diff --git a/src/helpers.rs b/src/helpers.rs
index 9ec2bcb7..e9351147 100644
--- a/src/helpers.rs
+++ b/src/helpers.rs
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ mod auto_abort_join_handle;
 pub use auto_abort_join_handle::AutoAbortJoinHandle;
 
 mod extracter;
+mod receiver_as_readable;
 
 /// Load binstall metadata from the crate `Cargo.toml` at the provided path
 pub fn load_manifest_path<P: AsRef<Path>>(
diff --git a/src/helpers/async_file_writer.rs b/src/helpers/async_file_writer.rs
index 12f69133..a6bc1fc8 100644
--- a/src/helpers/async_file_writer.rs
+++ b/src/helpers/async_file_writer.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ use tokio::{sync::mpsc, task::spawn_blocking};
 
 use super::AutoAbortJoinHandle;
 
-enum Content {
+pub enum Content {
     /// Data to write to file
     Data(Bytes),
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/receiver_as_readable.rs b/src/helpers/receiver_as_readable.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02ccc344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/helpers/receiver_as_readable.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+use std::cmp::min;
+use std::io::{self, Read};
+
+use bytes::{Buf, Bytes};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::Receiver;
+
+use super::async_file_writer::Content;
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ReadableRx<'a> {
+    rx: &'a mut Receiver<Content>,
+    bytes: Bytes,
+}
+
+impl<'a> ReadableRx<'a> {
+    pub fn new(rx: &'a mut Receiver<Content>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            rx,
+            bytes: Bytes::new(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Read for ReadableRx<'_> {
+    fn read(&mut self, buf: &mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        if buf.is_empty() {
+            return Ok(0);
+        }
+
+        let bytes = &mut self.bytes;
+        if !bytes.has_remaining() {
+            match self.rx.blocking_recv() {
+                Some(Content::Data(new_bytes)) => *bytes = new_bytes,
+                Some(Content::Abort) => {
+                    return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "Aborted"))
+                }
+                None => return Ok(0),
+            }
+        }
+
+        // copy_to_slice requires the bytes to have enough remaining bytes
+        // to fill buf.
+        let n = min(buf.len(), bytes.remaining());
+
+        bytes.copy_to_slice(&mut buf[..n]);
+
+        Ok(n)
+    }
+}