diff --git a/lib/_stream_transform.js b/lib/_stream_transform.js
index a27b09887b9e3e..564cdf0e82a986 100644
--- a/lib/_stream_transform.js
+++ b/lib/_stream_transform.js
@@ -106,11 +106,15 @@ function Transform(options) {
   this.on('prefinish', prefinish);
 }
 
-function prefinish() {
+function final(cb) {
   if (typeof this._flush === 'function' && !this.destroyed) {
     this._flush((er, data) => {
       if (er) {
-        this.destroy(er);
+        if (cb) {
+          cb(er);
+        } else {
+          this.destroy(er);
+        }
         return;
       }
 
@@ -118,12 +122,26 @@ function prefinish() {
         this.push(data);
       }
       this.push(null);
+      if (cb) {
+        cb();
+      }
     });
   } else {
     this.push(null);
+    if (cb) {
+      cb();
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function prefinish() {
+  if (this._final !== final) {
+    final.call(this);
   }
 }
 
+Transform.prototype._final = final;
+
 Transform.prototype._transform = function(chunk, encoding, callback) {
   throw new ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED('_transform()');
 };
diff --git a/lib/zlib.js b/lib/zlib.js
index 7cc8e2e6275041..fc8e378f41feb5 100644
--- a/lib/zlib.js
+++ b/lib/zlib.js
@@ -323,6 +323,11 @@ ZlibBase.prototype._flush = function(callback) {
   this._transform(Buffer.alloc(0), '', callback);
 };
 
+// Force Transform compat behavior.
+ZlibBase.prototype._final = function(callback) {
+  callback();
+};
+
 // If a flush is scheduled while another flush is still pending, a way to figure
 // out which one is the "stronger" flush is needed.
 // This is currently only used to figure out which flush flag to use for the
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
index 5077aaa11a4e6b..5d3f34f51e85be 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-stream-pipeline.js
@@ -1231,3 +1231,27 @@ const net = require('net');
     assert.strictEqual(res, 'helloworld');
   }));
 }
+
+{
+  let flushed = false;
+  const makeStream = () =>
+    new Transform({
+      transform: (chunk, enc, cb) => cb(null, chunk),
+      flush: (cb) =>
+        setTimeout(() => {
+          flushed = true;
+          cb(null);
+        }, 1),
+    });
+
+  const input = new Readable();
+  input.push(null);
+
+  pipeline(
+    input,
+    makeStream(),
+    common.mustCall(() => {
+      assert.strictEqual(flushed, true);
+    }),
+  );
+}