diff --git a/src/concurrent_stream/convert.rs b/src/concurrent_stream/convert.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c06d7a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/concurrent_stream/convert.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,100 @@
+use super::{ConcurrentStream, Consumer, ConsumerState};
+use crate::future::FutureGroup;
+use core::future::Future;
+use core::pin::Pin;
+use futures_lite::StreamExt;
+
+/// Conversion into a [`ConcurrentStream`]
+pub trait IntoConcurrentStream {
+    /// The type of the elements being iterated over.
+    type Item;
+    /// Which kind of iterator are we turning this into?
+    type ConcurrentStream: ConcurrentStream<Item = Self::Item>;
+
+    /// Convert `self` into a concurrent iterator.
+    fn into_concurrent_stream(self) -> Self::ConcurrentStream;
+}
+
+impl<S: ConcurrentStream> IntoConcurrentStream for S {
+    type Item = S::Item;
+    type ConcurrentStream = S;
+
+    fn into_concurrent_stream(self) -> Self::ConcurrentStream {
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+/// Conversion from a [`ConcurrentStream`]
+#[allow(async_fn_in_trait)]
+pub trait FromConcurrentStream<A>: Sized {
+    /// Creates a value from a concurrent iterator.
+    async fn from_concurrent_stream<T>(iter: T) -> Self
+    where
+        T: IntoConcurrentStream<Item = A>;
+}
+
+impl<T> FromConcurrentStream<T> for Vec<T> {
+    async fn from_concurrent_stream<S>(iter: S) -> Self
+    where
+        S: IntoConcurrentStream<Item = T>,
+    {
+        let stream = iter.into_concurrent_stream();
+        let mut output = Vec::with_capacity(stream.size_hint().1.unwrap_or_default());
+        stream.drive(VecConsumer::new(&mut output)).await;
+        output
+    }
+}
+
+// TODO: replace this with a generalized `fold` operation
+pub(crate) struct VecConsumer<'a, Fut: Future> {
+    group: Pin<Box<FutureGroup<Fut>>>,
+    output: &'a mut Vec<Fut::Output>,
+}
+
+impl<'a, Fut: Future> VecConsumer<'a, Fut> {
+    pub(crate) fn new(output: &'a mut Vec<Fut::Output>) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            group: Box::pin(FutureGroup::new()),
+            output,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'a, Item, Fut> Consumer<Item, Fut> for VecConsumer<'a, Fut>
+where
+    Fut: Future<Output = Item>,
+{
+    type Output = ();
+
+    async fn send(&mut self, future: Fut) -> super::ConsumerState {
+        // unbounded concurrency, so we just goooo
+        self.group.as_mut().insert_pinned(future);
+        ConsumerState::Continue
+    }
+
+    async fn progress(&mut self) -> super::ConsumerState {
+        while let Some(item) = self.group.next().await {
+            self.output.push(item);
+        }
+        ConsumerState::Empty
+    }
+    async fn finish(mut self) -> Self::Output {
+        while let Some(item) = self.group.next().await {
+            self.output.push(item);
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use crate::prelude::*;
+    use futures_lite::stream;
+
+    #[test]
+    fn collect() {
+        futures_lite::future::block_on(async {
+            let v: Vec<_> = stream::repeat(1).co().take(5).collect().await;
+            assert_eq!(v, &[1, 1, 1, 1, 1]);
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/concurrent_stream/mod.rs b/src/concurrent_stream/mod.rs
index 21ae9d9..6e49790 100644
--- a/src/concurrent_stream/mod.rs
+++ b/src/concurrent_stream/mod.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Concurrent execution of streams
 
+mod convert;
 mod drain;
 mod enumerate;
 mod for_each;
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ use core::num::NonZeroUsize;
 use for_each::ForEachConsumer;
 use try_for_each::TryForEachConsumer;
 
+pub use convert::{FromConcurrentStream, IntoConcurrentStream};
 pub use enumerate::Enumerate;
 pub use from_stream::FromStream;
 pub use limit::Limit;
@@ -148,6 +150,15 @@ pub trait ConcurrentStream {
         let limit = self.concurrency_limit();
         self.drive(TryForEachConsumer::new(limit, f)).await
     }
+
+    /// Transforms an iterator into a collection.
+    async fn collect<B>(self) -> B
+    where
+        B: FromConcurrentStream<Self::Item>,
+        Self: Sized,
+    {
+        B::from_concurrent_stream(self).await
+    }
 }
 
 /// The state of the consumer, used to communicate back to the source.
@@ -162,23 +173,6 @@ pub enum ConsumerState {
     Empty,
 }
 
-/// Convert into a concurrent stream
-pub trait IntoConcurrentStream {
-    /// The type of concurrent stream we're returning.
-    type ConcurrentStream: ConcurrentStream;
-
-    /// Convert `self` into a concurrent stream.
-    fn into_concurrent_stream(self) -> Self::ConcurrentStream;
-}
-
-impl<S: ConcurrentStream> IntoConcurrentStream for S {
-    type ConcurrentStream = S;
-
-    fn into_concurrent_stream(self) -> Self::ConcurrentStream {
-        self
-    }
-}
-
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
     use super::*;