diff --git a/.changeset/stream-on-start.md b/.changeset/stream-on-start.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ff07852d97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stream-on-start.md
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+"effect": minor
+---
+
+Implement `Stream.onStart` that adds an effect to be executed at the start of the stream.
+
+```ts
+import { Console, Effect, Stream } from "effect";
+
+const stream = Stream.make(1, 2, 3).pipe(
+  Stream.onStart(Console.log("Stream started")),
+  Stream.map((n) => n * 2),
+  Stream.tap((n) => Console.log(`after mapping: ${n}`))
+) 
+
+Effect. runPromise(Stream. runCollect(stream)).then(console. log) 
+// Stream started 
+// after mapping: 2 
+// after mapping: 4 
+// after mapping: 6 
+// { _id: 'Chunk', values: [ 2, 4, 6 ] }
+```
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/Stream.ts b/packages/effect/src/Stream.ts
index 338e2ca1ae..4f148dc6f8 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/Stream.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/Stream.ts
@@ -2918,6 +2918,38 @@ export const onDone: {
   <A, E, R, X, R2>(self: Stream<A, E, R>, cleanup: () => Effect.Effect<X, never, R2>): Stream<A, E, R | R2>
 } = internal.onDone
 
+/**
+ * Adds an effect to be executed at the start of the stream.
+ *
+ * @example
+ * import { Console, Effect, Stream } from "effect"
+ *
+ * const stream = Stream.make(1, 2, 3).pipe(
+ *   Stream.onStart(Console.log("Stream started")),
+ *   Stream.map((n) => n * 2),
+ *   Stream.tap((n) => Console.log(`after mapping: ${n}`))
+ * )
+ *
+ * // Effect.runPromise(Stream.runCollect(stream)).then(console.log)
+ * // Stream started
+ * // after mapping: 2
+ * // after mapping: 4
+ * // after mapping: 6
+ * // { _id: 'Chunk', values: [ 2, 4, 6 ] }
+ *
+ * @since 3.6.0
+ * @category sequencing
+ */
+export const onStart: {
+  <_, E2, R2>(
+    effect: Effect.Effect<_, E2, R2>
+  ): <A, E, R>(self: Stream<A, E, R>) => Stream<A, E2 | E, R2 | R>
+  <A, E, R, _, E2, R2>(
+    self: Stream<A, E, R>,
+    effect: Effect.Effect<_, E2, R2>
+  ): Stream<A, E | E2, R | R2>
+} = internal.onStart
+
 /**
  * Translates any failure into a stream termination, making the stream
  * infallible and all failures unchecked.
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/internal/stream.ts b/packages/effect/src/internal/stream.ts
index 402408abae..0fa592eb75 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/internal/stream.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/internal/stream.ts
@@ -4154,6 +4154,23 @@ export const onDone = dual<
     )
 )
 
+/** @internal */
+export const onStart: {
+  <_, E2, R2>(
+    effect: Effect.Effect<_, E2, R2>
+  ): <A, E, R>(self: Stream.Stream<A, E, R>) => Stream.Stream<A, E2 | E, R2 | R>
+  <A, E, R, _, E2, R2>(
+    self: Stream.Stream<A, E, R>,
+    effect: Effect.Effect<_, E2, R2>
+  ): Stream.Stream<A, E | E2, R | R2>
+} = dual(
+  2,
+  <A, E, R, _, E2, R2>(
+    self: Stream.Stream<A, E, R>,
+    effect: Effect.Effect<_, E2, R2>
+  ): Stream.Stream<A, E | E2, R | R2> => unwrap(Effect.as(effect, self))
+)
+
 /** @internal */
 export const orDie = <A, E, R>(self: Stream.Stream<A, E, R>): Stream.Stream<A, never, R> =>
   pipe(self, orDieWith(identity))
diff --git a/packages/effect/test/Stream/lifecycle.test.ts b/packages/effect/test/Stream/lifecycle.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..59826f0ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/effect/test/Stream/lifecycle.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import * as Effect from "effect/Effect"
+import * as Stream from "effect/Stream"
+import * as it from "effect/test/utils/extend"
+import { assert, describe } from "vitest"
+
+describe("Stream", () => {
+  it.effect("onStart", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function*($) {
+      let counter = 0
+      const result = yield* $(
+        Stream.make(1, 1),
+        Stream.onStart(Effect.sync(() => counter++)),
+        Stream.runCollect
+      )
+      assert.strictEqual(counter, 1)
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(Array.from(result), [1, 1])
+    }))
+})
diff --git a/packages/effect/test/Stream/tapping.test.ts b/packages/effect/test/Stream/tapping.test.ts
index 2d47b72940..37bea2cbe9 100644
--- a/packages/effect/test/Stream/tapping.test.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/test/Stream/tapping.test.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,11 @@ describe("Stream", () => {
       const result = yield* $(
         Stream.make(1, 2, 3),
         Stream.tapBoth({
-          onSuccess: (n) => pipe(Effect.fail("error"), Effect.when(() => n === 3)),
+          onSuccess: (n) =>
+            pipe(
+              Effect.fail("error"),
+              Effect.when(() => n === 3)
+            ),
           onFailure: () => Effect.void
         }),
         Stream.either,