diff --git a/src/common.test.ts b/src/common.test.ts
index 6c4f21b..705e6cc 100644
--- a/src/common.test.ts
+++ b/src/common.test.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { assert, layer } from "@effect/vitest";
-import { Effect, Fiber, Option, Stream } from "effect";
+import { Chunk, Effect, Fiber, Option, Stream } from "effect";
 import { chromium } from "playwright-core";
 import { PlaywrightBrowser } from "./browser";
 import { PlaywrightEnvironment } from "./experimental";
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ layer(PlaywrightEnvironment.layer(chromium))("PlaywrightCommon", (it) => {
       assert((yield* download.suggestedFilename) === "test.txt");
       const url = yield* download.url;
       assert(url.startsWith("data:"));
+
+      const text = yield* download.stream.pipe(
+        Stream.decodeText(),
+        Stream.runCollect,
+        Effect.map(Chunk.join("")),
+      );
+
+      assert.strictEqual(text, "hello world");
     }).pipe(PlaywrightEnvironment.withBrowser),
   );
 });
diff --git a/src/common.ts b/src/common.ts
index f4345e7..44ab728 100644
--- a/src/common.ts
+++ b/src/common.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { Readable } from "node:stream";
 import { Data, Effect, Option, Stream } from "effect";
 import type {
   Dialog,
@@ -8,7 +9,7 @@ import type {
   Response,
   Worker,
 } from "playwright-core";
-import type { PlaywrightError } from "./errors";
+import { type PlaywrightError, wrapError } from "./errors";
 import { PlaywrightFrame, type PlaywrightFrameService } from "./frame";
 import { PlaywrightPage, type PlaywrightPageService } from "./page";
 import type { PageFunction } from "./playwright-types";
@@ -262,7 +263,12 @@ export class PlaywrightFileChooser extends Data.TaggedClass(
  */
 export class PlaywrightDownload extends Data.TaggedClass("PlaywrightDownload")<{
   cancel: Effect.Effect<void, PlaywrightError>;
-  createReadStream: Stream.Stream<Uint8Array, PlaywrightError>;
+  /**
+   * Creates a stream of the download data.
+   * @category custom
+   * @since 0.2.0
+   */
+  stream: Stream.Stream<Uint8Array, PlaywrightError>;
   delete: Effect.Effect<void, PlaywrightError>;
   failure: Effect.Effect<Option.Option<string | null>, PlaywrightError>;
   page: () => PlaywrightPageService;
@@ -279,8 +285,17 @@ export class PlaywrightDownload extends Data.TaggedClass("PlaywrightDownload")<{
 
     return new PlaywrightDownload({
       cancel: use(() => download.cancel()),
-      /** TODO: implement createReadStream / effect wrapper for it */
-      createReadStream: Stream.empty,
+      stream: use(() =>
+        download.createReadStream().then((s) => Readable.toWeb(s)),
+      ).pipe(
+        Effect.map((s) =>
+          Stream.fromReadableStream(
+            () => s as ReadableStream<Uint8Array>,
+            wrapError,
+          ),
+        ),
+        Stream.unwrap,
+      ),
       delete: use(() => download.delete()),
       failure: use(() => download.failure()).pipe(
         Effect.map(Option.fromNullable),
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 347f91f..51dbadb 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     "isolatedModules": true,
     "verbatimModuleSyntax": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "types": ["vitest/importMeta"],
+    "types": ["vitest/importMeta", "node"],
     "paths": {
       "effect-playwright": ["./src/index.ts"],
       "effect-playwright/experimental": ["./src/experimental/index.ts"]