diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a1fe6c95..edd119625 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## [unreleased]
 
+* New aggregation pipeline builder by @GromNaN in [#2738](https://github.com/mongodb/laravel-mongodb/pull/2738)
 
 ## [4.2.0] - 2024-12-14
 
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index d19c1149a..3769bdfe6 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
         "mongodb/mongodb": "^1.15"
     },
     "require-dev": {
+        "mongodb/builder": "^0.2",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^10.3",
         "orchestra/testbench": "^8.0|^9.0",
         "mockery/mockery": "^1.4.4",
@@ -38,6 +39,9 @@
         "spatie/laravel-query-builder": "^5.6",
         "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.10"
     },
+    "suggest": {
+        "mongodb/builder": "Provides a fluent aggregation builder for MongoDB pipelines"
+    },
     "minimum-stability": "dev",
     "replace": {
         "jenssegers/mongodb": "self.version"
diff --git a/src/Eloquent/Builder.php b/src/Eloquent/Builder.php
index 7ea18dfa9..aa01bee6c 100644
--- a/src/Eloquent/Builder.php
+++ b/src/Eloquent/Builder.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 use MongoDB\Laravel\Collection;
 use MongoDB\Laravel\Helpers\QueriesRelationships;
 use MongoDB\Laravel\Internal\FindAndModifyCommandSubscriber;
+use MongoDB\Laravel\Query\AggregationBuilder;
 use MongoDB\Model\BSONDocument;
 use MongoDB\Operation\FindOneAndUpdate;
 
@@ -56,6 +57,18 @@ class Builder extends EloquentBuilder
         'tomql',
     ];
 
+    /**
+     * @return ($function is null ? AggregationBuilder : self)
+     *
+     * @inheritdoc
+     */
+    public function aggregate($function = null, $columns = ['*'])
+    {
+        $result = $this->toBase()->aggregate($function, $columns);
+
+        return $result ?: $this;
+    }
+
     /** @inheritdoc */
     public function update(array $values, array $options = [])
     {
@@ -215,7 +228,7 @@ public function createOrFirst(array $attributes = [], array $values = []): Model
                 $document = $collection->findOneAndUpdate(
                     $attributes,
                     // Before MongoDB 5.0, $setOnInsert requires a non-empty document.
-                    // This is should not be an issue as $values includes the query filter.
+                    // This should not be an issue as $values includes the query filter.
                     ['$setOnInsert' => (object) $values],
                     [
                         'upsert' => true,
diff --git a/src/Eloquent/Model.php b/src/Eloquent/Model.php
index 78999bce8..de5ddc3ea 100644
--- a/src/Eloquent/Model.php
+++ b/src/Eloquent/Model.php
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 use function uniqid;
 use function var_export;
 
