diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/legacy.js b/lib/internal/streams/legacy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..3242b15eabdb0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/legacy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const EE = require('events');
+const util = require('util');
+
+function Stream() {
+  EE.call(this);
+}
+util.inherits(Stream, EE);
+
+Stream.prototype.pipe = function(dest, options) {
+  var source = this;
+
+  function ondata(chunk) {
+    if (dest.writable) {
+      if (false === dest.write(chunk) && source.pause) {
+        source.pause();
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  source.on('data', ondata);
+
+  function ondrain() {
+    if (source.readable && source.resume) {
+      source.resume();
+    }
+  }
+
+  dest.on('drain', ondrain);
+
+  // If the 'end' option is not supplied, dest.end() will be called when
+  // source gets the 'end' or 'close' events.  Only dest.end() once.
+  if (!dest._isStdio && (!options || options.end !== false)) {
+    source.on('end', onend);
+    source.on('close', onclose);
+  }
+
+  var didOnEnd = false;
+  function onend() {
+    if (didOnEnd) return;
+    didOnEnd = true;
+
+    dest.end();
+  }
+
+
+  function onclose() {
+    if (didOnEnd) return;
+    didOnEnd = true;
+
+    if (typeof dest.destroy === 'function') dest.destroy();
+  }
+
+  // don't leave dangling pipes when there are errors.
+  function onerror(er) {
+    cleanup();
+    if (EE.listenerCount(this, 'error') === 0) {
+      throw er; // Unhandled stream error in pipe.
+    }
+  }
+
+  source.on('error', onerror);
+  dest.on('error', onerror);
+
+  // remove all the event listeners that were added.
+  function cleanup() {
+    source.removeListener('data', ondata);
+    dest.removeListener('drain', ondrain);
+
+    source.removeListener('end', onend);
+    source.removeListener('close', onclose);
+
+    source.removeListener('error', onerror);
+    dest.removeListener('error', onerror);
+
+    source.removeListener('end', cleanup);
+    source.removeListener('close', cleanup);
+
+    dest.removeListener('close', cleanup);
+  }
+
+  source.on('end', cleanup);
+  source.on('close', cleanup);
+
+  dest.on('close', cleanup);
+  dest.emit('pipe', source);
+
+  // Allow for unix-like usage: A.pipe(B).pipe(C)
+  return dest;
+};
+
+module.exports = Stream;
diff --git a/lib/stream.js b/lib/stream.js
index 047fbceb4bdb30..a6b25a212508ab 100644
--- a/lib/stream.js
+++ b/lib/stream.js
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 'use strict';
 
-module.exports = Stream;
+// Note: export Stream before Readable/Writable/Duplex/...
+// to avoid a cross-reference(require) issues
+const Stream = module.exports = require('internal/streams/legacy');
 
-const EE = require('events');
-const util = require('util');
-
-util.inherits(Stream, EE);
 Stream.Readable = require('_stream_readable');
 Stream.Writable = require('_stream_writable');
 Stream.Duplex = require('_stream_duplex');
@@ -14,94 +12,3 @@ Stream.PassThrough = require('_stream_passthrough');
 
 // Backwards-compat with node 0.4.x
 Stream.Stream = Stream;
-
-
-// old-style streams.  Note that the pipe method (the only relevant
-// part of this class) is overridden in the Readable class.
-
-function Stream() {
-  EE.call(this);
-}
-
-Stream.prototype.pipe = function(dest, options) {
-  var source = this;
-
-  function ondata(chunk) {
-    if (dest.writable) {
-      if (false === dest.write(chunk) && source.pause) {
-        source.pause();
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  source.on('data', ondata);
-
-  function ondrain() {
-    if (source.readable && source.resume) {
-      source.resume();
-    }
-  }
-
-  dest.on('drain', ondrain);
-
-  // If the 'end' option is not supplied, dest.end() will be called when
-  // source gets the 'end' or 'close' events.  Only dest.end() once.
-  if (!dest._isStdio && (!options || options.end !== false)) {
-    source.on('end', onend);
-    source.on('close', onclose);
-  }
-
-  var didOnEnd = false;
-  function onend() {
-    if (didOnEnd) return;
-    didOnEnd = true;
-
-    dest.end();
-  }
-
-
-  function onclose() {
-    if (didOnEnd) return;
-    didOnEnd = true;
-
-    if (typeof dest.destroy === 'function') dest.destroy();
-  }
-
-  // don't leave dangling pipes when there are errors.
-  function onerror(er) {
-    cleanup();
-    if (EE.listenerCount(this, 'error') === 0) {
-      throw er; // Unhandled stream error in pipe.
-    }
-  }
-
-  source.on('error', onerror);
-  dest.on('error', onerror);
-
-  // remove all the event listeners that were added.
-  function cleanup() {
-    source.removeListener('data', ondata);
-    dest.removeListener('drain', ondrain);
-
-    source.removeListener('end', onend);
-    source.removeListener('close', onclose);
-
-    source.removeListener('error', onerror);
-    dest.removeListener('error', onerror);
-
-    source.removeListener('end', cleanup);
-    source.removeListener('close', cleanup);
-
-    dest.removeListener('close', cleanup);
-  }
-
-  source.on('end', cleanup);
-  source.on('close', cleanup);
-
-  dest.on('close', cleanup);
-
-  dest.emit('pipe', source);
-
-  // Allow for unix-like usage: A.pipe(B).pipe(C)
-  return dest;
-};
diff --git a/node.gyp b/node.gyp
index 3fa9277d859ea8..bc1a33f940f272 100644
--- a/node.gyp
+++ b/node.gyp
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@
       'lib/internal/v8_prof_processor.js',
       'lib/internal/streams/lazy_transform.js',
       'lib/internal/streams/BufferList.js',
+      'lib/internal/streams/legacy.js',
       'deps/v8/tools/splaytree.js',
       'deps/v8/tools/codemap.js',
       'deps/v8/tools/consarray.js',