diff --git a/src/read.rs b/src/read.rs
index 41e875e7..6f7b7262 100644
--- a/src/read.rs
+++ b/src/read.rs
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ use bzip2::read::BzDecoder;
 #[cfg(feature = "zstd")]
 use zstd::stream::read::Decoder as ZstdDecoder;
 
+/// Provides high level API for reading from a stream.
+pub mod stream;
+
 // Put the struct declaration in a private module to convince rustdoc to display ZipArchive nicely
 pub(crate) mod zip_archive {
     /// Extract immutable data from `ZipArchive` to make it cheap to clone
@@ -1011,6 +1014,8 @@ impl<'a> Drop for ZipFile<'a> {
     }
 }
 
+/// **It is recommended to use [`stream`] for its highlevel API instead.**
+///
 /// Read ZipFile structures from a non-seekable reader.
 ///
 /// This is an alternative method to read a zip file. If possible, use the ZipArchive functions
diff --git a/src/read/stream.rs b/src/read/stream.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cc451b4b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/read/stream.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,141 @@
+use std::io::Read;
+use std::path::Path;
+
+use super::{
+    central_header_to_zip_file_inner, read_zipfile_from_stream, spec, ZipFile, ZipFileData,
+    ZipResult,
+};
+
+use byteorder::{LittleEndian, ReadBytesExt};
+
+/// Stream decoder for zip.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ZipStreamReader<R>(R);
+
+impl<R> ZipStreamReader<R> {
+    /// Create a new ZipStreamReader
+    pub fn new(reader: R) -> Self {
+        Self(reader)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<R: Read> ZipStreamReader<R> {
+    fn parse_central_directory(&mut self) -> ZipResult<Option<ZipStreamFileMetadata>> {
+        // Give archive_offset and central_header_start dummy value 0, since
+        // they are not used in the output.
+        let archive_offset = 0;
+        let central_header_start = 0;
+
+        // Parse central header
+        let signature = self.0.read_u32::<LittleEndian>()?;
+        if signature != spec::CENTRAL_DIRECTORY_HEADER_SIGNATURE {
+            Ok(None)
+        } else {
+            central_header_to_zip_file_inner(&mut self.0, archive_offset, central_header_start)
+                .map(ZipStreamFileMetadata)
+                .map(Some)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Iteraate over the stream and extract all file and their
+    /// metadata.
+    pub fn visit<V: ZipStreamVisitor>(mut self, visitor: &mut V) -> ZipResult<()> {
+        while let Some(mut file) = read_zipfile_from_stream(&mut self.0)? {
+            visitor.visit_file(&mut file)?;
+        }
+
+        while let Some(metadata) = self.parse_central_directory()? {
+            visitor.visit_additional_metadata(&metadata)?;
+        }
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Visitor for ZipStreamReader
+pub trait ZipStreamVisitor {
+    ///  * `file` - contains the content of the file and most of the metadata,
+    ///    except:
+    ///     - `comment`: set to an empty string
+    ///     - `data_start`: set to 0
+    ///     - `external_attributes`: `unix_mode()`: will return None
+    fn visit_file(&mut self, file: &mut ZipFile<'_>) -> ZipResult<()>;
+
+    /// This function is guranteed to be called after all `visit_file`s.
+    ///
+    ///  * `metadata` - Provides missing metadata in `visit_file`.
+    fn visit_additional_metadata(&mut self, metadata: &ZipStreamFileMetadata) -> ZipResult<()>;
+}
+
+/// Additional metadata for the file.
+pub struct ZipStreamFileMetadata(ZipFileData);
+
+impl ZipStreamFileMetadata {
+    /// Get the name of the file
+    ///
+    /// # Warnings
+    ///
+    /// It is dangerous to use this name directly when extracting an archive.
+    /// It may contain an absolute path (`/etc/shadow`), or break out of the
+    /// current directory (`../runtime`). Carelessly writing to these paths
+    /// allows an attacker to craft a ZIP archive that will overwrite critical
+    /// files.
+    ///
+    /// You can use the [`ZipFile::enclosed_name`] method to validate the name
+    /// as a safe path.
+    pub fn name(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.0.file_name
+    }
+
+    /// Get the name of the file, in the raw (internal) byte representation.
+    ///
+    /// The encoding of this data is currently undefined.
+    pub fn name_raw(&self) -> &[u8] {
+        &self.0.file_name_raw
+    }
+
+    /// Rewrite the path, ignoring any path components with special meaning.
+    ///
+    /// - Absolute paths are made relative
+    /// - [`ParentDir`]s are ignored
+    /// - Truncates the filename at a NULL byte
+    ///
+    /// This is appropriate if you need to be able to extract *something* from
+    /// any archive, but will easily misrepresent trivial paths like
+    /// `foo/../bar` as `foo/bar` (instead of `bar`). Because of this,
+    /// [`ZipFile::enclosed_name`] is the better option in most scenarios.
+    ///
+    /// [`ParentDir`]: `Component::ParentDir`
+    pub fn mangled_name(&self) -> ::std::path::PathBuf {
+        self.0.file_name_sanitized()
+    }
+
+    /// Ensure the file path is safe to use as a [`Path`].
+    ///
+    /// - It can't contain NULL bytes
+    /// - It can't resolve to a path outside the current directory
+    ///   > `foo/../bar` is fine, `foo/../../bar` is not.
+    /// - It can't be an absolute path
+    ///
+    /// This will read well-formed ZIP files correctly, and is resistant
+    /// to path-based exploits. It is recommended over
+    /// [`ZipFile::mangled_name`].
+    pub fn enclosed_name(&self) -> Option<&Path> {
+        self.0.enclosed_name()
+    }
+
+    /// Get the comment of the file
+    pub fn comment(&self) -> &str {
+        &self.0.file_comment
+    }
+
+    /// Get the starting offset of the data of the compressed file
+    pub fn data_start(&self) -> u64 {
+        self.0.data_start.load()
+    }
+
+    /// Get unix mode for the file
+    pub fn unix_mode(&self) -> Option<u32> {
+        self.0.unix_mode()
+    }
+}