diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 7c434e5..2eda90c 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -7,11 +7,10 @@ const { pipeline, compose } = require('node:stream')
 const fp = require('fastify-plugin')
 const encodingNegotiator = require('@fastify/accept-negotiator')
 const mimedb = require('mime-db')
-const peek = require('peek-stream')
 const { Minipass } = require('minipass')
 const { Readable } = require('readable-stream')
 
-const { isStream, isGzip, isDeflate, intoAsyncIterator, isWebReadableStream, isFetchResponse, webStreamToNodeReadable } = require('./lib/utils')
+const { isStream, isGzip, isDeflate, intoAsyncIterator, isWebReadableStream, isFetchResponse, webStreamToNodeReadable, createLazyTransform } = require('./lib/utils')
 
 const InvalidRequestEncodingError = createError('FST_CP_ERR_INVALID_CONTENT_ENCODING', 'Unsupported Content-Encoding: %s', 415)
 const InvalidRequestCompressedPayloadError = createError('FST_CP_ERR_INVALID_CONTENT', 'Could not decompress the request payload using the provided encoding', 400)
@@ -557,26 +556,26 @@ function maybeUnzip (payload, serialize) {
 }
 
 function zipStream (deflate, encoding) {
-  return peek({ newline: false, maxBuffer: 10 }, function (data, swap) {
+  return createLazyTransform(function (data) {
     switch (isCompressed(data)) {
-      case 1: return swap(null, new Minipass())
-      case 2: return swap(null, new Minipass())
+      case 1: return new Minipass()
+      case 2: return new Minipass()
     }
-    return swap(null, deflate[encoding]())
+    return deflate[encoding]()
   })
 }
 
 function unzipStream (inflate, maxRecursion) {
   if (!(maxRecursion >= 0)) maxRecursion = 3
-  return peek({ newline: false, maxBuffer: 10 }, function (data, swap) {
+  return createLazyTransform(function (data) {
     // This path is never taken, when `maxRecursion` < 0 it is automatically set back to 3
     /* c8 ignore next */
-    if (maxRecursion < 0) return swap(new Error('Maximum recursion reached'))
+    if (maxRecursion < 0) throw new Error('Maximum recursion reached')
     switch (isCompressed(data)) {
-      case 1: return swap(null, compose(inflate.gzip(), unzipStream(inflate, maxRecursion - 1)))
-      case 2: return swap(null, compose(inflate.deflate(), unzipStream(inflate, maxRecursion - 1)))
+      case 1: return compose(inflate.gzip(), unzipStream(inflate, maxRecursion - 1))
+      case 2: return compose(inflate.deflate(), unzipStream(inflate, maxRecursion - 1))
     }
-    return swap(null, new Minipass())
+    return new Minipass()
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/lib/utils.js b/lib/utils.js
index 70854f4..f21397d 100644
--- a/lib/utils.js
+++ b/lib/utils.js
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 'use strict'
 
-const { Readable: NodeReadable } = require('node:stream')
+const { Readable: NodeReadable, Transform } = require('node:stream')
 
 // https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc8878#section-3.1.1
 function isZstd (buffer) {
@@ -104,4 +104,61 @@ async function * intoAsyncIterator (payload) {
   yield payload
 }
 
-module.exports = { isZstd, isGzip, isDeflate, isStream, intoAsyncIterator, isWebReadableStream, isFetchResponse, webStreamToNodeReadable }
+/**
+ * Creates a Transform that lazily selects an inner transform by peeking
+ * at the first `maxBuffer` bytes.
+ *
+ * @param {(data: Buffer) => import('stream').Transform} choose
+ *   Called once with the peeked bytes. Must return the transform stream
+ *   that all data (including the peeked bytes) will be piped through.
+ * @param {number} [maxBuffer=10] - Number of bytes to peek before deciding.
+ * @returns {import('stream').Transform}
+ */
+function createLazyTransform (choose, maxBuffer = 10) {
+  let chunks = []
+  let chunksLength = 0
+  let dest = null
+
+  return new Transform({
+    transform (chunk, encoding, cb) {
+      if (dest) {
+        return dest.write(chunk, encoding, cb)
+      }
+
+      chunks.push(chunk)
+      chunksLength += chunk.length
+
+      if (chunksLength < maxBuffer) return cb()
+
+      const buf = Buffer.concat(chunks)
+      chunks = null
+
+      dest = choose(buf.subarray(0, maxBuffer))
+      dest.on('data', (d) => this.push(d))
+      dest.on('end', () => this.push(null))
+      dest.write(buf, cb)
+    },
+
+    flush (cb) {
+      if (!dest) {
+        const buf = Buffer.concat(chunks)
+        chunks = null
+
+        dest = choose(buf)
+        dest.on('data', (d) => this.push(d))
+        dest.on('end', () => { this.push(null); cb() })
+        if (buf.length > 0) {
+          dest.end(buf)
+        } else {
+          dest.end()
+        }
+        return
+      }
+
+      dest.on('end', cb)
+      dest.end()
+    }
+  })
+}
+
+module.exports = { isZstd, isGzip, isDeflate, isStream, intoAsyncIterator, isWebReadableStream, isFetchResponse, webStreamToNodeReadable, createLazyTransform }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 83a4d22..1c72e5e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     "fastify-plugin": "^5.0.0",
     "mime-db": "^1.52.0",
     "minipass": "^7.0.4",
-    "peek-stream": "^1.1.3",
     "readable-stream": "^4.5.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/test/utils.test.js b/test/utils.test.js
index cc71569..bf77a7e 100644
--- a/test/utils.test.js
+++ b/test/utils.test.js
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
 const { createReadStream } = require('node:fs')
 const { Socket } = require('node:net')
 const { Duplex, PassThrough, Readable, Stream, Transform, Writable } = require('node:stream')
+const { pipeline } = require('node:stream/promises')
 const { test } = require('node:test')
-const { isStream, isZstd, isDeflate, isGzip, intoAsyncIterator } = require('../lib/utils')
+const { isStream, isZstd, isDeflate, isGzip, intoAsyncIterator, createLazyTransform } = require('../lib/utils')
 
