diff --git a/src/stream/stream/last.rs b/src/stream/stream/last.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c58dd66a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/stream/stream/last.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+use std::pin::Pin;
+
+use crate::future::Future;
+use crate::stream::Stream;
+use crate::task::{Context, Poll};
+
+#[doc(hidden)]
+#[allow(missing_debug_implementations)]
+pub struct LastFuture<S, T> {
+    stream: S,
+    last: Option<T>,
+}
+
+impl<S, T> LastFuture<S, T> {
+    pin_utils::unsafe_pinned!(stream: S);
+    pin_utils::unsafe_unpinned!(last: Option<T>);
+
+    pub(crate) fn new(stream: S) -> Self {
+        LastFuture { stream, last: None }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S> Future for LastFuture<S, S::Item>
+where
+    S: Stream + Unpin + Sized,
+    S::Item: Copy,
+{
+    type Output = Option<S::Item>;
+
+    fn poll(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Self::Output> {
+        let next = futures_core::ready!(self.as_mut().stream().poll_next(cx));
+
+        match next {
+            Some(new) => {
+                cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
+                *self.as_mut().last() = Some(new);
+                Poll::Pending
+            }
+            None => Poll::Ready(self.last),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/stream/stream/mod.rs b/src/stream/stream/mod.rs
index d582d700e..764dc9782 100644
--- a/src/stream/stream/mod.rs
+++ b/src/stream/stream/mod.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ mod fuse;
 mod ge;
 mod gt;
 mod inspect;
+mod last;
 mod le;
 mod lt;
 mod map;
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ use fold::FoldFuture;
 use for_each::ForEachFuture;
 use ge::GeFuture;
 use gt::GtFuture;
+use last::LastFuture;
 use le::LeFuture;
 use lt::LtFuture;
 use min_by::MinByFuture;
@@ -456,6 +458,54 @@ extension_trait! {
             Inspect::new(self, f)
         }
 
+        #[doc = r#"
+            Returns the last element of the stream.
+
+            # Examples
+
+            Basic usage:
+
+            ```
+            # fn main() { async_std::task::block_on(async {
+            #
+            use std::collections::VecDeque;
+
+            use async_std::prelude::*;
+
+            let s: VecDeque<usize> = vec![1, 2, 3].into_iter().collect();
+
+            let last  = s.last().await;
+            assert_eq!(last, Some(3));
+            #
+            # }) }
+            ```
+
+            An empty stream will return `None:
+            ```
+            # fn main() { async_std::task::block_on(async {
+            #
+            use std::collections::VecDeque;
+
+            use async_std::prelude::*;
+
+            let s: VecDeque<usize> = vec![].into_iter().collect();
+
+            let last  = s.last().await;
+            assert_eq!(last, None);
+            #
+            # }) }
+            ```
+            
+        "#]
+        fn last(
+            self,
+        ) -> impl Future<Output = Option<Self::Item>> [LastFuture<Self, Self::Item>]
+        where
+            Self: Sized,
+        {
+            LastFuture::new(self)
+        }
+
         #[doc = r#"
             Transforms this `Stream` into a "fused" `Stream` such that after the first time
             `poll` returns `Poll::Ready(None)`, all future calls to `poll` will also return