diff --git a/timely/src/dataflow/operators/mod.rs b/timely/src/dataflow/operators/mod.rs
index b6add3d3d..6f63f099b 100644
--- a/timely/src/dataflow/operators/mod.rs
+++ b/timely/src/dataflow/operators/mod.rs
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ pub mod to_stream;
 pub mod capture;
 pub mod branch;
 pub mod ok_err;
+pub mod rc;
 pub mod result;
 
 pub mod aggregation;
diff --git a/timely/src/dataflow/operators/rc.rs b/timely/src/dataflow/operators/rc.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eaae55093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/timely/src/dataflow/operators/rc.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+//! Shared containers
+
+use crate::dataflow::channels::pact::Pipeline;
+use crate::dataflow::operators::Operator;
+use crate::dataflow::{Scope, StreamCore};
+use crate::Container;
+use std::rc::Rc;
+
+/// Convert a stream into a stream of shared containers
+pub trait SharedStream<S: Scope, C: Container> {
+    /// Convert a stream into a stream of shared data
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    /// ```
+    /// use timely::dataflow::operators::{ToStream, Inspect};
+    /// use timely::dataflow::operators::rc::SharedStream;
+    ///
+    /// timely::example(|scope| {
+    ///     (0..10).to_stream(scope)
+    ///            .shared()
+    ///            .inspect(|x| println!("seen: {:?}", x));
+    /// });
+    /// ```
+    fn shared(&self) -> StreamCore<S, Rc<C>>;
+}
+
+impl<S: Scope, C: Container> SharedStream<S, C> for StreamCore<S, C> {
+    fn shared(&self) -> StreamCore<S, Rc<C>> {
+        let mut container = Default::default();
+        self.unary(Pipeline, "Shared", move |_, _| {
+            move |input, output| {
+                input.for_each(|time, data| {
+                    data.swap(&mut container);
+                    output
+                        .session(&time)
+                        .give_container(&mut Rc::new(std::mem::take(&mut container)));
+                });
+            }
+        })
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test {
+    use crate::dataflow::channels::pact::Pipeline;
+    use crate::dataflow::operators::capture::Extract;
+    use crate::dataflow::operators::rc::SharedStream;
+    use crate::dataflow::operators::{Capture, Concatenate, Operator, ToStream};
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_shared() {
+        let output = crate::example(|scope| {
+            let shared = vec![Ok(0), Err(())].to_stream(scope).shared();
+            scope
+                .concatenate([
+                    shared.unary(Pipeline, "read shared 1", |_, _| {
+                        let mut container = Default::default();
+                        move |input, output| {
+                            input.for_each(|time, data| {
+                                data.swap(&mut container);
+                                output.session(&time).give(container.as_ptr() as usize);
+                            });
+                        }
+                    }),
+                    shared.unary(Pipeline, "read shared 2", |_, _| {
+                        let mut container = Default::default();
+                        move |input, output| {
+                            input.for_each(|time, data| {
+                                data.swap(&mut container);
+                                output.session(&time).give(container.as_ptr() as usize);
+                            });
+                        }
+                    }),
+                ])
+                .capture()
+        });
+        let output = &mut output.extract()[0].1;
+        output.sort();
+        output.dedup();
+        assert_eq!(output.len(), 1);
+    }
+}