diff --git a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoIterable.java b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoIterable.java
index 0323fa7a5..40ab262bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoIterable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/ArangoIterable.java
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 package com.arangodb;
 
 import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Vollmary
@@ -30,43 +31,60 @@ public interface ArangoIterable<T> extends Iterable<T> {
     @Override
     ArangoIterator<T> iterator();
 
+    Stream<T> stream();
+
     /**
      * Performs the given action for each element of the {@code ArangoIterable}
      *
-     * @param action a action to perform on the elements
+     * @param action
+     *         a action to perform on the elements
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #forEach(java.util.function.Consumer)} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     void foreach(Consumer<? super T> action);
 
     /**
      * Returns a {@code ArangoIterable} consisting of the results of applying the given function to the elements of this
      * {@code ArangoIterable}.
      *
-     * @param mapper a function to apply to each element
+     * @param mapper
+     *         a function to apply to each element
      * @return the new {@code ArangoIterable}
+     *
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #stream()} and {@link Stream#map(java.util.function.Function)} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     <R> ArangoIterable<R> map(Function<? super T, ? extends R> mapper);
 
     /**
      * Returns a {@code ArangoIterable} consisting of the elements of this {@code ArangoIterable} that match the given
      * predicate.
      *
-     * @param predicate a predicate to apply to each element to determine if it should be included
+     * @param predicate
+     *         a predicate to apply to each element to determine if it should be included
      * @return the new {@code ArangoIterable}
+     *
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #stream()} and {@link Stream#filter(java.util.function.Predicate)} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     ArangoIterable<T> filter(Predicate<? super T> predicate);
 
     /**
      * Returns the first element or {@code null} if no element exists.
      *
      * @return first element or {@code null}
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #stream()} and {@link Stream#findFirst()} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     T first();
 
     /**
      * Returns the count of elements of this {@code ArangoIterable}.
      *
      * @return the count of elements
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #stream()} and {@link Stream#count()} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     long count();
 
     /**
@@ -75,7 +93,9 @@ public interface ArangoIterable<T> extends Iterable<T> {
      * @param predicate a predicate to apply to elements of this {@code ArangoIterable}
      * @return {@code true} if any elements of the {@code ArangoIterable} match the provided predicate, otherwise
      * {@code false}
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #stream()} and {@link Stream#anyMatch(java.util.function.Predicate)} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     boolean anyMatch(Predicate<? super T> predicate);
 
     /**
@@ -84,7 +104,9 @@ public interface ArangoIterable<T> extends Iterable<T> {
      * @param predicate a predicate to apply to elements of this {@code ArangoIterable}
      * @return {@code true} if all elements of the {@code ArangoIterable} match the provided predicate, otherwise
      * {@code false}
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #stream()} and {@link Stream#allMatch(java.util.function.Predicate)} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     boolean allMatch(Predicate<? super T> predicate);
 
     /**
@@ -93,7 +115,9 @@ public interface ArangoIterable<T> extends Iterable<T> {
      * @param predicate a predicate to apply to elements of this {@code ArangoIterable}
      * @return {@code true} if no elements of the {@code ArangoIterable} match the provided predicate, otherwise
      * {@code false}
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #stream()} and {@link Stream#noneMatch(java.util.function.Predicate)} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     boolean noneMatch(Predicate<? super T> predicate);
 
     /**
@@ -101,7 +125,9 @@ public interface ArangoIterable<T> extends Iterable<T> {
      *
      * @param target the collection to insert into
      * @return the filled target
+     * @deprecated Use {@link #stream()} and {@link Stream#collect} instead.
      */
+    @Deprecated
     <R extends Collection<? super T>> R collectInto(R target);
 
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/Consumer.java b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/Consumer.java
index b4015bf2c..3edbe3c4e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/Consumer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/Consumer.java
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 /**
  * @param <T> the type of the input to the operation
  * @author Mark Vollmary
+ * @deprecated Use {@link java.util.function.Consumer} instead.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public interface Consumer<T> {
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/Predicate.java b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/Predicate.java
index 5f0326618..4c7257862 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/Predicate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/Predicate.java
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 /**
  * @param <T> the type of the input to the predicate
  * @author Mark Vollmary
+ * @deprecated Use {@link java.util.function.Predicate} instead.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public interface Predicate<T> {
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/AbstractArangoIterable.java b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/AbstractArangoIterable.java
index e0c0c0565..93ede0a1b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/AbstractArangoIterable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/AbstractArangoIterable.java
@@ -27,12 +27,19 @@
 
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Vollmary
  */
 public abstract class AbstractArangoIterable<T> implements ArangoIterable<T> {
 
