diff --git a/lib/persisted-model.js b/lib/persisted-model.js
index be1b2549..b3a1c0ff 100644
--- a/lib/persisted-model.js
+++ b/lib/persisted-model.js
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ var assert = require('assert');
 var async = require('async');
 var deprecated = require('depd')('loopback');
 var debug = require('debug')('loopback:persisted-model');
+var PassThrough = require('stream').PassThrough;
 
 module.exports = function(registry) {
   var Model = registry.getModel('Model');
@@ -761,6 +762,24 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
         http: {verb: 'post', path: '/:id/rectify-change'}
       });
     }
+
+    setRemoting(PersistedModel, 'createChangeStream', {
+      description: 'Create a change stream.',
+      accessType: 'READ',
+      http: [
+        {verb: 'post', path: '/change-stream'},
+        {verb: 'get', path: '/change-stream'}
+      ],
+      accepts: {
+        arg: 'options',
+        type: 'object'
+      },
+      returns: {
+        arg: 'changes',
+        type: 'ReadableStream',
+        json: true
+      }
+    });
   };
 
   /**
@@ -1527,6 +1546,101 @@ module.exports = function(registry) {
     });
   };
 
+  /**
+   * Create a change stream.
+   *
+   * @param {Object} options
+   * @param {Object} options.where Only changes to models matching this where filter will be included in the `ChangeStream`.
+   * @callback {Function} callback
+   * @param {Error} err
+   * @param {ChangeStream} changes
+   */
+
+  PersistedModel.createChangeStream = function(options, cb) {
+    if (typeof options === 'function') {
+      cb = options;
+      options = undefined;
+    }
+
+    var idName = this.getIdName();
+    var Model = this;
+    var changes = new PassThrough({objectMode: true});
+    var writeable = true;
+
+    changes.destroy = function() {
+      changes.removeAllListeners('error');
+      changes.removeAllListeners('end');
+      writeable = false;
+      changes = null;
+    };
+
+    changes.on('error', function() {
+      writeable = false;
+    });
+    changes.on('end', function() {
+      writeable = false;
+    });
+
+    process.nextTick(function() {
+      cb(null, changes);
+    });
+
+    Model.observe('after save', createChangeHandler('save'));
+    Model.observe('after delete', createChangeHandler('delete'));
+
+    function createChangeHandler(type) {
+      return function(ctx, next) {
+        // since it might have set to null via destroy
+        if (!changes) {
+          return next();
+        }
+
+        var where = ctx.where;
+        var data = ctx.instance || ctx.data;
+        var whereId = where && where[idName];
+
+        // the data includes the id
+        // or the where includes the id
+        var target;
+
+        if (data && (data[idName] || data[idName] === 0)) {
+          target = data[idName];
+        } else if (where && (where[idName] || where[idName] === 0)) {
+          target = where[idName];
+        }
+
+        var hasTarget = target === 0 || !!target;
+
+        var change = {
+          target: target,
+          where: where,
+          data: data
+        };
+
+        switch (type) {
+          case 'save':
+            if (ctx.isNewInstance === undefined) {
+              change.type = hasTarget ? 'update' : 'create';
+            } else {
+              change.type = ctx.isNewInstance ? 'create' : 'update';
+            }
+
+            break;
+          case 'delete':
+            change.type = 'remove';
+            break;
+        }
+
+        // TODO(ritch) this is ugly... maybe a ReadableStream would be better
+        if (writeable) {
+          changes.write(change);
+        }
+
+        next();
+      };
+    }
+  };
+
   PersistedModel.setup();
 
   return PersistedModel;
diff --git a/test/change-stream.test.js b/test/change-stream.test.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ab740521
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/change-stream.test.js
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+describe('PersistedModel.createChangeStream()', function() {
+  describe('configured to source changes locally', function() {
+    before(function() {
+      var test = this;
+      var app = loopback({localRegistry: true});
+      var ds = app.dataSource('ds', {connector: 'memory'});
+      this.Score = app.model('Score', {
+        dataSource: 'ds',
+        changeDataSource: false // use only local observers
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should detect create', function(done) {
+      var Score = this.Score;
+
+      Score.createChangeStream(function(err, changes) {
+        changes.on('data', function(change) {
+          expect(change.type).to.equal('create');
+          changes.destroy();
+          done();
+        });
+
+        Score.create({team: 'foo'});
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should detect update', function(done) {
+      var Score = this.Score;
+      Score.create({team: 'foo'}, function(err, newScore) {
+        Score.createChangeStream(function(err, changes) {
+          changes.on('data', function(change) {
+            expect(change.type).to.equal('update');
+            changes.destroy();
+            done();
+          });
+          newScore.updateAttributes({
+            bat: 'baz'
+          });
+        });
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should detect delete', function(done) {
+      var Score = this.Score;
+      Score.create({team: 'foo'}, function(err, newScore) {
+        Score.createChangeStream(function(err, changes) {
+          changes.on('data', function(change) {
+            expect(change.type).to.equal('remove');
+            changes.destroy();
+            done();
+          });
+
+          newScore.remove();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  // TODO(ritch) implement multi-server support
+  describe.skip('configured to source changes using pubsub', function() {
+    before(function() {
+      var test = this;
+      var app = loopback({localRegistry: true});
+      var db = app.dataSource('ds', {connector: 'memory'});
+      var ps = app.dataSource('ps', {
+        host: 'localhost',
+        port: '12345',
+        connector: 'pubsub',
+        pubsubAdapter: 'mqtt'
+      });
+      this.Score = app.model('Score', {
+        dataSource: 'db',
+        changeDataSource: 'ps'
+      });
+    });
+
+    it('should detect a change', function(done) {
+      var Score = this.Score;
+
+      Score.createChangeStream(function(err, changes) {
+        changes.on('data', function(change) {
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/test/model.test.js b/test/model.test.js
index 3ce499ab..b9a16f36 100644
--- a/test/model.test.js
+++ b/test/model.test.js
@@ -614,7 +614,8 @@ describe.onServer('Remote Methods', function() {
         'destroyById',
         'removeById',
         'count',
-        'prototype.updateAttributes'
+        'prototype.updateAttributes',
+        'createChangeStream'
       ]);
     });
   });