diff --git a/lib/unified.js b/lib/unified.js
index 2c5d41fa..f045444e 100644
--- a/lib/unified.js
+++ b/lib/unified.js
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 var events = require('events');
-var originalPipe = require('stream').Stream.prototype.pipe;
+var once = require('once');
 var extend = require('extend');
 var bail = require('bail');
 var vfile = require('vfile');
@@ -142,20 +142,12 @@ function unified() {
         return destination;
     }
 
-    /*
-     * Initialise events.
-     */
-
-    events.init.call(processor);
-
     /*
      * Mix in methods.
      */
 
     for (key in emitter) {
-        if (isFunction(emitter[key])) {
-            processor[key] = emitter[key];
-        }
+        processor[key] = emitter[key];
     }
 
     /*
@@ -550,6 +542,7 @@ function unified() {
 
             if (!err) {
                 processor.emit('data', file.contents);
+                processor.emit('end');
             } else {
                 // Don’t enter an infinite error throwing loop.
                 global.setTimeout(function () {
@@ -564,8 +557,10 @@ function unified() {
     /**
      * Pipe the processor into a writable stream.
      *
-     * Aside from setting options, all arguments
-     * are passed to `Stream#pipe`.
+     * Basically `Stream#pipe`, but inlined and
+     * simplified to keep the bundled size down.
+     *
+     * @see https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/lib/stream.js#L26
      *
      * @param {Stream} dest - Writable stream.
      * @param {Object?} [options] - Processing
@@ -573,11 +568,69 @@ function unified() {
      * @return {Stream} - The destination stream.
      */
     function pipe(dest, options) {
+        var onend = once(function () {
+            dest.end();
+        });
+
         assertConcrete('pipe');
 
-        settings = options;
+        settings = options || {};
+
+        /**
+         * Handle data.
+         *
+         * @param {*} chunk - Data to pass through.
+         */
+        function ondata(chunk) {
+            if (dest.writable) {
+                dest.write(chunk);
+            }
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Clean listeners.
+         */
+        function cleanup() {
+            processor.removeListener('data', ondata);
+            processor.removeListener('end', onend);
+            processor.removeListener('error', onerror);
+            processor.removeListener('end', cleanup);
+            processor.removeListener('close', cleanup);
+
+            dest.removeListener('error', onerror);
+            dest.removeListener('close', cleanup);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Close dangling pipes and handle unheard errors.
+         *
+         * @param {Error} err - Exception.
+         */
+        function onerror(err) {
+            cleanup();
+
+            if (!processor.listenerCount('error')) {
+                throw err; // Unhandled stream error in pipe.
+            }
+        }
+
+        processor.on('data', ondata);
+        processor.on('error', onerror);
+        processor.on('end', cleanup);
+        processor.on('close', cleanup);
+
+        // If the 'end' option is not supplied, dest.end() will be called when
+        // the 'end' or 'close' events are received.  Only dest.end() once.
+        if (!dest._isStdio && settings.end !== false) {
+            processor.on('end', onend);
+        }
+
+        dest.on('error', onerror);
+        dest.on('close', cleanup);
+
+        dest.emit('pipe', processor);
 
-        return originalPipe.apply(this, arguments);
+        return dest;
     }
 
     /*
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index df4d86f2..8886b524 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "bail": "^1.0.0",
     "extend": "^3.0.0",
+    "once": "^1.3.3",
     "vfile": "^1.0.0"
   },
   "browser": {
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index caef57c8..fd49a9b7 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -1285,8 +1285,6 @@ test('unified', function (t) {
         p
             .use(function (processor) {
                 processor.Parser = SimpleParser;
-            })
-            .use(function (processor) {
                 processor.Compiler = SimpleCompiler;
             })
             .on('data', function (value) {
@@ -1309,6 +1307,75 @@ test('unified', function (t) {
 
     t.test('pipe(destination[, options])', function (st) {
         var p;
+        var s;
+
+        p = unified().use(function (processor) {
+            processor.Parser = SimpleParser;
+            processor.Compiler = SimpleCompiler;
+        });
+
+        /* Not writable. */
+        p.pipe(new stream.Readable());
+
+        st.doesNotThrow(
+            function () {
+                p.end('foo');
+            },
+            'should not throw when piping to a non-writable stream'
+        );
+
+        p = unified().use(function (processor) {
+            processor.Parser = SimpleParser;
+            processor.Compiler = SimpleCompiler;
+        });
+
+        s = new stream.PassThrough();
+        s._isStdio = true;
+
+        p.pipe(s);
+
+        p.write('alpha');
+        p.write('bravo');
+        p.end('charlie');
+
+        st.doesNotThrow(
+            function () {
+                s.write('delta')
+            },
+            'should not `end` stdio streams'
+        );
+
+        p = unified()
+            .use(function (processor) {
+                processor.Parser = SimpleParser;
+                processor.Compiler = SimpleCompiler;
+            })
+            .on('error', function (err) {
+                st.equal(
+                    err.message,
+                    'Whoops!',
+                    'should pass errors'
+                );
+            });
+
+        p.pipe(new PassThrough());
+        p.emit('error', new Error('Whoops!'));
+
+        p = unified()
+            .use(function (processor) {
+                processor.Parser = SimpleParser;
+                processor.Compiler = SimpleCompiler;
+            });
+
+        p.pipe(new PassThrough());
+
+        st.throws(
+            function () {
+                p.emit('error', new Error('Whoops!'));
+            },
+            /Whoops!/,
+            'should throw if errors are not listened to'
+        );
 
         p = unified();
 
@@ -1360,6 +1427,14 @@ test('unified', function (t) {
 
         p.end('delta');
 
+        st.throws(
+            function () {
+                p.end('foxtrot');
+            },
+            /Did not expect `write` after `end`/,
+            'should throw on write after end'
+        );
+
         st.end();
     });