diff --git a/doc/api/fs.md b/doc/api/fs.md
index 1984b5642e305b..dfdb6bf29811d5 100644
--- a/doc/api/fs.md
+++ b/doc/api/fs.md
@@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ added: v0.1.93
 Emitted when the `ReadStream`'s underlying file descriptor has been closed
 using the `fs.close()` method.
 
+### readStream.bytesRead
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+The number of bytes read so far.
+
 ### readStream.path
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.93
diff --git a/lib/fs.js b/lib/fs.js
index e3bfdabe885734..eb2587296a9295 100644
--- a/lib/fs.js
+++ b/lib/fs.js
@@ -1679,6 +1679,7 @@ function ReadStream(path, options) {
   this.end = options.end;
   this.autoClose = options.autoClose === undefined ? true : options.autoClose;
   this.pos = undefined;
+  this.bytesRead = 0;
 
   if (this.start !== undefined) {
     if (typeof this.start !== 'number') {
@@ -1774,8 +1775,10 @@ ReadStream.prototype._read = function(n) {
       self.emit('error', er);
     } else {
       var b = null;
-      if (bytesRead > 0)
+      if (bytesRead > 0) {
+        self.bytesRead += bytesRead;
         b = thisPool.slice(start, start + bytesRead);
+      }
 
       self.push(b);
     }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream.js b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream.js
index 98a316e60e4a02..7b133022511910 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-fs-read-stream.js
@@ -10,13 +10,18 @@ var rangeFile = path.join(common.fixturesDir, 'x.txt');
 var callbacks = { open: 0, end: 0, close: 0 };
 
 var paused = false;
+var bytesRead = 0;
 
 var file = fs.ReadStream(fn);
+var fileSize = fs.statSync(fn).size;
+
+assert.strictEqual(file.bytesRead, 0);
 
 file.on('open', function(fd) {
   file.length = 0;
   callbacks.open++;
   assert.equal('number', typeof fd);
+  assert.strictEqual(file.bytesRead, 0);
   assert.ok(file.readable);
 
   // GH-535
@@ -31,6 +36,9 @@ file.on('data', function(data) {
   assert.ok(!paused);
   file.length += data.length;
 
+  bytesRead += data.length;
+  assert.strictEqual(file.bytesRead, bytesRead);
+
   paused = true;
   file.pause();
 
@@ -42,11 +50,15 @@ file.on('data', function(data) {
 
 
 file.on('end', function(chunk) {
+  assert.strictEqual(bytesRead, fileSize);
+  assert.strictEqual(file.bytesRead, fileSize);
   callbacks.end++;
 });
 
 
 file.on('close', function() {
+  assert.strictEqual(bytesRead, fileSize);
+  assert.strictEqual(file.bytesRead, fileSize);
   callbacks.close++;
 
   //assert.equal(fs.readFileSync(fn), fileContent);