diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index b8ae3aa31ea911..8696d38e366619 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -2004,6 +2004,7 @@ ReadStream.prototype.open = function() {
 
     self.fd = fd;
     self.emit('open', fd);
+    self.emit('ready');
     // start the flow of data.
     self.read();
   });
@@ -2167,6 +2168,7 @@ WriteStream.prototype.open = function() {
 
     this.fd = fd;
     this.emit('open', fd);
+    this.emit('ready');
   });
 };
 
diff --git a/lib/net.js b/lib/net.js
index 99e792fe7e817a..0f9d728a1099c1 100644
--- a/lib/net.js
+++ b/lib/net.js
@@ -1175,6 +1175,7 @@ function afterConnect(status, handle, req, readable, writable) {
     self._unrefTimer();
 
     self.emit('connect');
+    self.emit('ready');
 
     // start the first read, or get an immediate EOF.
     // this doesn't actually consume any bytes, because len=0.
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-ready-event-stream.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-ready-event-stream.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..71f7aa76e36c76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-ready-event-stream.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const fs = require('fs');
+const path = require('path');
+const tmpdir = require('../common/tmpdir');
+
+const readStream = fs.createReadStream(__filename);
+readStream.on('ready', common.mustCall(() => {}, 1));
+
+const writeFile = path.join(tmpdir.path, 'write-fsreadyevent.txt');
+tmpdir.refresh();
+const writeStream = fs.createWriteStream(writeFile, { autoClose: true });
+writeStream.on('ready', common.mustCall(() => {}, 1));
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-net-socket-ready-without-cb.js b/test/parallel/test-net-socket-ready-without-cb.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..1ad5db4760dc1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-net-socket-ready-without-cb.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+
+// This test ensures that socket.connect can be called without callback
+// which is optional.
+
+const net = require('net');
+
+const server = net.createServer(common.mustCall(function(conn) {
+  conn.end();
+  server.close();
+})).listen(0, common.mustCall(function() {
+  const client = new net.Socket();
+
+  client.on('ready', common.mustCall(function() {
+    client.end();
+  }));
+
+  client.connect(server.address());
+}));