diff --git a/src/display/network.js b/src/display/network.js
index 448abaf9b..5397d161a 100644
--- a/src/display/network.js
+++ b/src/display/network.js
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import {
   UnexpectedResponseException
 } from '../shared/util';
 import globalScope from '../shared/global_scope';
-import { setPDFNetworkStreamClass } from './api';
 
 if (typeof PDFJSDev !== 'undefined' && PDFJSDev.test('FIREFOX || MOZCENTRAL')) {
   throw new Error('Module "./network" shall not ' +
@@ -594,8 +593,6 @@ PDFNetworkStreamRangeRequestReader.prototype = {
   },
 };
 
-setPDFNetworkStreamClass(PDFNetworkStream);
-
 export {
   PDFNetworkStream,
   NetworkManager,
diff --git a/src/display/node_stream.js b/src/display/node_stream.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..09846ac23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/display/node_stream.js
@@ -0,0 +1,213 @@
+/* Copyright 2012 Mozilla Foundation
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+/* globals __non_webpack_require__ */
+
+let fs = __non_webpack_require__('fs');
+let utils = require('../shared/util');
+
+let assert = utils.assert;
+let createPromiseCapability = utils.createPromiseCapability;
+
+class PDFNodeStream {
+  constructor(args) {
+    this._path = args.path;
+    this._fullRequest = null;
+    this._rangeRequestReaders = [];
+  }
+
+  getFullReader() {
+    assert(!this._fullRequest);
+    this._fullRequest = new PDFNodeStreamFullReader(this._path);
+    return this._fullRequest;
+  }
+
+  getRangeReader(begin, end) {
+    let rangeReader = new PDFNodeStreamRangeReader(this._path, begin, end);
+    this._rangeRequestReaders.push(rangeReader);
+    return rangeReader;
+  }
+
+  cancelAllRequests(reason) {
+    if (this._fullRequest) {
+      this._fullRequest.cancel(reason);
+    }
+
+    let readers = this._rangeRequestReaders.slice(0);
+    readers.forEach(function(reader) {
+      reader.cancel(reason);
+    });
+  }
+}
+
+class PDFNodeStreamFullReader {
+  constructor(path) {
+    this._path = path;
+    this._done = false;
+    this._errored = false;
+    this._reason = null;
+    this.onProgress = null;
+    this._length = null;
+    this._loaded = 0;
+    this._readCapability = createPromiseCapability();
+    this._headersCapability = createPromiseCapability();
+    this._fullRequest = fs.createReadStream(path);
+
+    fs.lstat(this._path, (error, stat) => {
+      if (error) {
+        this._errored = true;
+        this._reason = error;
+        this._headersCapability.reject(error);
+        return;
+      }
+      this._length = stat.size;
+      this._headersCapability.resolve();
+    });
+
+    this._fullRequest.on('readable', () => {
+      this._readCapability.resolve();
+    });
+
+    this._fullRequest.on('end', () => {
+      this._done = true;
+      this._readCapability.resolve();
+    });
+
+    this._fullRequest.on('error', (reason) => {
+      this._errored = true;
+      this._reason = reason;
+      this._readCapability.resolve();
+    });
+  }
+
+  get headersReady() {
+    return this._headersCapability.promise;
+  }
+
+  get contentLength() {
+    return this._length;
+  }
+
+  get isRangeSupported() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  get isStreamingSupported() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  read() {
+    return this._readCapability.promise.then(() => {
+      if (this._done) {
+        return Promise.resolve({ value: undefined, done: true, });
+      }
+      if (this._errored) {
+        return Promise.reject(this._reason);
+      }
+
+      let chunk = this._fullRequest.read();
+      if (chunk === null) {
+        this._readCapability = createPromiseCapability();
+        return this.read();
+      }
+      this._loaded += chunk.length;
+      if (this.onProgress) {
+        this.onProgress({
+          loaded: this._loaded,
+          total: this._length,
+        });
+      }
+      return Promise.resolve({ value: chunk, done: false, });
+    });
+  }
+
+  cancel(reason) {
+    this._fullRequest.close(reason);
+    this._fullRequest.destroy(reason);
+  }
+}
+
+class PDFNodeStreamRangeReader {
+  constructor(path, start, end) {
+    this._path = path;
+    this._done = false;
+    this._errored = false;
+    this._reason = null;
+    this.onProgress = null;
+    this._length = null;
+    this._loaded = 0;
+    this._readCapability = createPromiseCapability();
+    this._rangeRequest = fs.createReadStream(path, { start, end, });
+
+    fs.lstat(this._path, (error, stat) => {
+      if (error) {
+        this._errored = true;
+        this._reason = error;
+        return;
+      }
+      this._length = stat.size;
+    });
+
+    this._rangeRequest.on('readable', () => {
+      this._readCapability.resolve();
+    });
+
+    this._rangeRequest.on('end', () => {
+      this._done = true;
+      this._readCapability.resolve();
+    });
+
+    this._rangeRequest.on('error', (reason) => {
+      this._errored = true;
+      this._reason = reason;
+      this._readCapability.resolve();
+    });
+  }
+
+  get isStreamingSupported() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  read() {
+    return this._readCapability.promise.then(() => {
+      if (this._done) {
+        return Promise.resolve({ value: undefined, done: true, });
+      }
+      if (this._errored) {
+        return Promise.reject(this._reason);
+      }
+
+      let chunk = this._rangeRequest.read();
+      if (chunk === null) {
+        this._readCapability = createPromiseCapability();
+        return this.read();
+      }
+      this._loaded += chunk.length;
+      if (this.onProgress) {
+        this.onProgress({
+          loaded: this._loaded,
+          total: this._length,
+        });
+      }
+      return Promise.resolve({ value: chunk, done: false, });
+    });
+  }
+
+  cancel(reason) {
+    this._fullRequest.cancel(reason);
+    this._fullRequest.destroy(reason);
+  }
+}
+
+exports.PDFNodeStream = PDFNodeStream;
diff --git a/src/pdf.js b/src/pdf.js
index 2a451c272..9c0b1488a 100644
--- a/src/pdf.js
+++ b/src/pdf.js
@@ -31,7 +31,13 @@ var pdfjsDisplaySVG = require('./display/svg.js');
 
 if (typeof PDFJSDev === 'undefined' ||
     !PDFJSDev.test('FIREFOX || MOZCENTRAL')) {
-  require('./display/network.js');
+  if (pdfjsSharedUtil.isNodeJS()) {
+    var PDFNodeStream = require('./display/node_stream.js').PDFNodeStream;
+    pdfjsDisplayAPI.setPDFNetworkStreamClass(PDFNodeStream);
+  } else {
+    var PDFNetworkStream = require('./display/network.js').PDFNetworkStream;
+    pdfjsDisplayAPI.setPDFNetworkStreamClass(PDFNetworkStream);
+  }
 }
 
 exports.PDFJS = pdfjsDisplayGlobal.PDFJS;