diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Revision history for hpath-io
 
+## 0.13.2 -- 2020-05-08
+
+* Add getDirsFilesStream and use streamly-posix for dircontents (#34)
+
 ## 0.13.0 -- 2020-01-26
 
 * switch to using 'hpath-bytestring' for the implementation (this is now just a wrapper module, mostly)
diff --git a/hpath-io.cabal b/hpath-io.cabal
--- a/hpath-io.cabal
+++ b/hpath-io.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                hpath-io
-version:             0.13.1
+version:             0.13.2
 synopsis:            High-level IO operations on files/directories
 description:         High-level IO operations on files/directories, utilizing type-safe Paths
 -- bug-reports:
diff --git a/src/HPath/IO.hs b/src/HPath/IO.hs
--- a/src/HPath/IO.hs
+++ b/src/HPath/IO.hs
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
 -- For other functions (like `copyFile`), the behavior on these file types is
 -- unreliable/unsafe. Check the documentation of those functions for details.
 
-{-# LANGUAGE PackageImports #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-} -- streamly
+{-# LANGUAGE PackageImports   #-}
 
 module HPath.IO
   (
@@ -82,6 +83,7 @@
   -- * Directory reading
   , getDirsFiles
   , getDirsFiles'
+  , getDirsFilesStream
   -- * Filetype operations
   , getFileType
   -- * Others
@@ -94,7 +96,9 @@
 where
 
 
-import           Control.Exception.Safe         ( bracketOnError
+import           Control.Exception.Safe         ( MonadMask
+                                                , MonadCatch
+                                                , bracketOnError
                                                 , finally
                                                 )
 import           Control.Monad.Catch            ( MonadThrow(..) )
@@ -759,6 +763,15 @@
 getDirsFiles' (Path fp) = do
   rawContents <- RD.getDirsFiles' fp
   for rawContents $ \r -> parseRel r
+
+
+-- | Like 'getDirsFiles'', except returning a Stream.
+getDirsFilesStream :: (MonadCatch m, MonadAsync m, MonadMask m)
+                   => Path b
+                   -> IO (SerialT m (Path Rel))
+getDirsFilesStream (Path fp) = do
+  s <- RD.getDirsFilesStream fp
+  pure (s >>= parseRel)