diff --git a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
index f5b6fb90e113e4..202a8cf9810d62 100644
--- a/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
+++ b/lib/internal/streams/pipeline.js
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 
 const {
   ArrayIsArray,
+  Promise,
   SymbolAsyncIterator,
 } = primordials;
 
@@ -13,21 +14,27 @@ const eos = require('internal/streams/end-of-stream');
 const { once } = require('internal/util');
 const destroyImpl = require('internal/streams/destroy');
 const {
-  ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
-  ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE,
-  ERR_MISSING_ARGS,
-  ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED
-} = require('internal/errors').codes;
+  aggregateTwoErrors,
+  codes: {
+    ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE,
+    ERR_INVALID_RETURN_VALUE,
+    ERR_MISSING_ARGS,
+    ERR_STREAM_DESTROYED,
+    ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE,
+  },
+} = require('internal/errors');
 
 const { validateCallback } = require('internal/validators');
 
+function noop() {}
+
 const {
   isIterable,
   isReadable,
   isStream,
 } = require('internal/streams/utils');
+const assert = require('internal/assert');
 
-let EE;
 let PassThrough;
 let Readable;
 
@@ -101,25 +108,62 @@ async function* fromReadable(val) {
 }
 
 async function pump(iterable, writable, finish) {
-  if (!EE) {
-    EE = require('events');
-  }
   let error;
+  let callback = noop;
+  const resume = (err) => {
+    error = aggregateTwoErrors(error, err);
+    const _callback = callback;
+    callback = noop;
+    _callback();
+  };
+  const onClose = () => {
+    resume(new ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE());
+  };
+
+  const waitForDrain = () => new Promise((resolve) => {
+    assert(callback === noop);
+    if (error || writable.destroyed) {
+      resolve();
+    } else {
+      callback = resolve;
+    }
+  });
+
+  writable
+    .on('drain', resume)
+    .on('error', resume)
+    .on('close', onClose);
+
   try {
-    if (writable.writableNeedDrain === true) {
-      await EE.once(writable, 'drain');
+    if (writable.writableNeedDrain) {
+      await waitForDrain();
+    }
+
+    if (error) {
+      return;
     }
 
     for await (const chunk of iterable) {
       if (!writable.write(chunk)) {
-        if (writable.destroyed) return;
-        await EE.once(writable, 'drain');
+        await waitForDrain();
+      }
+      if (error) {
+        return;
       }
     }
+
+    if (error) {
+      return;
+    }
+
     writable.end();
   } catch (err) {
-    error = err;
+    error = aggregateTwoErrors(error, err);
   } finally {
+    writable
+      .off('drain', resume)
+      .off('error', resume)
+      .off('close', onClose);
     finish(error);
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
index e2e5fe2e0d561a..aaf726ea5a0350 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
@@ -1387,3 +1387,36 @@ const net = require('net');
     assert.strictEqual(res, content);
   }));
 }
+
+{
+  const writableLike = new Stream();
+  writableLike.writableNeedDrain = true;
+
+  pipeline(
+    async function *() {},
+    writableLike,
+    common.mustCall((err) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE');
+    })
+  );
+
+  writableLike.emit('close');
+}
+
+{
+  const writableLike = new Stream();
+  writableLike.write = () => false;
+
+  pipeline(
+    async function *() {
+      yield null;
+      yield null;
+    },
+    writableLike,
+    common.mustCall((err) => {
+      assert.strictEqual(err.code, 'ERR_STREAM_PREMATURE_CLOSE');
+    })
+  );
+
+  writableLike.emit('close');
+}