diff --git a/src/stream/stream/delay.rs b/src/stream/stream/delay.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f6de5f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stream/stream/delay.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+use std::future::Future;
+use std::pin::Pin;
+use std::time::Duration;
+
+use crate::stream::Stream;
+use crate::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+#[doc(hidden)]
+#[allow(missing_debug_implementations)]
+pub struct Delay<S> {
+    stream: S,
+    delay: futures_timer::Delay,
+    delay_done: bool,
+}
+
+impl<S> Delay<S> {
+    pin_utils::unsafe_pinned!(stream: S);
+    pin_utils::unsafe_pinned!(delay: futures_timer::Delay);
+    pin_utils::unsafe_unpinned!(delay_done: bool);
+
+    pub(super) fn new(stream: S, dur: Duration) -> Self {
+        Delay {
+            stream,
+            delay: futures_timer::Delay::new(dur),
+            delay_done: false,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S> Stream for Delay<S>
+where
+    S: Stream,
+{
+    type Item = S::Item;
+
+    fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        if !self.delay_done {
+            futures_core::ready!(self.as_mut().delay().poll(cx));
+            *self.as_mut().delay_done() = true;
+        }
+
+        self.as_mut().stream().poll_next(cx)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/stream/stream/mod.rs b/src/stream/stream/mod.rs
index 8849605..26def73 100644
--- a/src/stream/stream/mod.rs
+++ b/src/stream/stream/mod.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 mod all;
 mod any;
 mod chain;
+mod delay;
 mod enumerate;
 mod filter;
 mod filter_map;
@@ -61,6 +62,7 @@ use try_for_each::TryForEeachFuture;
 pub use chain::Chain;
 pub use filter::Filter;
 pub use fuse::Fuse;
+pub use delay::Delay;
 pub use inspect::Inspect;
 pub use map::Map;
 pub use scan::Scan;
@@ -340,6 +342,36 @@ extension_trait! {
             Enumerate::new(self)
         }
 
+        #[doc = r#"
+            Creates a stream that is delayed before it starts yielding items.
+
+            # Examples
+
+            ```
+            # fn main() { async_std::task::block_on(async {
+            #
+            use async_std::prelude::*;
+            use async_std::future;
+            use std::time::Duration;
+
+            let p1 = future::ready(1).delay(Duration::from_millis(200));
+            let p1 = future::ready(2).delay(Duration::from_millis(100));
+            let p1 = future::ready(3).delay(Duration::from_millis(300));
+
+            assert_eq!(future::join!(p1, p2, p3).await, (1, 2, 3));
+            #
+            # }) }
+            ```
+        "#]
+        #[cfg(any(feature = "unstable", feature = "docs"))]
+        #[cfg_attr(feature = "docs", doc(cfg(unstable)))]
+        fn delay(self, dur: std::time::Duration) -> Delay<Self>
+        where
+            Self: Sized,
+        {
+            Delay::new(self, dur)
+        }
+
         #[doc = r#"
             Takes a closure and creates a stream that calls that closure on every element of this stream.