diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c492d3761b..c7e9f3a09c 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
     "dirty-chai": "^2.0.1",
     "electron": "^6.0.6",
     "electron-mocha": "^8.0.3",
-    "pull-stream": "^3.6.13"
+    "pull-stream": "^3.6.13",
+    "readable-stream-2": "npm:readable-stream@^2.0.0"
   },
   "contributors": [
     "Alan Shaw <alan.shaw@protocol.ai>",
diff --git a/src/files/normalise-input.js b/src/files/normalise-input.js
index 88b310d3f7..531402fad1 100644
--- a/src/files/normalise-input.js
+++ b/src/files/normalise-input.js
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ const { Buffer } = require('buffer')
 const pullStreamToIterable = require('pull-stream-to-async-iterator')
 const { isSource } = require('is-pull-stream')
 const globalThis = require('../globalthis')
+const { Readable } = require('stream')
+const Readable3 = require('readable-stream')
 
 /*
  * Transform one of:
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ const globalThis = require('../globalthis')
  * { path, content: Iterable<Bytes> } [single file]
  * { path, content: AsyncIterable<Bytes> } [single file]
  * { path, content: PullStream<Bytes> } [single file]
+ * { path, content: Readable<Bytes> } [single file]
  * Iterable<Number> [single file]
  * Iterable<Bytes> [single file]
  * Iterable<Bloby> [multiple files]
@@ -31,6 +34,7 @@ const globalThis = require('../globalthis')
  * Iterable<{ path, content: Iterable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
  * Iterable<{ path, content: AsyncIterable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
  * Iterable<{ path, content: PullStream<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
+ * Iterable<{ path, content: Readable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
  * AsyncIterable<Bytes> [single file]
  * AsyncIterable<Bloby> [multiple files]
  * AsyncIterable<String> [multiple files]
@@ -41,6 +45,7 @@ const globalThis = require('../globalthis')
  * AsyncIterable<{ path, content: Iterable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
  * AsyncIterable<{ path, content: AsyncIterable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
  * AsyncIterable<{ path, content: PullStream<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
+ * AsyncIterable<{ path, content: Readable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
  * PullStream<Bytes> [single file]
  * PullStream<Bloby> [multiple files]
  * PullStream<String> [multiple files]
@@ -51,6 +56,18 @@ const globalThis = require('../globalthis')
  * PullStream<{ path, content: Iterable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
  * PullStream<{ path, content: AsyncIterable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
  * PullStream<{ path, content: PullStream<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
+ * PullStream<{ path, content: Readable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
+ * Readable<Bytes> [single file]
+ * Readable<Bloby> [multiple files]
+ * Readable<String> [multiple files]
+ * Readable<{ path, content: Bytes }> [multiple files]
+ * Readable<{ path, content: Bloby }> [multiple files]
+ * Readable<{ path, content: String }> [multiple files]
+ * Readable<{ path, content: Iterable<Number> }> [multiple files]
+ * Readable<{ path, content: Iterable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
+ * Readable<{ path, content: AsyncIterable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
+ * Readable<{ path, content: PullStream<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
+ * Readable<{ path, content: Readable<Bytes> }> [multiple files]
  * ```
  * Into:
  *
@@ -82,6 +99,11 @@ module.exports = function normaliseInput (input) {
     })()
   }
 
+  // Readable<?>
+  if (isOldReadable(input)) {
+    input = upgradeOldStream(input)
+  }
+
   // Iterable<?>
   if (input[Symbol.iterator]) {
     return (async function * () { // eslint-disable-line require-await
@@ -213,6 +235,11 @@ function toAsyncIterable (input) {
     return blobToAsyncGenerator(input)
   }
 
+  // Readable<?>
+  if (isOldReadable(input)) {
+    input = upgradeOldStream(input)
+  }
+
   // Iterator<?>
   if (input[Symbol.iterator]) {
     return (async function * () { // eslint-disable-line require-await
@@ -259,6 +286,14 @@ function toAsyncIterable (input) {
   throw errCode(new Error(`Unexpected input: ${input}`, 'ERR_UNEXPECTED_INPUT'))
 }
 
+function isOldReadable (obj) {
+  if (obj[Symbol.iterator] || obj[Symbol.asyncIterator]) {
+    return false
+  }
+
+  return Boolean(obj.readable)
+}
+
 function toBuffer (chunk) {
   return isBytes(chunk) ? chunk : Buffer.from(chunk)
 }
@@ -276,6 +311,17 @@ function isFileObject (obj) {
   return typeof obj === 'object' && (obj.path || obj.content)
 }
 
+function upgradeOldStream (stream) {
+  if (stream[Symbol.asyncIterator] || stream[Symbol.iterator]) {
+    return stream
+  }
+
+  // in the browser the stream.Readable is not an async iterator but readble-stream@3 is...
