diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e4ee62738..2e728d452 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@
     "digest-fetch": "^1.3.0",
     "form-data-encoder": "1.7.2",
     "formdata-node": "^4.3.2",
-    "node-fetch": "^2.6.7"
+    "node-fetch": "^2.6.7",
+    "web-streams-polyfill": "^3.2.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/jest": "^29.4.0",
diff --git a/src/_shims/auto/types.d.ts b/src/_shims/auto/types.d.ts
index 9c1cc2550..d7755070b 100644
--- a/src/_shims/auto/types.d.ts
+++ b/src/_shims/auto/types.d.ts
@@ -96,4 +96,6 @@ export declare class FsReadStream extends Readable {
 
 // @ts-ignore
 type _ReadableStream<R = any> = unknown extends ReadableStream<R> ? never : ReadableStream<R>;
-export { type _ReadableStream as ReadableStream };
+// @ts-ignore
+declare const _ReadableStream: unknown extends typeof ReadableStream ? never : typeof ReadableStream;
+export { _ReadableStream as ReadableStream };
diff --git a/src/_shims/index.d.ts b/src/_shims/index.d.ts
index 044f2cfcf..4e52b952e 100644
--- a/src/_shims/index.d.ts
+++ b/src/_shims/index.d.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,8 @@ export type Readable = SelectType<manual.Readable, auto.Readable>;
 export type FsReadStream = SelectType<manual.FsReadStream, auto.FsReadStream>;
 // @ts-ignore
 export type ReadableStream = SelectType<manual.ReadableStream, auto.ReadableStream>;
+// @ts-ignore
+export const ReadableStream: SelectType<typeof manual.ReadableStream, typeof auto.ReadableStream>;
 
 export function getMultipartRequestOptions<T extends {} = Record<string, unknown>>(
   form: FormData,
diff --git a/src/_shims/node-runtime.ts b/src/_shims/node-runtime.ts
index e2398e2b3..cc16e8542 100644
--- a/src/_shims/node-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/_shims/node-runtime.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { Readable } from 'node:stream';
 import { type RequestOptions } from '../core';
 import { MultipartBody } from './MultipartBody';
 import { type Shims } from './registry';
+import { ReadableStream } from 'web-streams-polyfill';
 
 type FileFromPathOptions = Omit<FilePropertyBag, 'lastModified'>;
 
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export function getRuntime(): Shims {
     FormData: fd.FormData,
     Blob: fd.Blob,
     File: fd.File,
+    ReadableStream,
     getMultipartRequestOptions,
     getDefaultAgent: (url: string): Agent => (url.startsWith('https') ? defaultHttpsAgent : defaultHttpAgent),
     fileFromPath,
diff --git a/src/_shims/node-types.d.ts b/src/_shims/node-types.d.ts
index 28fe60499..b31698f78 100644
--- a/src/_shims/node-types.d.ts
+++ b/src/_shims/node-types.d.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import * as fd from 'formdata-node';
 export { type Agent } from 'node:http';
 export { type Readable } from 'node:stream';
 export { type ReadStream as FsReadStream } from 'node:fs';
-export { type ReadableStream } from 'web-streams-polyfill';
+export { ReadableStream } from 'web-streams-polyfill';
 
 export const fetch: typeof nf.default;
 
