diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 5ea65b6b27..4b7fe7f316 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
     "fs": false
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "test": "cross-env DEBUG=mfs:* aegir test -f test/browser.js",
+    "test": "cross-env aegir test -f test/browser.js",
     "test:node": "aegir test -t node",
     "test:browser": "aegir test -t browser -t webworker -f test/browser.js",
     "build": "aegir build",
@@ -67,14 +67,17 @@
     "pull-paramap": "^1.2.2",
     "pull-pushable": "^2.2.0",
     "pull-stream": "^3.6.7",
+    "pull-stream-to-stream": "^1.3.4",
     "pull-traverse": "^1.0.3",
     "stream-to-pull-stream": "^1.7.2"
   },
   "pre-commit": [
     "lint",
-    "commit-lint",
     "test"
   ],
+  "pre-push": [
+    "commit-lint"
+  ],
   "contributors": [
     "Alex Potsides <alex.potsides@protocol.ai>"
   ]
diff --git a/src/core/index.js b/src/core/index.js
index 1337f35b4d..82b4e7fc7e 100644
--- a/src/core/index.js
+++ b/src/core/index.js
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ module.exports = {
   mkdir: require('./mkdir'),
   mv: require('./mv'),
   read: require('./read'),
+  readPullStream: require('./read-pull-stream'),
+  readReadableStream: require('./read-readable-stream'),
   rm: require('./rm'),
   stat: require('./stat'),
   write: require('./write')
diff --git a/src/core/read-pull-stream.js b/src/core/read-pull-stream.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bcf9a1a2be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/read-pull-stream.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const exporter = require('ipfs-unixfs-engine').exporter
+const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
+const pull = require('pull-stream/pull')
+const collect = require('pull-stream/sinks/collect')
+const waterfall = require('async/waterfall')
+const {
+  validatePath,
+  traverseTo
+} = require('./utils')
+const log = require('debug')('mfs:read-pull-stream')
+
+const defaultOptions = {
+  offset: 0,
+  length: undefined
+}
+
+module.exports = function mfsReadPullStream (ipfs) {
+  return promisify((path, options, callback) => {
+    if (typeof options === 'function') {
+      callback = options
+      options = {}
+    }
+
+    options = Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, options)
+
+    try {
+      path = validatePath(path)
+    } catch (error) {
+      return callback(error)
+    }
+
+    log(`Reading ${path}`)
+
+    waterfall([
+      (done) => traverseTo(ipfs, path, {
+        parents: false
+      }, done),
+      (result, done) => {
+        waterfall([
+          (next) => pull(
+            exporter(result.node.multihash, ipfs._ipld, {
+              offset: options.offset,
+              length: options.length
+            }),
+            collect(next)
+          ),
+          (files, next) => next(null, files[0].content)
+        ], done)
+      }
+    ], callback)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/core/read-readable-stream.js b/src/core/read-readable-stream.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef3042e860
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/core/read-readable-stream.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
+const waterfall = require('async/waterfall')
+const readPullStream = require('./read-pull-stream')
+const toStream = require('pull-stream-to-stream')
+
+module.exports = function mfsRead (ipfs) {
+  return promisify((path, options, callback) => {
+    if (typeof options === 'function') {
+      callback = options
+      options = {}
+    }
+
+    waterfall([
+      (cb) => readPullStream(ipfs)(path, options, cb),
+      (stream, cb) => cb(null, toStream.source(stream))
+    ], callback)
+  })
+}
diff --git a/src/core/read.js b/src/core/read.js
index 5cd90c635c..edcf354da5 100644
--- a/src/core/read.js
+++ b/src/core/read.js
@@ -1,20 +1,10 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const exporter = require('ipfs-unixfs-engine').exporter
 const promisify = require('promisify-es6')
 const pull = require('pull-stream/pull')
 const collect = require('pull-stream/sinks/collect')
 const waterfall = require('async/waterfall')
-const {
-  validatePath,
-  traverseTo
-} = require('./utils')
-const log = require('debug')('mfs:read')
-
-const defaultOptions = {
-  offset: 0,
-  length: undefined
-}
+const readPullStream = require('./read-pull-stream')
 
 module.exports = function mfsRead (ipfs) {
   return promisify((path, options, callback) => {
@@ -23,36 +13,13 @@ module.exports = function mfsRead (ipfs) {
       options = {}
     }
 
-    options = Object.assign({}, defaultOptions, options)
-
-    try {
-      path = validatePath(path)
-    } catch (error) {
-      return callback(error)
-    }
-
-    log(`Reading ${path}`)
-
     waterfall([
-      (done) => traverseTo(ipfs, path, {
-        parents: false
-      }, done),
-      (result, done) => {
-        waterfall([
-          (next) => pull(
-            exporter(result.node.multihash, ipfs._ipld, {
-              offset: options.offset,
-              length: options.length
-            }),
-            collect(next)
-          ),
-          (files, next) => pull(
-            files[0].content,
-            collect(next)
-          ),
-          (data, next) => next(null, Buffer.concat(data))
-        ], done)
-      }
+      (cb) => readPullStream(ipfs)(path, options, cb),
+      (stream, cb) => pull(
+        stream,
+        collect(cb)
+      ),
+      (buffers, cb) => cb(null, Buffer.concat(buffers))
     ], callback)
   })
 }
diff --git a/test/read.spec.js b/test/read.spec.js
index 27d09967c6..dd7a2226e1 100644
--- a/test/read.spec.js
+++ b/test/read.spec.js
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ const expect = chai.expect
 const path = require('path')
 const loadFixture = require('aegir/fixtures')
 const bufferStream = require('./fixtures/buffer-stream')
+const pull = require('pull-stream/pull')
+const collect = require('pull-stream/sinks/collect')
 
 const {
   createMfs
@@ -29,71 +31,120 @@ describe('read', function () {
     mfs.node.stop(done)
   })
 