+/** @mixin Builder */
 abstract class Model extends BaseModel
 {
     use HybridRelations;
diff --git a/src/Query/AggregationBuilder.php b/src/Query/AggregationBuilder.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad0c195d4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Query/AggregationBuilder.php
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace MongoDB\Laravel\Query;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection as LaravelCollection;
+use Illuminate\Support\LazyCollection;
+use InvalidArgumentException;
+use Iterator;
+use MongoDB\Builder\BuilderEncoder;
+use MongoDB\Builder\Stage\FluentFactoryTrait;
+use MongoDB\Collection as MongoDBCollection;
+use MongoDB\Driver\CursorInterface;
+use MongoDB\Laravel\Collection as LaravelMongoDBCollection;
+
+use function array_replace;
+use function collect;
+use function sprintf;
+use function str_starts_with;
+
+class AggregationBuilder
+{
+    use FluentFactoryTrait;
+
+    public function __construct(
+        private MongoDBCollection|LaravelMongoDBCollection $collection,
+        private readonly array $options = [],
+    ) {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a stage without using the builder. Necessary if the stage is built
+     * outside the builder, or it is not yet supported by the library.
+     */
+    public function addRawStage(string $operator, mixed $value): static
+    {
+        if (! str_starts_with($operator, '$')) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The stage name "%s" is invalid. It must start with a "$" sign.', $operator));
+        }
+
+        $this->pipeline[] = [$operator => $value];
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the aggregation pipeline and return the results.
+     */
+    public function get(array $options = []): LaravelCollection|LazyCollection
+    {
+        $cursor = $this->execute($options);
+
+        return collect($cursor->toArray());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the aggregation pipeline and return the results in a lazy collection.
+     */
+    public function cursor($options = []): LazyCollection
+    {
+        $cursor = $this->execute($options);
+
+        return LazyCollection::make(function () use ($cursor) {
+            foreach ($cursor as $item) {
+                yield $item;
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the aggregation pipeline and return the first result.
+     */
+    public function first(array $options = []): mixed
+    {
+        return (clone $this)
+            ->limit(1)
+            ->get($options)
+            ->first();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Execute the aggregation pipeline and return MongoDB cursor.
+     */
+    private function execute(array $options): CursorInterface&Iterator
+    {
+        $encoder = new BuilderEncoder();
+        $pipeline = $encoder->encode($this->getPipeline());
+
+        $options = array_replace(
+            ['typeMap' => ['root' => 'array', 'document' => 'array']],
+            $this->options,
+            $options,
+        );
+
+        return $this->collection->aggregate($pipeline, $options);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Query/Builder.php b/src/Query/Builder.php
index 0f05f4577..89faa4b17 100644
--- a/src/Query/Builder.php
+++ b/src/Query/Builder.php
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 use MongoDB\BSON\ObjectID;
 use MongoDB\BSON\Regex;
 use MongoDB\BSON\UTCDateTime;
+use MongoDB\Builder\Stage\FluentFactoryTrait;
 use MongoDB\Driver\Cursor;
 use Override;
 use RuntimeException;
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@
 use function strlen;
 use function strtolower;
 use function substr;
+use function trait_exists;
 use function var_export;
 
 class Builder extends BaseBuilder
@@ -74,7 +76,7 @@ class Builder extends BaseBuilder
     /**
      * The database collection.
      *
-     * @var \MongoDB\Collection
+     * @var \MongoDB\Laravel\Collection
      */
     protected $collection;
 
@@ -83,7 +85,7 @@ class Builder extends BaseBuilder
      *
      * @var array
      */
-    public $projections;
+    public $projections = [];
 
     /**
      * The maximum amount of seconds to allow the query to run.
@@ -538,9 +540,26 @@ public function generateCacheKey()
         return md5(serialize(array_values($key)));
     }
 
