diff --git a/lib/api/api-request.js b/lib/api/api-request.js
index e9a67430ea0..fa1543d55cd 100644
--- a/lib/api/api-request.js
+++ b/lib/api/api-request.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { Readable } = require('stream')
+const Readable = require('./readable')
 const {
   InvalidArgumentError,
   RequestAbortedError
diff --git a/lib/api/readable.js b/lib/api/readable.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..47bf8f297bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/api/readable.js
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { Readable } = require('stream')
+
+let Blob
+
+const kBody = Symbol('body')
+
+const kWebStreamType = 1
+const kTextType = 2
+const kBlobType = 3
+const kArrayBufferType = 4
+const kJSONType = 5
+
+class AbortError extends Error {
+  constructor () {
+    super('The operation was aborted')
+    this.code = 'ABORT_ERR'
+    this.name = 'AbortError'
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = class BodyReadable extends Readable {
+  constructor (opts) {
+    super(opts)
+
+    this[kBody] = undefined
+  }
+
+  // https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#dom-body-bodyused
+  get bodyUsed () {
+    return isDisturbed(this)
+  }
+
+  get body () {
+    if (this[kBody]?.type === kWebStreamType) {
+      return this[kBody].body
+    }
+
+    return consume(this, kWebStreamType)
+  }
+
+  text () {
+    return consume(this, kTextType)
+  }
+
+  json () {
+    return consume(this, kJSONType)
+  }
+
+  blob () {
+    return consume(this, kBlobType)
+  }
+
+  arrayBuffer () {
+    return consume(this, kArrayBufferType)
+  }
+}
+
+function isLocked (self) {
+  return self[kBody] && (self[kBody].type !== kWebStreamType || self[kBody].body.locked)
+}
+
+// https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/#readablestream-disturbed
+function isDisturbed (self) {
+  return self.destroyed || self.readableDidRead
+}
+
+// https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/#body-unusable
+function isUnusable (self) {
+  return isDisturbed(self) || isLocked(self)
+}
+
+function consume (self, type) {
+  if (isUnusable(self)) {
+    throw new TypeError('unusable')
+  }
+
+  if (type === kWebStreamType) {
+    self[kBody] = {
+      type,
+      body: Readable.toWeb(self)
+    }
+
+    return self[kBody].body
+  }
+
+  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    self[kBody] = {
+      type,
+      resolve,
+      reject,
+      body: type === kTextType || type === kJSONType ? '' : []
+    }
+    self
+      .on('error', reject)
+      .on('data', function (val) {
+        const { type } = this[kBody]
+
+        if (type === kTextType || type === kJSONType) {
+          this[kBody].body += val
+        } else {
+          this[kBody].body.push(val)
+        }
+      })
+      .on('end', function () {
+        const { type, resolve, body } = this[kBody]
+
+        try {
+          if (type === kTextType) {
+            resolve(body)
+          } else if (type === kJSONType) {
+            resolve(JSON.parse(body))
+          } else if (type === kArrayBufferType) {
+            resolve(Buffer.concat(body).buffer)
+          } else if (type === kBlobType) {
+            if (!Blob) {
+              Blob = require('buffer').Blob
+            }
+            resolve(new Blob(body))
+          }
+
+          this[kBody].body = null
+        } catch (err) {
+          self.destroy(err)
+        }
+      })
+      .on('close', function () {
+        const { body, reject } = this[kBody]
+
+        if (body !== null) {
+          reject(new AbortError())
+        }
+      })
+  })
+}