diff --git a/src/_shims/registry.ts b/src/_shims/registry.ts
index 0e0706877..65b570d0c 100644
--- a/src/_shims/registry.ts
+++ b/src/_shims/registry.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ export interface Shims {
   FormData: any;
   Blob: any;
   File: any;
+  ReadableStream: any;
   getMultipartRequestOptions: <T extends {} = Record<string, unknown>>(
     form: Shims['FormData'],
     opts: RequestOptions<T>,
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ export let Headers: Shims['Headers'] | undefined = undefined;
 export let FormData: Shims['FormData'] | undefined = undefined;
 export let Blob: Shims['Blob'] | undefined = undefined;
 export let File: Shims['File'] | undefined = undefined;
+export let ReadableStream: Shims['ReadableStream'] | undefined = undefined;
 export let getMultipartRequestOptions: Shims['getMultipartRequestOptions'] | undefined = undefined;
 export let getDefaultAgent: Shims['getDefaultAgent'] | undefined = undefined;
 export let fileFromPath: Shims['fileFromPath'] | undefined = undefined;
@@ -55,6 +57,7 @@ export function setShims(shims: Shims, options: { auto: boolean } = { auto: fals
   FormData = shims.FormData;
   Blob = shims.Blob;
   File = shims.File;
+  ReadableStream = shims.ReadableStream;
   getMultipartRequestOptions = shims.getMultipartRequestOptions;
   getDefaultAgent = shims.getDefaultAgent;
   fileFromPath = shims.fileFromPath;
diff --git a/src/_shims/web-runtime.ts b/src/_shims/web-runtime.ts
index 12d73e965..92dadeb89 100644
--- a/src/_shims/web-runtime.ts
+++ b/src/_shims/web-runtime.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ export function getRuntime({ manuallyImported }: { manuallyImported?: boolean }
           }
         }
       ),
+    ReadableStream:
+      // @ts-ignore
+      typeof ReadableStream !== 'undefined' ? ReadableStream : (
+        class ReadableStream {
+          // @ts-ignore
+          constructor() {
+            throw new Error(
+              `streaming isn't supported in this environment yet as 'ReadableStream' is undefined. ${recommendation}`,
+            );
+          }
+        }
+      ),
     getMultipartRequestOptions: async <T extends {} = Record<string, unknown>>(
       // @ts-ignore
       form: FormData,
diff --git a/src/_shims/web-types.d.ts b/src/_shims/web-types.d.ts
index ec96cd817..4ff351383 100644
--- a/src/_shims/web-types.d.ts
+++ b/src/_shims/web-types.d.ts
@@ -79,4 +79,5 @@ export declare class FsReadStream extends Readable {
 }
 
 type _ReadableStream<R = any> = ReadableStream<R>;
-export { type _ReadableStream as ReadableStream };
+declare const _ReadableStream: typeof ReadableStream;
+export { _ReadableStream as ReadableStream };
diff --git a/src/core.ts b/src/core.ts
index a715f4507..73b2f5574 100644
--- a/src/core.ts
+++ b/src/core.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ async function defaultParseResponse<T>(props: APIResponseProps): Promise<T> {
   if (props.options.stream) {
     // Note: there is an invariant here that isn't represented in the type system
     // that if you set `stream: true` the response type must also be `Stream<T>`
-    return new Stream(response, props.controller) as any;
+    return Stream.fromSSEResponse(response, props.controller) as any;
   }
 
   const contentType = response.headers.get('content-type');
diff --git a/src/error.ts b/src/error.ts
index 873087c78..28a8b540f 100644
--- a/src/error.ts
+++ b/src/error.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export class APIError extends OpenAIError {
     message: string | undefined,
     headers: Headers | undefined,
   ) {
-    super(`${status} ${APIError.makeMessage(error, message)}`);
+    super(`${APIError.makeMessage(status, error, message)}`);
     this.status = status;
     this.headers = headers;
 
@@ -30,13 +30,14 @@ export class APIError extends OpenAIError {
     this.type = data?.['type'];
   }
 
-  private static makeMessage(error: any, message: string | undefined) {
+  private static makeMessage(status: number | undefined, error: any, message: string | undefined) {
     return (
-      error?.message ?
+      (status || '') +
+      (error?.message ?
         typeof error.message === 'string' ? error.message
         : JSON.stringify(error.message)
       : error ? JSON.stringify(error)
-      : message || 'status code (no body)'
+      : message || 'status code (no body)')
     );
   }
 
diff --git a/src/shims/node.ts b/src/shims/node.ts
index 9273d4eae..73df5600c 100644
--- a/src/shims/node.ts
+++ b/src/shims/node.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ declare module '../_shims/manual-types' {
     // @ts-ignore
     export type FsReadStream = types.FsReadStream;
     // @ts-ignore
-    export type ReadableStream = types.ReadableStream;
+    export import ReadableStream = types.ReadableStream;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/shims/web.ts b/src/shims/web.ts
index 9970f1db8..f72d78444 100644
--- a/src/shims/web.ts
+++ b/src/shims/web.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ declare module '../_shims/manual-types' {
     // @ts-ignore
     export type FsReadStream = types.FsReadStream;
     // @ts-ignore
-    export type ReadableStream = types.ReadableStream;
+    export import ReadableStream = types.ReadableStream;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/streaming.ts b/src/streaming.ts
index 7f9ebe0a0..f69724d64 100644
--- a/src/streaming.ts
+++ b/src/streaming.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { type Response } from './_shims/index';
+import { ReadableStream, type Response } from './_shims/index';
 import { OpenAIError } from './error';
 
 type Bytes = string | ArrayBuffer | Uint8Array | Buffer | null | undefined;
@@ -12,67 +12,175 @@ type ServerSentEvent = {
 export class Stream<Item> implements AsyncIterable<Item> {
   controller: AbortController;
 
