diff --git a/src/hazardous/hash/blake2/blake2b.rs b/src/hazardous/hash/blake2/blake2b.rs
index 99a0db3c..22872ee4 100644
--- a/src/hazardous/hash/blake2/blake2b.rs
+++ b/src/hazardous/hash/blake2/blake2b.rs
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ use crate::errors::UnknownCryptoError;
 use crate::hazardous::hash::blake2::blake2b_core;
 use crate::hazardous::hash::blake2::blake2b_core::BLAKE2B_OUTSIZE;
 
+#[cfg(feature = "safe_api")]
+use std::io;
+
 construct_public! {
     /// A type to represent the `Digest` that BLAKE2b returns.
     ///
@@ -148,6 +151,37 @@ impl Hasher {
     }
 }
 
+/// Example: custom digest size.
+/// ```rust
+/// use orion::{
+///     hazardous::hash::blake2::blake2b::{Blake2b, Digest},
+///     errors::UnknownCryptoError,
+/// };
+/// use std::io::{self, Read, Write};
+///
+/// // `reader` could also be a `File::open(...)?`.
+/// let mut reader = io::Cursor::new(b"some data");
+/// let mut hasher = Blake2b::new(64)?; // 512-bit hash
+/// std::io::copy(&mut reader, &mut hasher)?;
+///
+/// let digest: Digest = hasher.finalize()?;
+///
+/// # Ok::<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>>(())
+/// ```
+#[cfg(feature = "safe_api")]
+impl io::Write for Blake2b {
+    fn write(&mut self, bytes: &[u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
+        self.update(bytes)
+            .map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
+        Ok(bytes.len())
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&mut self) -> Result<(), std::io::Error> {
+        // Every write completes immediately, so flushing is a no-op.
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod public {
     mod test_streaming_interface_no_key {
@@ -344,4 +378,24 @@ mod public {
             assert!(Blake2b::new(64).is_ok());
         }
     }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "safe_api")]
+    mod test_io_impls {
+        use crate::hazardous::hash::blake2::blake2b::Blake2b;
+        use std::io::Write;
+
+        #[quickcheck]
+        fn prop_hasher_write_same_as_update(data: Vec<u8>) -> bool {
+            let mut hasher_a = Blake2b::new(64).unwrap();
+            let mut hasher_b = hasher_a.clone();
+
+            hasher_a.update(&data).unwrap();
+            hasher_b.write_all(&data).unwrap();
+
+            let hash_a = hasher_a.finalize().unwrap();
+            let hash_b = hasher_b.finalize().unwrap();
+
+            hash_a == hash_b
+        }
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/high_level/hash.rs b/src/high_level/hash.rs
index 91d04ab2..8873e2f5 100644
--- a/src/high_level/hash.rs
+++ b/src/high_level/hash.rs
@@ -48,13 +48,25 @@
 //! - BLAKE2b is not suitable for password hashing. See [`orion::pwhash`](super::pwhash)
 //!   instead.
 //!
-//! # Example:
+//! # Examples
+//!
+//! ## Hashing in-memory data
 //! ```rust
 //! use orion::hash::{digest, Digest};
 //!
 //! let hash: Digest = digest(b"Some data")?;
 //! # Ok::<(), orion::errors::UnknownCryptoError>(())
 //! ```
+//!
+//! ## Hashing data from an arbitrary reader
+//! ```rust
+//! use orion::hash::{digest_from_reader, Digest};
+//!
+//! // `reader` could instead be `File::open("file.txt")?`
+//! let reader = std::io::Cursor::new(b"some data");
+//! let hash: Digest = digest_from_reader(reader)?;
+//! # Ok::<(), orion::errors::UnknownCryptoError>(())
+//! ```
 
 #![cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "safe_api")))]
 
@@ -67,6 +79,27 @@ pub fn digest(data: &[u8]) -> Result<Digest, UnknownCryptoError> {
     blake2b::Hasher::Blake2b256.digest(data)
 }
 
+/// Hash data from `impl Read` using BLAKE2b-256.
+///
+/// See the [module-level docs](crate::hash) for an example of how to use this function.
+/// Internally calls `std::io::copy()` to move data from the reader into the Blake2b writer.
+/// The `std::io::copy` function buffers reads, so passing in a `BufReader` may be unnecessary.
+///
+/// For lower-level control over reads, writes, buffer sizes, *etc.*, consider using the
+/// [`Blake2b`](crate::hazardous::hash::blake2::blake2b::Blake2b) type and its
+/// [`Write`](std::io::Write) implementation directly. See the Blake2b type's source code
+/// for an example.
+///
+/// Note that if an error is returned, data may still have been consumed
+/// from the given reader.
+#[cfg(feature = "safe_api")]
+#[must_use = "SECURITY WARNING: Ignoring a Result can have real security implications."]
+pub fn digest_from_reader(mut reader: impl std::io::Read) -> Result<Digest, UnknownCryptoError> {
+    let mut hasher = blake2b::Blake2b::new(32)?;
+    std::io::copy(&mut reader, &mut hasher).map_err(|_| UnknownCryptoError)?;
+    hasher.finalize()
+}
+
 // Testing public functions in the module.
 #[cfg(feature = "safe_api")]
 #[cfg(test)]