diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 4c6a88f..aefd341 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ mod error;
 mod file;
 mod filetype;
 mod listing;
+mod listing_stream;
 pub(crate) mod nix;
 mod node;
 mod special;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ pub use {
     file::File,
     filetype::FileType,
     listing::Listing,
+    listing_stream::ListingStream,
     node::Node,
     special::Special,
     stream::Stream,
diff --git a/src/listing.rs b/src/listing.rs
index 090f0d4..0a84422 100644
--- a/src/listing.rs
+++ b/src/listing.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ use {
     },
 };
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub enum Kind {
     Normal(u64),
     HardLink(String),
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ impl Kind {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Listing {
     pub name: String,
     pub uid: u32,
@@ -92,11 +92,17 @@ pub struct Listing {
 
 impl PartialOrd for Listing {
     fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Ord for Listing {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Ordering {
         match (&self.kind, &other.kind) {
-            (Kind::Directory, Kind::Directory) => self.name.partial_cmp(&other.name),
-            (Kind::Directory, _) => Some(Ordering::Less),
-            (_, Kind::Directory) => Some(Ordering::Greater),
-            _ => self.name.partial_cmp(&other.name),
+            (Kind::Directory, Kind::Directory) => self.name.cmp(&other.name),
+            (Kind::Directory, _) => Ordering::Less,
+            (_, Kind::Directory) => Ordering::Greater,
+            _ => self.name.cmp(&other.name),
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/listing_stream.rs b/src/listing_stream.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0e215a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/listing_stream.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+use {
+    crate::{listing::Kind, Error, Listing, MAGIC},
+    std::{
+        io::{ErrorKind, Read, Seek},
+        iter::Iterator,
+    },
+};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ListingStream<R: Read + Send + Seek> {
+    pub length: u32,
+    reader: R,
+}
+
+impl<R: Read + Send + Seek> Iterator for ListingStream<R> {
+    type Item = Result<Listing, Error>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        match Listing::read(&mut self.reader) {
+            Err(Error::Io(e)) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof => None,
+            Ok(f) => match f.kind {
+                Kind::Eof => None,
+                _ => Some(Ok(f)),
+            },
+            x => Some(x),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<R: Read + Send + Seek> ListingStream<R> {
+    pub fn new(mut reader: R) -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let mut buf = [0; 11];
+        reader.read_exact(&mut buf)?;
+        let length = u32::from_le_bytes(buf[7..].try_into()?);
+        if buf[0..7] == MAGIC {
+            Ok(Self { length, reader })
+        } else {
+            Err(Error::InvalidMagic)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn list(&mut self) -> Result<Vec<Listing>, Error> {
+        let mut list = vec![];
+        for listing in self {
+            let listing = listing?;
+            list.push(listing);
+        }
+        list.sort();
+        Ok(list)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/special.rs b/src/special.rs
index e36e220..9eab7db 100644
--- a/src/special.rs
+++ b/src/special.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use {
 };
 
 /// Represents the major and minor numbers of a Unix special Device node
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq)]
 pub struct Special {
     pub major: u32,
     pub minor: u32,
diff --git a/src/stream.rs b/src/stream.rs
index bf574bf..80da367 100644
--- a/src/stream.rs
+++ b/src/stream.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use crate::MAGIC;
-
 #[cfg(feature = "parallel")]
 use {
     crate::FileType,
@@ -7,7 +5,7 @@ use {
     std::sync::mpsc::Sender,
 };
 use {
-    crate::{Error, Node},
+    crate::{Error, Node, MAGIC},
     std::{
         io::{ErrorKind, Read},
         iter::Iterator,