-  private response: Response;
-  private decoder: SSEDecoder;
-
-  constructor(response: Response, controller: AbortController) {
-    this.response = response;
+  constructor(private iterator: () => AsyncIterator<Item>, controller: AbortController) {
     this.controller = controller;
-    this.decoder = new SSEDecoder();
   }
 
-  private async *iterMessages(): AsyncGenerator<ServerSentEvent, void, unknown> {
-    if (!this.response.body) {
-      this.controller.abort();
-      throw new OpenAIError(`Attempted to iterate over a response with no body`);
-    }
+  static fromSSEResponse<Item>(response: Response, controller: AbortController) {
+    let consumed = false;
+    const decoder = new SSEDecoder();
+
+    async function* iterMessages(): AsyncGenerator<ServerSentEvent, void, unknown> {
+      if (!response.body) {
+        controller.abort();
+        throw new OpenAIError(`Attempted to iterate over a response with no body`);
+      }
+
+      const lineDecoder = new LineDecoder();
 
-    const lineDecoder = new LineDecoder();
+      const iter = readableStreamAsyncIterable<Bytes>(response.body);
+      for await (const chunk of iter) {
+        for (const line of lineDecoder.decode(chunk)) {
+          const sse = decoder.decode(line);
+          if (sse) yield sse;
+        }
+      }
 
-    const iter = readableStreamAsyncIterable<Bytes>(this.response.body);
-    for await (const chunk of iter) {
-      for (const line of lineDecoder.decode(chunk)) {
-        const sse = this.decoder.decode(line);
+      for (const line of lineDecoder.flush()) {
+        const sse = decoder.decode(line);
         if (sse) yield sse;
       }
     }
 
-    for (const line of lineDecoder.flush()) {
-      const sse = this.decoder.decode(line);
-      if (sse) yield sse;
+    async function* iterator(): AsyncIterator<Item, any, undefined> {
+      if (consumed) {
+        throw new Error('Cannot iterate over a consumed stream, use `.tee()` to split the stream.');
+      }
+      consumed = true;
+      let done = false;
+      try {
+        for await (const sse of iterMessages()) {
+          if (done) continue;
+
+          if (sse.data.startsWith('[DONE]')) {
+            done = true;
+            continue;
+          }
+
+          if (sse.event === null) {
+            try {
+              yield JSON.parse(sse.data);
+            } catch (e) {
+              console.error(`Could not parse message into JSON:`, sse.data);
+              console.error(`From chunk:`, sse.raw);
+              throw e;
+            }
+          }
+        }
+        done = true;
+      } catch (e) {
+        // If the user calls `stream.controller.abort()`, we should exit without throwing.
+        if (e instanceof Error && e.name === 'AbortError') return;
+        throw e;
+      } finally {
+        // If the user `break`s, abort the ongoing request.
+        if (!done) controller.abort();
+      }
     }
+
+    return new Stream(iterator, controller);
   }
 
-  async *[Symbol.asyncIterator](): AsyncIterator<Item, any, undefined> {
-    let done = false;
-    try {
-      for await (const sse of this.iterMessages()) {
-        if (done) continue;
+  // Generates a Stream from a newline-separated ReadableStream where each item
+  // is a JSON Value.
+  static fromReadableStream<Item>(readableStream: ReadableStream, controller: AbortController) {
+    let consumed = false;
 
-        if (sse.data.startsWith('[DONE]')) {
-          done = true;
-          continue;
+    async function* iterLines(): AsyncGenerator<string, void, unknown> {
+      const lineDecoder = new LineDecoder();
+
+      const iter = readableStreamAsyncIterable<Bytes>(readableStream);
+      for await (const chunk of iter) {
+        for (const line of lineDecoder.decode(chunk)) {
+          yield line;
         }
+      }
 