-    /** @inheritdoc */
-    public function aggregate($function, $columns = [])
+    /** @return ($function is null ? AggregationBuilder : mixed) */
+    public function aggregate($function = null, $columns = ['*'])
     {
+        if ($function === null) {
+            if (! trait_exists(FluentFactoryTrait::class)) {
+                // This error will be unreachable when the mongodb/builder package will be merged into mongodb/mongodb
+                throw new BadMethodCallException('Aggregation builder requires package mongodb/builder 0.2+');
+            }
+
+            if ($columns !== ['*']) {
+                throw new InvalidArgumentException('Columns cannot be specified to create an aggregation builder. Add a $project stage instead.');
+            }
+
+            if ($this->wheres) {
+                throw new BadMethodCallException('Aggregation builder does not support previous query-builder instructions. Use a $match stage instead.');
+            }
+
+            return new AggregationBuilder($this->collection, $this->options);
+        }
+
         $this->aggregate = [
             'function' => $function,
             'columns' => $columns,
diff --git a/tests/Query/AggregationBuilderTest.php b/tests/Query/AggregationBuilderTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b3828597d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/Query/AggregationBuilderTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+namespace MongoDB\Laravel\Tests\Query;
+
+use BadMethodCallException;
+use DateTimeImmutable;
+use Illuminate\Support\Collection;
+use Illuminate\Support\LazyCollection;
+use InvalidArgumentException;
+use MongoDB\BSON\Document;
+use MongoDB\BSON\ObjectId;
+use MongoDB\BSON\UTCDateTime;
+use MongoDB\Builder\BuilderEncoder;
+use MongoDB\Builder\Expression;
+use MongoDB\Builder\Pipeline;
+use MongoDB\Builder\Type\Sort;
+use MongoDB\Collection as MongoDBCollection;
+use MongoDB\Laravel\Query\AggregationBuilder;
+use MongoDB\Laravel\Tests\Models\User;
+use MongoDB\Laravel\Tests\TestCase;
+
+class AggregationBuilderTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        User::truncate();
+
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    public function testCreateAggregationBuilder(): void
+    {
+        User::insert([
+            ['name' => 'John Doe', 'birthday' => new UTCDateTime(new DateTimeImmutable('1989-01-01'))],
+            ['name' => 'Jane Doe', 'birthday' => new UTCDateTime(new DateTimeImmutable('1990-01-01'))],
+        ]);
+
+        // Create the aggregation pipeline from the query builder
+        $pipeline = User::aggregate();
+
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(AggregationBuilder::class, $pipeline);
+
+        $pipeline
+            ->match(name: 'John Doe')
+            ->limit(10)
+            ->addFields(
+                // Requires MongoDB 5.0+
+                year: Expression::year(
+                    Expression::dateFieldPath('birthday'),
+                ),
+            )
+            ->sort(year: Sort::Desc, name: Sort::Asc)
+            ->unset('birthday');
+
+        // Compare with the expected pipeline
+        $expected = [
+            ['$match' => ['name' => 'John Doe']],
+            ['$limit' => 10],
+            [
+                '$addFields' => [
+                    'year' => ['$year' => ['date' => '$birthday']],
+                ],
+            ],
+            ['$sort' => ['year' => -1, 'name' => 1]],
+            ['$unset' => ['birthday']],
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertSamePipeline($expected, $pipeline->getPipeline());
+
+        // Execute the pipeline and validate the results
+        $results = $pipeline->get();
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(Collection::class, $results);
+        $this->assertCount(1, $results);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(ObjectId::class, $results->first()['_id']);
+        $this->assertSame('John Doe', $results->first()['name']);
+        $this->assertIsInt($results->first()['year']);
+        $this->assertArrayNotHasKey('birthday', $results->first());
+
+        // Execute the pipeline and validate the results in a lazy collection
+        $results = $pipeline->cursor();
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(LazyCollection::class, $results);
+
+        // Execute the pipeline and return the first result
+        $result = $pipeline->first();
+        $this->assertIsArray($result);
+        $this->assertInstanceOf(ObjectId::class, $result['_id']);
+        $this->assertSame('John Doe', $result['name']);
+    }
+
+    public function testAddRawStage(): void
+    {
+        $collection = $this->createMock(MongoDBCollection::class);
+
+        $pipeline = new AggregationBuilder($collection);
+        $pipeline
+            ->addRawStage('$match', ['name' => 'John Doe'])
+            ->addRawStage('$limit', 10)
+            ->addRawStage('$replaceRoot', (object) ['newRoot' => '$$ROOT']);
+
+        $expected = [
+            ['$match' => ['name' => 'John Doe']],
+            ['$limit' => 10],
+            ['$replaceRoot' => ['newRoot' => '$$ROOT']],
+        ];
+
+        $this->assertSamePipeline($expected, $pipeline->getPipeline());
+    }
+
+    public function testAddRawStageInvalid(): void
+    {
+        $collection = $this->createMock(MongoDBCollection::class);
+
+        $pipeline = new AggregationBuilder($collection);
+
+        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('The stage name "match" is invalid. It must start with a "$" sign.');
+        $pipeline->addRawStage('match', ['name' => 'John Doe']);
+    }
+
+    public function testColumnsCannotBeSpecifiedToCreateAnAggregationBuilder(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(InvalidArgumentException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Columns cannot be specified to create an aggregation builder.');
+        User::aggregate(null, ['name']);
+    }
+
+    public function testAggrecationBuilderDoesNotSupportPreviousQueryBuilderInstructions(): void
+    {
+        $this->expectException(BadMethodCallException::class);
+        $this->expectExceptionMessage('Aggregation builder does not support previous query-builder instructions.');
+        User::where('name', 'John Doe')->aggregate();
+    }
+
+    private static function assertSamePipeline(array $expected, Pipeline $pipeline): void
+    {
+        $expected = Document::fromPHP(['pipeline' => $expected])->toCanonicalExtendedJSON();
+
+        $codec = new BuilderEncoder();
+        $actual = $codec->encode($pipeline);
+        // Normalize with BSON round-trip
+        $actual = Document::fromPHP(['pipeline' => $actual])->toCanonicalExtendedJSON();
+
+        self::assertJsonStringEqualsJsonString($expected, $actual);
+    }
+}