diff --git a/lib/transport.js b/lib/transport.js
index 39de490d8..ed2fd8662 100644
--- a/lib/transport.js
+++ b/lib/transport.js
@@ -86,8 +86,20 @@ function transport (fullOptions) {
   }
 
   if (targets) {
-    target = bundlerOverrides['pino-worker'] || join(__dirname, 'worker.js')
+    target = bundlerOverrides['pino-worker'] || join(__dirname, 'worker-mixed.js')
+
     options.targets = targets.map((dest) => {
+      if (dest.pipeline) {
+        dest.targets = dest.targets.map((pTarget) => {
+          // parse pipeline target paths
+          return {
+            ...pTarget,
+            target: fixTarget(pTarget.target)
+          }
+        })
+        return { ...dest }
+      }
+
       return {
         ...dest,
         target: fixTarget(dest.target)
diff --git a/lib/worker-mixed.js b/lib/worker-mixed.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6ac34c339
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/worker-mixed.js
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const pino = require('../pino.js')
+const build = require('pino-abstract-transport')
+const buildPipelineStream = require('./worker-pipeline.js')
+const loadTransportStreamBuilder = require('./transport-stream')
+// This file is not checked by the code coverage tool,
+// as it is not reliable.
+
+/* istanbul ignore file */
+
+module.exports = async function ({ targets, levels, dedupe }) {
+  // build target streams
+  targets = await Promise.all(targets.map(async (t) => {
+    if (t.pipeline) {
+      return {
+        level: t.level,
+        stream: await buildPipelineStream(t)
+      }
+    } else {
+      const fn = await loadTransportStreamBuilder(t.target)
+      const stream = await fn(t.options)
+      return {
+        level: t.level,
+        stream
+      }
+    }
+  }))
+
+  return build(process, {
+    parse: 'lines',
+    metadata: true,
+    close (err, cb) {
+      let expected = 0
+      for (const transport of targets) {
+        expected++
+        transport.stream.on('close', closeCb)
+        transport.stream.end()
+      }
+
+      function closeCb () {
+        if (--expected === 0) {
+          cb(err)
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  })
+
+  function process (stream) {
+    const multi = pino.multistream(targets, { levels, dedupe })
+    // TODO manage backpressure
+    stream.on('data', function (chunk) {
+      const { lastTime, lastMsg, lastObj, lastLevel } = this
+      multi.lastLevel = lastLevel
+      multi.lastTime = lastTime
+      multi.lastMsg = lastMsg
+      multi.lastObj = lastObj
+
+      // TODO handle backpressure
+      multi.write(chunk + '\n')
+    })
+  }
+}