+    @Override
+    public Stream<T> stream() {
+        return StreamSupport.stream(spliterator(), false);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public <R> ArangoIterable<R> map(final Function<? super T, ? extends R> mapper) {
         return new ArangoMappingIterable<>(this, mapper);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/ArangoFilterIterable.java b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/ArangoFilterIterable.java
index 9d26affe7..bb0ff1054 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/ArangoFilterIterable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/ArangoFilterIterable.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Mark Vollmary
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class ArangoFilterIterable<T> extends AbstractArangoIterable<T> implements ArangoIterable<T> {
 
     private final ArangoIterable<T> iterable;
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/ArangoMappingIterable.java b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/ArangoMappingIterable.java
index 0b0141576..c1b818c2b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/ArangoMappingIterable.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/arangodb/internal/cursor/ArangoMappingIterable.java
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 /**
  * @author Mark Vollmary
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class ArangoMappingIterable<R, T> extends AbstractArangoIterable<T> implements ArangoIterable<T> {
 
     private final ArangoIterable<R> iterable;
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCursorTest.java b/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCursorTest.java
index d1ddc3ac6..ef7e4439f 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCursorTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/arangodb/ArangoCursorTest.java
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
 import java.util.Set;
 import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
 
 import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
@@ -60,6 +62,15 @@ public void first() {
 		assertThat(first.getAsLong(), is(0L));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void firstStream() {
+		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
+		final Optional<VPackSlice> first = cursor.stream().findFirst();
+		assertThat(first.isPresent(), is(true));
+		assertThat(first.get().isInteger(), is(true));
+		assertThat(first.get().getAsLong(), is(0L));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void next() {
 
@@ -78,6 +89,13 @@ public void mapFilterCount() {
 		assertThat(count, is(50L));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void mapFilterCountStream() {
+		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
+		final long count = cursor.stream().map(VPackSlice::getAsLong).filter(t -> t < 50).count();
+		assertThat(count, is(50L));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void mapMapFilterCount() {
 		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
@@ -122,6 +140,14 @@ public void mapFilterCollectIntoSet() {
 		assertThat(target.size(), is(50));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void mapFilterCollectIntoSetStream() {
+		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
+		final Set<Long> target = cursor.stream().map(VPackSlice::getAsLong).filter(t -> t < 50).collect(Collectors.toSet());
+		assertThat(target, is(not(nullValue())));
+		assertThat(target.size(), is(50));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void foreach() {
 		final AtomicLong i = new AtomicLong(0L);
@@ -129,6 +155,13 @@ public void foreach() {
 		cursor.foreach(t -> assertThat(t.getAsLong(), is(i.getAndIncrement())));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void forEach() {
+		final AtomicLong i = new AtomicLong(0L);
+		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
+		cursor.forEach(t -> assertThat(t.getAsLong(), is(i.getAndIncrement())));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void mapForeach() {
 		final AtomicLong i = new AtomicLong(0L);
@@ -136,6 +169,13 @@ public void mapForeach() {
 		cursor.map(VPackSlice::getAsLong).foreach(t -> assertThat(t, is(i.getAndIncrement())));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void mapForeachStream() {
+		final AtomicLong i = new AtomicLong(0L);
+		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
+		cursor.stream().map(VPackSlice::getAsLong).forEach(t -> assertThat(t, is(i.getAndIncrement())));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void mapFilterForeach() {
 		final AtomicLong i = new AtomicLong(0L);
@@ -143,6 +183,13 @@ public void mapFilterForeach() {
 		cursor.map(VPackSlice::getAsLong).filter(t -> t < 50).foreach(t -> assertThat(t, is(i.getAndIncrement())));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void mapFilterForEachStream() {
+		final AtomicLong i = new AtomicLong(0L);
+		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
+		cursor.stream().map(VPackSlice::getAsLong).filter(t -> t < 50).forEach(t -> assertThat(t, is(i.getAndIncrement())));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void anyMatch() {
 		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
@@ -150,6 +197,13 @@ public void anyMatch() {
 		assertThat(match, is(true));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void anyMatchStream() {
+		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
+		final boolean match = cursor.stream().anyMatch(t -> t.getAsLong() == 50L);
+		assertThat(match, is(true));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void mapAnyMatch() {
 		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
@@ -171,6 +225,13 @@ public void noneMatch() {
 		assertThat(match, is(true));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void noneMatchStream() {
+		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
+		final boolean match = cursor.stream().noneMatch(t -> t.getAsLong() == 100L);
+		assertThat(match, is(true));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void mapNoneMatch() {
 		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
@@ -192,6 +253,13 @@ public void allMatch() {
 		assertThat(match, is(true));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void allMatchStream() {
+		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);
+		final boolean match = cursor.stream().allMatch(t -> t.getAsLong() < 100L);
+		assertThat(match, is(true));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void mapAllMatch() {
 		final ArangoCursor<VPackSlice> cursor = db.query("FOR i IN 0..99 RETURN i", VPackSlice.class);