diff --git a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/chunks.rs b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/chunks.rs
index 4db436ca25..72f42c057d 100644
--- a/crates/nu-command/src/filters/chunks.rs
+++ b/crates/nu-command/src/filters/chunks.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use nu_engine::command_prelude::*;
 use nu_protocol::ListStream;
-use std::num::NonZeroUsize;
+use std::{
+    io::{BufRead, Cursor, ErrorKind},
+    num::NonZeroUsize,
+};
 
 #[derive(Clone)]
 pub struct Chunks;
@@ -15,6 +18,7 @@ impl Command for Chunks {
             .input_output_types(vec![
                 (Type::table(), Type::list(Type::table())),
                 (Type::list(Type::Any), Type::list(Type::list(Type::Any))),
+                (Type::Binary, Type::list(Type::Binary)),
             ])
             .required("chunk_size", SyntaxShape::Int, "The size of each chunk.")
             .category(Category::Filters)
@@ -72,6 +76,15 @@ impl Command for Chunks {
                     ]),
                 ])),
             },
+            Example {
+                example: "0x[11 22 33 44 55 66 77 88] | chunks 3",
+                description: "Chunk the bytes of a binary into triplets",
+                result: Some(Value::test_list(vec![
+                    Value::test_binary(vec![0x11, 0x22, 0x33]),
+                    Value::test_binary(vec![0x44, 0x55, 0x66]),
+                    Value::test_binary(vec![0x77, 0x88]),
+                ])),
+            },
         ]
     }
 
@@ -116,6 +129,43 @@ pub fn chunks(
             let stream = stream.modify(|iter| ChunksIter::new(iter, chunk_size, span));
             Ok(PipelineData::ListStream(stream, metadata))
         }
+        PipelineData::Value(Value::Binary { val, .. }, metadata) => {
+            let chunk_read = ChunkRead {
+                reader: Cursor::new(val),
+                size: chunk_size,
+            };
+            let value_stream = chunk_read.map(move |chunk| match chunk {
+                Ok(chunk) => Value::binary(chunk, span),
+                Err(e) => Value::error(e.into(), span),
+            });
+            let pipeline_data_with_metadata = value_stream.into_pipeline_data_with_metadata(
+                span,
+                engine_state.signals().clone(),
+                metadata,
+            );
+            Ok(pipeline_data_with_metadata)
+        }
+        PipelineData::ByteStream(stream, metadata) => {
+            let pipeline_data = match stream.reader() {
+                None => PipelineData::Empty,
+                Some(reader) => {
+                    let chunk_read = ChunkRead {
+                        reader,
+                        size: chunk_size,
+                    };
+                    let value_stream = chunk_read.map(move |chunk| match chunk {
+                        Ok(chunk) => Value::binary(chunk, span),
+                        Err(e) => Value::error(e.into(), span),
+                    });
+                    value_stream.into_pipeline_data_with_metadata(
+                        span,
+                        engine_state.signals().clone(),
+                        metadata,
+                    )
+                }
+            };
+            Ok(pipeline_data)
+        }
         input => Err(input.unsupported_input_error("list", span)),
     }
 }
@@ -148,10 +198,69 @@ impl<I: Iterator<Item = Value>> Iterator for ChunksIter<I> {
     }
 }
 
+struct ChunkRead<R: BufRead> {
+    reader: R,
+    size: NonZeroUsize,
+}
+
+impl<R: BufRead> Iterator for ChunkRead<R> {
+    type Item = Result<Vec<u8>, std::io::Error>;
+
+    fn next(&mut self) -> Option<Self::Item> {
+        let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(self.size.get());
+        while buf.len() < self.size.get() {
+            let available = match self.reader.fill_buf() {
+                Ok([]) if buf.is_empty() => return None,
+                Ok([]) => return Some(Ok(buf)),
+                Ok(n) => n,
+                Err(ref e) if e.kind() == ErrorKind::Interrupted => continue,
+                Err(e) => return Some(Err(e)),
+            };
+            let needed = self.size.get() - buf.len();
+            let have = available.len().min(needed);
+            buf.extend_from_slice(&available[..have]);
+            self.reader.consume(have);
+        }
+        Some(Ok(buf))
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod test {
+    use std::io::Read;
+
     use super::*;
 
+    #[test]
+    fn chunk_read() {
+        let data = Cursor::new("hello world");
+        let chunk_read = ChunkRead {
+            reader: data,
+            size: NonZeroUsize::new(4).unwrap(),
+        };
+        let chunks = chunk_read.map(|e| e.unwrap()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        assert_eq!(
+            chunks,
+            [b"hell".to_vec(), b"o wo".to_vec(), b"rld".to_vec()]
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn chunk_read_stream() {
+        let data = Cursor::new("hel")
+            .chain(Cursor::new("lo wor"))
+            .chain(Cursor::new("ld"));
+        let chunk_read = ChunkRead {
+            reader: data,
+            size: NonZeroUsize::new(4).unwrap(),
+        };
+        let chunks = chunk_read.map(|e| e.unwrap()).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        assert_eq!(
+            chunks,
+            [b"hell".to_vec(), b"o wo".to_vec(), b"rld".to_vec()]
+        );
+    }
+
     #[test]
     fn test_examples() {
         use crate::test_examples;