 test('isStream() utility should be able to detect Streams', async (t) => {
   t.plan(12)
@@ -124,3 +125,123 @@ test('intoAsyncIterator() utility should handle different data', async (t) => {
     equal(chunk, obj)
   }
 })
+
+test('createLazyTransform() should peek at first N bytes and pipe through selected stream', async (t) => {
+  const input = Buffer.from('hello world')
+  const chunks = []
+
+  const peekStream = createLazyTransform((data) => {
+    t.assert.equal(data.length, 5)
+    t.assert.equal(data.toString(), 'hello')
+    return new PassThrough()
+  }, 5)
+
+  peekStream.on('data', (chunk) => chunks.push(chunk))
+
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    peekStream.on('end', resolve)
+    peekStream.on('error', reject)
+    peekStream.write(input)
+    peekStream.end()
+  })
+
+  t.assert.equal(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString(), 'hello world')
+})
+
+test('createLazyTransform() should work when data arrives in small chunks', async (t) => {
+  const chunks = []
+
+  const peekStream = createLazyTransform((data) => {
+    t.assert.equal(data.length, 4)
+    t.assert.equal(data.toString(), 'abcd')
+    return new PassThrough()
+  }, 4)
+
+  peekStream.on('data', (chunk) => chunks.push(chunk))
+
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    peekStream.on('end', resolve)
+    peekStream.on('error', reject)
+    peekStream.write(Buffer.from('ab'))
+    peekStream.write(Buffer.from('cd'))
+    peekStream.write(Buffer.from('ef'))
+    peekStream.end()
+  })
+
+  t.assert.equal(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString(), 'abcdef')
+})
+
+test('createLazyTransform() should handle stream ending before maxBuffer is reached', async (t) => {
+  const chunks = []
+
+  const peekStream = createLazyTransform((data) => {
+    t.assert.equal(data.toString(), 'hi')
+    return new PassThrough()
+  })
+
+  peekStream.on('data', (chunk) => chunks.push(chunk))
+
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    peekStream.on('end', resolve)
+    peekStream.on('error', reject)
+    peekStream.write(Buffer.from('hi'))
+    peekStream.end()
+  })
+
+  t.assert.equal(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString(), 'hi')
+})
+
+test('createLazyTransform() should propagate errors from choose function', async (t) => {
+  const peekStream = createLazyTransform(() => {
+    throw new Error('test error')
+  }, 2)
+
+  await t.assert.rejects(
+    pipeline(Readable.from(Buffer.from('hello')), peekStream, new PassThrough()),
+    { message: 'test error' }
+  )
+})
+
+test('createLazyTransform() should handle empty stream', async (t) => {
+  const chunks = []
+
+  const peekStream = createLazyTransform((data) => {
+    t.assert.equal(data.length, 0)
+    return new PassThrough()
+  })
+
+  peekStream.on('data', (chunk) => chunks.push(chunk))
+
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    peekStream.on('end', resolve)
+    peekStream.on('error', reject)
+    peekStream.end()
+  })
+
+  t.assert.equal(Buffer.concat(chunks).length, 0)
+})
+
+test('createLazyTransform() should work with a transform stream as destination', async (t) => {
+  const chunks = []
+
+  const upper = new Transform({
+    transform (chunk, enc, cb) {
+      cb(null, chunk.toString().toUpperCase())
+    }
+  })
+
+  const peekStream = createLazyTransform(() => {
+    return upper
+  }, 3)
+
+  peekStream.on('data', (chunk) => chunks.push(chunk))
+
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    peekStream.on('end', resolve)
+    peekStream.on('error', reject)
+    peekStream.write(Buffer.from('hello'))
+    peekStream.end()
+  })
+
+  t.assert.equal(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString(), 'HELLO')
+})