-  it('reads a small file', () => {
-    const filePath = '/small-file.txt'
+  const methods = [{
+    name: 'read',
+    read: function () { return mfs.read.apply(mfs, arguments) },
+    collect: (buffer) => buffer
+  }, {
+    name: 'readPullStream',
+    read: function () { return mfs.readPullStream.apply(mfs, arguments) },
+    collect: (stream) => {
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        pull(
+          stream,
+          collect((error, buffers) => {
+            if (error) {
+              return reject(error)
+            }
 
-    return mfs.write(filePath, smallFile, {
-      create: true
-    })
-      .then(() => mfs.read(filePath))
-      .then((buffer) => {
-        expect(buffer).to.deep.equal(smallFile)
+            resolve(Buffer.concat(buffers))
+          })
+        )
       })
-  })
+    }
+  }, {
+    name: 'readReadableStream',
+    read: function () { return mfs.readReadableStream.apply(mfs, arguments) },
+    collect: (stream) => {
+      return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+        let data = Buffer.alloc(0)
 
-  it('reads a file with an offset', () => {
-    const path = `/some-file-${Math.random()}.txt`
-    let data = Buffer.alloc(0)
-    const offset = 10
-
-    return mfs.write(path, bufferStream(100, {
-      collector: (bytes) => {
-        data = Buffer.concat([data, bytes])
-      }
-    }), {
-      create: true
-    })
-      .then(() => mfs.read(path, {
-        offset
-      }))
-      .then((buffer) => expect(buffer).to.deep.equal(data.slice(offset)))
-  })
+        stream.on('data', (buffer) => {
+          data = Buffer.concat([data, buffer])
+        })
 
-  it('reads a file with a length', () => {
-    const path = `/some-file-${Math.random()}.txt`
-    let data = Buffer.alloc(0)
-    const length = 10
-
-    return mfs.write(path, bufferStream(100, {
-      collector: (bytes) => {
-        data = Buffer.concat([data, bytes])
-      }
-    }), {
-      create: true
-    })
-      .then(() => mfs.read(path, {
-        length
-      }))
-      .then((buffer) => expect(buffer).to.deep.equal(data.slice(0, length)))
-  })
+        stream.on('end', (buffer) => {
+          resolve(data)
+        })
+
+        stream.on('error', (error) => reject(error))
+      })
+    }
+  }]
 
-  it('reads a file with an offset and a length', () => {
-    const path = `/some-file-${Math.random()}.txt`
-    let data = Buffer.alloc(0)
-    const offset = 10
-    const length = 10
-
-    return mfs.write(path, bufferStream(100, {
-      collector: (bytes) => {
-        data = Buffer.concat([data, bytes])
-      }
-    }), {
-      create: true
+  methods.forEach(method => {
+    describe(`read ${method.name}`, function () {
+      it('reads a small file', () => {
+        const filePath = '/small-file.txt'
+
+        return mfs.write(filePath, smallFile, {
+          create: true
+        })
+          .then(() => method.read(filePath))
+          .then((result) => method.collect(result))
+          .then((buffer) => {
+            expect(buffer).to.deep.equal(smallFile)
+          })
+      })
+
+      it('reads a file with an offset', () => {
+        const path = `/some-file-${Math.random()}.txt`
+        let data = Buffer.alloc(0)
+        const offset = 10
+
+        return mfs.write(path, bufferStream(100, {
+          collector: (bytes) => {
+            data = Buffer.concat([data, bytes])
+          }
+        }), {
+          create: true
+        })
+          .then(() => method.read(path, {
+            offset
+          }))
+          .then((result) => method.collect(result))
+          .then((buffer) => expect(buffer).to.deep.equal(data.slice(offset)))
+      })
+
+      it('reads a file with a length', () => {
+        const path = `/some-file-${Math.random()}.txt`
+        let data = Buffer.alloc(0)
+        const length = 10
+
+        return mfs.write(path, bufferStream(100, {
+          collector: (bytes) => {
+            data = Buffer.concat([data, bytes])
+          }
+        }), {
+          create: true
+        })
+          .then(() => method.read(path, {
+            length
+          }))
+          .then((result) => method.collect(result))
+          .then((buffer) => expect(buffer).to.deep.equal(data.slice(0, length)))
+      })
+
+      it('reads a file with an offset and a length', () => {
+        const path = `/some-file-${Math.random()}.txt`
+        let data = Buffer.alloc(0)
+        const offset = 10
+        const length = 10
+
+        return mfs.write(path, bufferStream(100, {
+          collector: (bytes) => {
+            data = Buffer.concat([data, bytes])
+          }
+        }), {
+          create: true
+        })
+          .then(() => method.read(path, {
+            offset,
+            length
+          }))
+          .then((result) => method.collect(result))
+          .then((buffer) => expect(buffer).to.deep.equal(data.slice(offset, offset + length)))
+      })
     })
-      .then(() => mfs.read(path, {
-        offset,
-        length
-      }))
-      .then((buffer) => expect(buffer).to.deep.equal(data.slice(offset, offset + length)))
   })
 })