable, or Writable stream');
   }
   ObjectDefineProperty(fn, 'name', { __proto__: null, value: op.name });
   ObjectDefineProperty(fn, 'length', { __proto__: null, value: op.length });
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-duplex.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-duplex.js
index 490744910cb1e1..8cd60435fd9341 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-duplex.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-duplex.js
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 const common = require('../common');
 const assert = require('assert');
 const Duplex = require('stream').Duplex;
+const { Readable, Writable } = require('stream');
 const { ReadableStream, WritableStream } = require('stream/web');
 
 const stream = new Duplex({ objectMode: true });
@@ -131,3 +132,47 @@ process.on('exit', () => {
     assert.deepStrictEqual(Buffer.from(result.value), dataToRead);
   }));
 }
+
+const assertMessages = {
+  isDuplex: 'Expected a Duplex stream',
+  duplexUnchanged: 'Expected the Duplex stream to be returned unchanged',
+  notDuplex: 'Expected a non-Duplex stream',
+  isReadable: 'Expected a Readable stream'
+};
+
+// readable.compose - Duplex stream unchanged
+{
+  const readable = new Readable({
+    read() {}
+  });
+
+  const duplex = new Duplex({
+    read() {},
+    write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+      callback();
+    }
+  });
+
+  const composedStream = readable.compose(duplex);
+
+  assert(composedStream instanceof Duplex, assertMessages.isDuplex);
+  assert.strictEqual(composedStream, duplex, assertMessages.duplexUnchanged);
+}
+
+// readable.compose - wraps non-Duplex streams
+{
+  const readable = new Readable({
+    read() {}
+  });
+
+  const writable = new Writable({
+    write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+      callback();
+    }
+  });
+
+  const composedStream = readable.compose(writable);
+
+  assert(!(composedStream instanceof Duplex), assertMessages.notDuplex);
+  assert(composedStream instanceof Readable, assertMessages.isReadable);
+}