+  stream[Symbol.asyncIterator] = Readable.prototype[Symbol.asyncIterator] || Readable3.prototype[Symbol.asyncIterator]
+
+  return stream
+}
+
 function blobToAsyncGenerator (blob) {
   if (typeof blob.stream === 'function') {
     // firefox < 69 does not support blob.stream()
diff --git a/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js b/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js
index 911364de2d..56be25e05a 100644
--- a/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js
+++ b/test/files/normalise-input.spec.js
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ const { supportsFileReader } = require('../../src/supports')
 const { Buffer } = require('buffer')
 const all = require('async-iterator-all')
 const pull = require('pull-stream')
+const Readable2 = require('readable-stream-2')
+const Readable3 = require('readable-stream')
+const ReadableNode = require('stream').Readable
 const globalThis = require('../../src/globalthis')
 
 chai.use(dirtyChai)
@@ -56,6 +59,42 @@ function pullStreamOf (thing) {
   return pull.values([thing])
 }
 
+function readable2Of (thing) {
+  const stream = new Readable2({
+    objectMode: true,
+    read () {
+      this.push(thing)
+      this.push(null)
+    }
+  })
+
+  return stream
+}
+
+function readable3Of (thing) {
+  const stream = new Readable3({
+    objectMode: true,
+    read () {
+      this.push(thing)
+      this.push(null)
+    }
+  })
+
+  return stream
+}
+
+function readableNodeOf (thing) {
+  const stream = new ReadableNode({
+    objectMode: true,
+    read () {
+      this.push(thing)
+      this.push(null)
+    }
+  })
+
+  return stream
+}
+
 describe('normalise-input', function () {
   function testInputType (content, name, isBytes) {
     it(name, async function () {
@@ -74,6 +113,18 @@ describe('normalise-input', function () {
       it(`PullStream<${name}>`, async function () {
         await testContent(pullStreamOf(content))
       })
+
+      it(`Readable2<${name}>`, async function () {
+        await testContent(readable2Of(content))
+      })
+
+      it(`Readable3<${name}>`, async function () {
+        await testContent(readable3Of(content))
+      })
+
+      it(`ReadableNode<${name}>`, async function () {
+        await testContent(readableNodeOf(content))
+      })
     }
 
     it(`{ path: '', content: ${name} }`, async function () {
@@ -92,6 +143,18 @@ describe('normalise-input', function () {
       it(`{ path: '', content: PullStream<${name}> }`, async function () {
         await testContent({ path: '', content: pullStreamOf(content) })
       })
+
+      it(`{ path: '', content: Readable2<${name}> }`, async function () {
+        await testContent({ path: '', content: readable2Of(content) })
+      })
+
+      it(`{ path: '', content: Readable3<${name}> }`, async function () {
+        await testContent({ path: '', content: readable3Of(content) })
+      })
+
+      it(`{ path: '', content: ReadableNode<${name}> }`, async function () {
+        await testContent({ path: '', content: readableNodeOf(content) })
+      })
     }
 
     it(`Iterable<{ path: '', content: ${name} }`, async function () {
@@ -106,6 +169,18 @@ describe('normalise-input', function () {
       await testContent(pullStreamOf({ path: '', content }))
     })
 
+    it(`Readable2<{ path: '', content: ${name} }`, async function () {
+      await testContent(readable2Of({ path: '', content }))
+    })
+
+    it(`Readable3<{ path: '', content: ${name} }`, async function () {
+      await testContent(readable3Of({ path: '', content }))
+    })
+
+    it(`ReadableNode<{ path: '', content: ${name} }`, async function () {
+      await testContent(readableNodeOf({ path: '', content }))
+    })
+
     if (isBytes) {
       it(`Iterable<{ path: '', content: Iterable<${name}> }>`, async function () {
         await testContent(iterableOf({ path: '', content: iterableOf(content) }))
@@ -126,6 +201,18 @@ describe('normalise-input', function () {
       it(`PullStream<{ path: '', content: PullStream<${name}> }>`, async function () {
         await testContent(pullStreamOf({ path: '', content: pullStreamOf(content) }))
       })
+
+      it(`Readable2<{ path: '', content: Readable2<${name}> }>`, async function () {
+        await testContent(readable2Of({ path: '', content: readable2Of(content) }))
+      })
+
+      it(`Readable3<{ path: '', content: Readable3<${name}> }>`, async function () {
+        await testContent(readable3Of({ path: '', content: readable3Of(content) }))
+      })
+
+      it(`ReadableNode<{ path: '', content: Readable3<${name}> }>`, async function () {
+        await testContent(readableNodeOf({ path: '', content: readableNodeOf(content) }))
+      })
     }
   }