diff --git a/lib/util.js b/lib/util.js
index 91e17cb651c0f9..6ca3124d5290aa 100644
--- a/lib/util.js
+++ b/lib/util.js
@@ -1045,3 +1045,58 @@ process.versions[exports.inspect.custom] =
   (depth) => exports.format(JSON.parse(JSON.stringify(process.versions)));
 
 exports.promisify = internalUtil.promisify;
+
+// Callbackify section
+const CBFY_ERR = 'The last argument to the callbackified function must be a ' +
+                 'callback style function';
+
+
+function callbackifyOnRejected(reason, cb) {
+  // !reason guard inspired by BlueBird https://goo.gl/t5IS6M
+  // Because `null` is a special error value in callbacks which means "no error
+  // occurred". We error-wrap so the callback consumer can distinguish between
+  // "the promise rejected with null" or "the promise fulfilled with undefined".
+  if (!reason) {
+    const newRej = new Error(reason + '');
+    newRej.cause = reason;
+    reason = newRej;
+  }
+  return cb(reason);
+}
+
+
+function assertLastArgIsFunction(args) {
+  const cb = args.pop();
+  if (typeof cb !== 'function') throw new TypeError(CBFY_ERR);
+  return cb;
+}
+
+
+/**
+ * @function callbackify
+ * @param {function(): Promise} asyncEndpoint
+ * @public
+ */
+function callbackify(asyncEndpoint) {
+  if (typeof asyncEndpoint !== 'function')
+    throw new TypeError('The argument to callbackify() must be a function');
+
+  // We DO NOT return the promise as it gives the user a false sense that
+  // the promise is actually somehow related to the callback's execution
+  // and that the callback throwing will reject the promise.
+  function callbackified(...args) {
+    const cb = assertLastArgIsFunction(args);
+    asyncEndpoint.call(this, ...args)
+      .then((ret) => process.nextTick(cb, null, ret),
+            (rej) => process.nextTick(callbackifyOnRejected, rej, cb)
+      );
+  }
+
+  Object.setPrototypeOf(callbackified, Object.getPrototypeOf(asyncEndpoint));
+  Object.defineProperties(callbackified,
+                          Object.getOwnPropertyDescriptors(asyncEndpoint));
+  return callbackified;
+}
+
+exports.callbackify = callbackify;
+// End Callbackify