diff --git a/doc/api/stream.md b/doc/api/stream.md
index 1f8dcc643789e9..2a4268900966f4 100644
--- a/doc/api/stream.md
+++ b/doc/api/stream.md
@@ -2027,7 +2027,7 @@ changes:
    description: Marking the API stable.
 -->
 
-* `stream` {Stream|Iterable|AsyncIterable|Function}
+* `stream` {Writable|Duplex|WritableStream|TransformStream|Function}
 * `options` {Object}
   * `signal` {AbortSignal} allows destroying the stream if the signal is
     aborted.
@@ -2046,13 +2046,18 @@ async function* splitToWords(source) {
   }
 }
 
-const wordsStream = Readable.from(['this is', 'compose as operator']).compose(splitToWords);
+const wordsStream = Readable.from(['text passed through', 'composed stream']).compose(splitToWords);
 const words = await wordsStream.toArray();
 
-console.log(words); // prints ['this', 'is', 'compose', 'as', 'operator']
+console.log(words); // prints ['text', 'passed', 'through', 'composed', 'stream']
 ```
 
-See [`stream.compose`][] for more information.
+`readable.compose(s)` is equivalent to `stream.compose(readable, s)`.
+
+This method also allows for an {AbortSignal} to be provided, which will destroy
+the composed stream when aborted.
+
+See [`stream.compose(...streams)`][] for more information.
 
 ##### `readable.iterator([options])`
 
@@ -3050,7 +3055,8 @@ await finished(compose(s1, s2, s3));
 console.log(res); // prints 'HELLOWORLD'
 ```
 
-See [`readable.compose(stream)`][] for `stream.compose` as operator.
+For convenience, the [`readable.compose(stream)`][] method is available on
+{Readable} and {Duplex} streams as a wrapper for this function.
 
 ### `stream.isErrored(stream)`
 
@@ -4998,7 +5004,7 @@ contain multi-byte characters.
 [`readable.setEncoding()`]: #readablesetencodingencoding
 [`stream.Readable.from()`]: #streamreadablefromiterable-options
 [`stream.addAbortSignal()`]: #streamaddabortsignalsignal-stream
-[`stream.compose`]: #streamcomposestreams
+[`stream.compose(...streams)`]: #streamcomposestreams
 [`stream.cork()`]: #writablecork
 [`stream.duplexPair()`]: #streamduplexpairoptions
 [`stream.finished()`]: #streamfinishedstream-options-callback
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/operators.js b/lib/internal/streams/operators.js
index 27c22f89926021..6db2df0e3646e0 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/operators.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/operators.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const { AbortController, AbortSignal } = require('internal/abort_controller');
 const {
   AbortError,
   codes: {
-    ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE,
     ERR_MISSING_ARGS,
     ERR_OUT_OF_RANGE,
   },
@@ -31,40 +30,10 @@ const {
 } = require('internal/validators');
 const { kWeakHandler, kResistStopPropagation } = require('internal/event_target');
 const { finished } = require('internal/streams/end-of-stream');
-const staticCompose = require('internal/streams/compose');
-const {
-  addAbortSignalNoValidate,
-} = require('internal/streams/add-abort-signal');
-const { isWritable, isNodeStream } = require('internal/streams/utils');
 
 const kEmpty = Symbol('kEmpty');
 const kEof = Symbol('kEof');
 
-function compose(stream, options) {
-  if (options != null) {
-    validateObject(options, 'options');
-  }
-  if (options?.signal != null) {
-    validateAbortSignal(options.signal, 'options.signal');
-  }
-
-  if (isNodeStream(stream) && !isWritable(stream)) {
-    throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_VALUE('stream', stream, 'must be writable');
-  }
-
-  const composedStream = staticCompose(this, stream);
-
-  if (options?.signal) {
-    // Not validating as we already validated before
-    addAbortSignalNoValidate(
-      options.signal,
-      composedStream,
-    );
-  }
-
-  return composedStream;
-}
-
 function map(fn, options) {
   validateFunction(fn, 'fn');
   if (options != null) {
@@ -408,7 +377,6 @@ module.exports.streamReturningOperators = {
   flatMap,
   map,
   take,
-  compose,
 };
 
 module.exports.promiseReturningOperators = {
diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
index 63346e6486a022..97fe9dc6f60c2f 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/readable.js
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ const { Buffer } = require('buffer');
 
 const {
   addAbortSignal,
+  addAbortSignalNoValidate,
 } = require('internal/streams/add-abort-signal');
 const eos = require('internal/streams/end-of-stream');
 
@@ -86,7 +87,10 @@ const {
     ERR_UNKNOWN_ENCODING,
   },
 } = require('internal/errors');
-const { validateObject } = require('internal/validators');
+const {
+  validateAbortSignal,
+  validateObject,
+} = require('internal/validators');
 
 const FastBuffer = Buffer[SymbolSpecies];
 
@@ -1409,6 +1413,30 @@ async function* createAsyncIterator(stream, options) {
   }
 }
 
+let composeImpl;
+
+Readable.prototype.compose = function compose(stream, options) {
+  if (options != null) {
+    validateObject(options, 'options');
+  }
+  if (options?.signal != null) {
+    validateAbortSignal(options.signal, 'options.signal');
+  }
+
+  composeImpl ??= require('internal/streams/compose');
+  const composedStream = composeImpl(this, stream);
+
+  if (options?.signal) {
+    // Not validating as we already validated before
+    addAbortSignalNoValidate(
+      options.signal,
+      composedStream,
+    );
+  }
+
+  return composedStream;
+};
+
 // Making it explicit these properties are not enumerable
 // because otherwise some prototype manipulation in
 // userland will fail.
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-compose-operator.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-compose.js
similarity index 78%
rename from test/parallel/test-stream-compose-operator.js
rename to test/parallel/test-stream-readable-compose.js
index 4fefb004f5a1e5..b55bd719402028 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-compose-operator.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-readable-compose.js
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 
 const common = require('../common');
 const {
-  Readable, Transform,
+  PassThrough,
+  Readable,
+  Transform,
 } = require('stream');
 const assert = require('assert');
 
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ const assert = require('assert');
       }
     }
   });
+  assert.strictEqual(stream.readable, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(stream.writable, false);
   const result = ['ab', 'cd'];
   (async () => {
     for await (const item of stream) {
@@ -35,6 +39,8 @@ const assert = require('assert');
       callback(null, chunk);
     }, 4)
   }));
+  assert.strictEqual(stream.readable, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(stream.writable, false);
   const result = ['a', 'b', 'c', 'd'];
   (async () => {
     for await (const item of stream) {
@@ -43,6 +49,26 @@ const assert = require('assert');
   })().then(common.mustCall());
 }
 
+{
+  // With Duplex `this`, ensuring writes to the composed stream
+  // are passed to the pipeline
+  const pt = new PassThrough({ objectMode: true });
+  const composed = pt.compose(async function *(stream) {
+    for await (const chunk of stream) {
+      yield chunk * 2;
+    }
+  });
+  assert.strictEqual(composed.readable, true);
+  assert.strictEqual(composed.writable, true);
+  pt.on('data', common.mustCall((chunk) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(chunk, 123);
+  }));
+  composed.on('data', common.mustCall((chunk) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(chunk, 246);
+  }));
+  pt.end(123);
+}
+
 {
   // Throwing an error during `compose` (before waiting for data)
   const stream = Readable.from([1, 2, 3, 4, 5]).compose(async function *(stream) { // eslint-disable-line require-yield