-        if (sse.event === null) {
-          try {
-            yield JSON.parse(sse.data);
-          } catch (e) {
-            console.error(`Could not parse message into JSON:`, sse.data);
-            console.error(`From chunk:`, sse.raw);
-            throw e;
-          }
+      for (const line of lineDecoder.flush()) {
+        yield line;
+      }
+    }
+
+    async function* iterator(): AsyncIterator<Item, any, undefined> {
+      if (consumed) {
+        throw new Error('Cannot iterate over a consumed stream, use `.tee()` to split the stream.');
+      }
+      consumed = true;
+      let done = false;
+      try {
+        for await (const line of iterLines()) {
+          if (done) continue;
+          if (line) yield JSON.parse(line);
         }
+        done = true;
+      } catch (e) {
+        // If the user calls `stream.controller.abort()`, we should exit without throwing.
+        if (e instanceof Error && e.name === 'AbortError') return;
+        throw e;
+      } finally {
+        // If the user `break`s, abort the ongoing request.
+        if (!done) controller.abort();
       }
-      done = true;
-    } catch (e) {
-      // If the user calls `stream.controller.abort()`, we should exit without throwing.
-      if (e instanceof Error && e.name === 'AbortError') return;
-      throw e;
-    } finally {
-      // If the user `break`s, abort the ongoing request.
-      if (!done) this.controller.abort();
     }
+
+    return new Stream(iterator, controller);
+  }
+
+  [Symbol.asyncIterator](): AsyncIterator<Item> {
+    return this.iterator();
+  }
+
+  tee(): [Stream<Item>, Stream<Item>] {
+    const left: Array<Promise<IteratorResult<Item>>> = [];
+    const right: Array<Promise<IteratorResult<Item>>> = [];
+    const iterator = this.iterator();
+
+    const teeIterator = (queue: Array<Promise<IteratorResult<Item>>>): AsyncIterator<Item> => {
+      return {
+        next: () => {
+          if (queue.length === 0) {
+            const result = iterator.next();
+            left.push(result);
+            right.push(result);
+          }
+          return queue.shift()!;
+        },
+      };
+    };
+
+    return [
+      new Stream(() => teeIterator(left), this.controller),
+      new Stream(() => teeIterator(right), this.controller),
+    ];
+  }
+
+  // Converts this stream to a newline-separated ReadableStream of JSON Stringified values in the stream
+  // which can be turned back into a Stream with Stream.fromReadableStream.
+  toReadableStream(): ReadableStream {
+    const self = this;
+    let iter: AsyncIterator<Item>;
+    const encoder = new TextEncoder();
+
+    return new ReadableStream({
+      async start() {
+        iter = self[Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+      },
+      async pull(ctrl) {
+        try {
+          const { value, done } = await iter.next();
+          if (done) return ctrl.close();
+
+          const bytes = encoder.encode(JSON.stringify(value) + '\n');
+
+          ctrl.enqueue(bytes);
+        } catch (err) {
+          ctrl.error(err);
+        }
+      },
+      async cancel() {
+        await iter.return?.();
+      },
+    });
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index fb2b9a2c1..d01ab81de 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -4067,6 +4067,11 @@ web-streams-polyfill@4.0.0-beta.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-4.0.0-beta.1.tgz#3b19b9817374b7cee06d374ba7eeb3aeb80e8c95"
   integrity sha512-3ux37gEX670UUphBF9AMCq8XM6iQ8Ac6A+DSRRjDoRBm1ufCkaCDdNVbaqq60PsEkdNlLKrGtv/YBP4EJXqNtQ==
 
+web-streams-polyfill@^3.2.1:
+  version "3.2.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/web-streams-polyfill/-/web-streams-polyfill-3.2.1.tgz#71c2718c52b45fd49dbeee88634b3a60ceab42a6"
+  integrity sha512-e0MO3wdXWKrLbL0DgGnUV7WHVuw9OUvL4hjgnPkIeEvESk74gAITi5G606JtZPp39cd8HA9VQzCIvA49LpPN5Q==
+
 webidl-conversions@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/webidl-conversions/-/webidl-conversions-3.0.1.tgz#24534275e2a7bc6be7bc86611cc16ae0a5654871"