diff --git a/src/snappy/__init__.py b/src/snappy/__init__.py
index 9b6c9b4..e7e83e3 100644
--- a/src/snappy/__init__.py
+++ b/src/snappy/__init__.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
     StreamCompressor,
     StreamDecompressor,
     UncompressError,
+    HadoopStreamCompressor,
+    HadoopStreamDecompressor,
     isValidCompressed,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/snappy/snappy.py b/src/snappy/snappy.py
index b4a6284..aa1a22e 100644
--- a/src/snappy/snappy.py
+++ b/src/snappy/snappy.py
@@ -206,6 +206,73 @@ def copy(self):
         return self
 
 
+class HadoopStreamCompressor():
+    def add_chunk(self, data: bytes, compress=None):
+        """Add a chunk, returning a string that is framed and compressed. 
+        
+        Outputs a single snappy chunk; if it is the very start of the stream,
+        will also contain the stream header chunk.
+        """
+        cdata = _compress(data)
+        return b"".join((len(data).to_bytes(4, "big"), len(cdata).to_bytes(4, "big"), cdata))
+
+    compress = add_chunk
+
+    def flush(self):
+        # never maintains a buffer
+        return b""
+
+    def copy(self):
+        """This method exists for compatibility with the zlib compressobj.
+        """
+        return self
+
+
+class HadoopStreamDecompressor():
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.remains = b""
+    
+    @staticmethod
+    def check_format(data):
+        """Checks that there are enough bytes for a hadoop header
+        
+        We cannot actually determine if the data is really hadoop-snappy
+        """
+        if len(data) < 8:
+            raise UncompressError("Too short data length")
+        chunk_length = int.from_bytes(data[4:8], "big")
+
+    def decompress(self, data: bytes):
+        """Decompress 'data', returning a string containing the uncompressed
+        data corresponding to at least part of the data in string. This data
+        should be concatenated to the output produced by any preceding calls to
+        the decompress() method. Some of the input data may be preserved in
+        internal buffers for later processing.
+        """
+        if self.remains:
+            data = self.remains + data
+            self.remains = None
+        if len(data) < 8:
+            self.remains = data
+            return b""
+        out = []
+        while True:
+            chunk_length = int.from_bytes(data[4:8], "big")
+            if len(data) < 8 + chunk_length:
+                self.remains = data
+                break
+            out.append(_uncompress(data[8:8 + chunk_length]))
+            data = data[8 + chunk_length:]
+        return b"".join(out)
+
+    def flush(self):
+        return b""
+
+    def copy(self):
+        return self
+        
+
+
 def stream_compress(src,
                     dst,
                     blocksize=_STREAM_TO_STREAM_BLOCK_SIZE,