diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index e03a136..5ac111b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 ## v3.0.0 2018-02-04
 
-  * New `destroy` method.
+  * New `setEncoding` and `destroy` methods.
   * Support for `import PromiseDuplex from 'promise-duplex'` syntax.
 
 ## v2.0.4 2018-01-18
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index df09633..6d3ffd8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -88,6 +88,16 @@ Check
 [`PromiseReadable.readAll`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/promise-readable#readall)
 for details.
 
+#### setEncoding
+
+```js
+promiseDuplex = await promiseDuplex.setEncoding(encoding)
+```
+
+Check
+[`PromiseReadable.setEncoding`](https://www.npmjs.com/package/promise-readable#setencoding)
+for details.
+
 #### write
 
 ```js
diff --git a/lib/promise-duplex.d.ts b/lib/promise-duplex.d.ts
index 126289c..de20ce1 100644
--- a/lib/promise-duplex.d.ts
+++ b/lib/promise-duplex.d.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ export declare class PromiseDuplex<TDuplex extends Duplex> extends PromiseReadab
   read (size?: number): Promise<Buffer | undefined>
   readAll (): Promise<Buffer | undefined>
 
+  setEncoding (encoding: string): this
+
   write (chunk: string | Buffer, encoding?: string): Promise<number>
   writeAll (content: string | Buffer, chunkSize?: number): Promise<number>
 
diff --git a/lib/promise-duplex.js b/lib/promise-duplex.js
index 4b5f954..026d720 100644
--- a/lib/promise-duplex.js
+++ b/lib/promise-duplex.js
@@ -20,6 +20,11 @@ class PromiseDuplex extends PromiseReadable /* and PromiseWritable */ {
     return this.readable.readAll()
   }
 
+  setEncoding (encoding) {
+    this.readable.setEncoding(encoding)
+    return this
+  }
+
   // PromiseWritable
   write (chunk, encoding) {
     return this.writable.write(chunk, encoding)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index c8437e2..2892499 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^9.4.0",
-    "@types/ws": "^4.0.0",
     "chai": "^4.1.2",
     "chai-as-promised": "^7.1.1",
     "simple-websocket": "^6.0.0",
@@ -39,8 +38,7 @@
     "tslint": "^5.9.1",
     "tslint-config-standard": "^7.0.0",
     "typescript": "^2.7.1",
-    "websocket-stream": "^5.1.1",
-    "ws": "^4.0.0"
+    "websocket-stream": "^5.1.1"
   },
   "scripts": {
     "pretest": "standard --verbose | snazzy && tsc --noEmit --pretty && tslint -t stylish -p .",
diff --git a/test/promise-duplex.js b/test/promise-duplex.js
index 388fc65..f15b01f 100644
--- a/test/promise-duplex.js
+++ b/test/promise-duplex.js
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ class MockStream extends EventEmitter {
     }
     const chunk = this._readBuffer.slice(0, size)
     this._readBuffer = this._readBuffer.slice(size)
-    return chunk
+    return this.encoding ? chunk.toString(this.encoding) : chunk
   }
   write (chunk) {
     this._writeBuffer = Buffer.concat([this._writeBuffer, chunk])
@@ -58,6 +58,9 @@ class MockStream extends EventEmitter {
   end () {}
   cork () {}
   uncork () {}
+  setEncoding (encoding) {
+    this.encoding = encoding
+  }
   _append (chunk) {
     this._readBuffer = Buffer.concat([this._readBuffer, chunk])
   }
@@ -97,6 +100,40 @@ Feature('Test promise-duplex module', () => {
     })
   })
 
+  Scenario('Read chunks from stream with encoding', () => {
+    let promise
+    let promiseDuplex
+    let stream
+
+    Given('Duplex object', () => {
+      stream = new MockStream()
+    })
+
+    And('PromiseDuplex object', () => {
+      promiseDuplex = new PromiseDuplex(stream)
+    })
+
+    When('stream contains some data', () => {
+      stream._append(Buffer.from('chunk1'))
+    })
+
+    And('I set encoding', () => {
+      promise = promiseDuplex.setEncoding('utf8')
+    })
+
+    And('I call read method', () => {
+      promise = promiseDuplex.read()
+    })
+
+    Then('promise returns chunk as string', () => {
+      return promise.should.eventually.deep.equal('chunk1')
+    })
+
+    And('stream can be destroyed', () => {
+      promiseDuplex.destroy()
+    })
+  })
+
   Scenario('Read all from stream', () => {
     let promise
     let promiseDuplex