diff --git a/src/main/asciidoc/streams.adoc b/src/main/asciidoc/streams.adoc
index 94aac890d71..7912b4b0bac 100644
--- a/src/main/asciidoc/streams.adoc
+++ b/src/main/asciidoc/streams.adoc
@@ -170,3 +170,15 @@ returns `true` if the write queue is considered full.
 Will be called if an exception occurs on the `WriteStream`.
 - {@link io.vertx.core.streams.WriteStream#drainHandler}:
 The handler will be called if the `WriteStream` is considered no longer full.
+
+=== Reducing streams
+
+Java collectors can reduce a `ReadStream` to a result in a similar fashion `java.util.Stream` does, yet in an asynchronous
+fashion.
+
+[source,$lang]
+----
+{@link examples.StreamsExamples#reduce1}
+----
+
+Note that `collect` overrides any previously handler set on the stream.
diff --git a/src/main/java/examples/StreamsExamples.java b/src/main/java/examples/StreamsExamples.java
index 1d13fb3a82d..a130eeb0c9d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/examples/StreamsExamples.java
+++ b/src/main/java/examples/StreamsExamples.java
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 package examples;
 
-import io.vertx.core.Handler;
+import io.vertx.core.Future;
 import io.vertx.core.Vertx;
 import io.vertx.core.buffer.Buffer;
 import io.vertx.core.file.AsyncFile;
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@
 import io.vertx.core.net.NetServer;
 import io.vertx.core.net.NetServerOptions;
 import io.vertx.core.streams.Pipe;
+import io.vertx.core.streams.ReadStream;
+
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:julien@julienviet.com">Julien Viet</a>
@@ -164,4 +167,11 @@ public void pipe9(AsyncFile src, AsyncFile dst) {
         dst.end(Buffer.buffer("done"));
       });
   }
+
+  public <T> void reduce1(ReadStream<T> stream) {
+    // Count the number of elements
+    Future<Long> result = stream.collect(Collectors.counting());
+
+    result.onSuccess(count -> System.out.println("Stream emitted " + count + " elements"));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/streams/ReadStream.java b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/streams/ReadStream.java
index 731919d16f7..50eca7a4e21 100644
--- a/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/streams/ReadStream.java
+++ b/src/main/java/io/vertx/core/streams/ReadStream.java
@@ -12,14 +12,17 @@
 package io.vertx.core.streams;
 
 import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.Fluent;
+import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.GenIgnore;
 import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.Nullable;
 import io.vertx.codegen.annotations.VertxGen;
-import io.vertx.core.AsyncResult;
 import io.vertx.core.Future;
 import io.vertx.core.Handler;
 import io.vertx.core.Promise;
+import io.vertx.core.impl.future.PromiseInternal;
 import io.vertx.core.streams.impl.PipeImpl;
 
+import java.util.function.BiConsumer;
+
 /**
  * Represents a stream of items that can be read from.
  * <p>
@@ -111,6 +114,27 @@ default Pipe<T> pipe() {
     return new PipeImpl<>(this);
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Apply a {@code collector} to this stream, the obtained result is returned as a future.
+   * <p/>
+   * Handlers of this stream are affected by this operation.
+   *
+   * @return a future notified with result produced by the {@code collector} applied to this stream
+   */
+  @GenIgnore(GenIgnore.PERMITTED_TYPE)
+  default <R, A> Future<R> collect(java.util.stream.Collector<T , A , R> collector) {
+    PromiseInternal<R> promise = (PromiseInternal<R>) Promise.promise();
+    A cumulation = collector.supplier().get();
+    BiConsumer<A, T> accumulator = collector.accumulator();
+    handler(elt -> accumulator.accept(cumulation, elt));
+    endHandler(v -> {
+      R result = collector.finisher().apply(cumulation);
+      promise.tryComplete(result);
+    });
+    exceptionHandler(promise::tryFail);
+    return promise.future();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Pipe this {@code ReadStream} to the {@code WriteStream}.
    * <p>
diff --git a/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/streams/ReadStreamReduceTest.java b/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/streams/ReadStreamReduceTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..487d4e4bb0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/io/vertx/core/streams/ReadStreamReduceTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2019 Contributors to the Eclipse Foundation
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License 2.0 which is available at
+ * http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-2.0, or the Apache License, Version 2.0
+ * which is available at https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: EPL-2.0 OR Apache-2.0
+ */
+package io.vertx.core.streams;
+
+import io.vertx.core.Future;
+import io.vertx.test.core.AsyncTestBase;
+import io.vertx.test.fakestream.FakeStream;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+public class ReadStreamReduceTest extends AsyncTestBase {
+
+  private FakeStream<Object> dst;
+  private Object o1 = new Object();
+  private Object o2 = new Object();
+  private Object o3 = new Object();
+
+  @Override
+  protected void setUp() throws Exception {
+    super.setUp();
+    dst = new FakeStream<>();
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testCollect() {
+    Future<List<Object>> list = dst.collect(Collectors.toList());
+    assertFalse(list.isComplete());
+    dst.write(o1);
+    assertFalse(list.isComplete());
+    dst.write(o2);
+    assertFalse(list.isComplete());
+    dst.write(o3);
+    dst.end();
+    assertTrue(list.succeeded());
+    assertEquals(Arrays.asList(o1, o2, o3), list.result());
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testFailure() {
+    Future<List<Object>> list = dst.collect(Collectors.toList());
+    assertFalse(list.isComplete());
+    dst.write(o1);
+    assertFalse(list.isComplete());
+    dst.write(o2);
+    assertFalse(list.isComplete());
+    Throwable err = new Throwable();
+    dst.fail(err);
+    assertTrue(list.failed());
+    assertSame(err, list.cause());
+  }
+}