diff --git a/io/bitstream.js b/io/bitstream.js
index 148691d..b6db701 100644
--- a/io/bitstream.js
+++ b/io/bitstream.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * bitstream.js
  *
- * Provides readers for bitstreams.
+ * A pull stream for binary bits.
  *
  * Licensed under the MIT License
  *
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ export class BitStream {
   peekBits_ltm(n, opt_movePointers) {
     const NUM = parseInt(n, 10);
     let num = NUM;
+
+    // TODO: Handle this consistently between ByteStream and BitStream. ByteStream throws an error.
     if (n !== num || num <= 0) {
       return 0;
     }
@@ -176,6 +178,8 @@ export class BitStream {
   peekBits_mtl(n, opt_movePointers) {
     const NUM = parseInt(n, 10);
     let num = NUM;
+
+    // TODO: Handle this consistently between ByteStream and BitStream. ByteStream throws an error.
     if (n !== num || num <= 0) {
       return 0;
     }
@@ -305,4 +309,30 @@ export class BitStream {
   readBytes(n) {
     return this.peekBytes(n, true);
   }
+
+  /**
+   * Skips n bits in the stream. Will throw an error if n is < 0 or greater than the number of
+   * bits left in the stream.
+   * @param {number} n The number of bits to skip. Must be a positive integer.
+   * @returns {BitStream} Returns this BitStream for chaining.
+   */
+  skip(n) {
+    const num = parseInt(n, 10);
+    if (n !== num || num < 0) throw `Error! Called skip(${n})`;
+    else if (num === 0) return this;
+
+    const totalBitsLeft = this.getNumBitsLeft();
+    if (n > totalBitsLeft) {
+      throw `Error! Overflowed the bit stream for skip(${n}), ptrs=${this.bytePtr}/${this.bitPtr}`;
+    }
+
+    this.bitsRead_ += num;
+    this.bitPtr += num;
+    if (this.bitPtr >= 8) {
+      this.bytePtr += Math.floor(this.bitPtr / 8);
+      this.bitPtr %= 8;
+    }
+
+    return this;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/io/bytestream.js b/io/bytestream.js
index 5c2fae0..1353d61 100644
--- a/io/bytestream.js
+++ b/io/bytestream.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /*
  * bytestream.js
  *
- * Provides readers for byte streams.
+ * A pull stream for bytes.
  *
  * Licensed under the MIT License
  *
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ export class ByteStream {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Returns how many bytes have been read in the stream since the beginning of time.
+   * Returns how many bytes have been consumed (read or skipped) since the beginning of time.
    * @returns {number}
    */
   getNumBytesRead() {
diff --git a/tests/io-bitstream.spec.js b/tests/io-bitstream.spec.js
index 31cbd7f..c38a377 100644
--- a/tests/io-bitstream.spec.js
+++ b/tests/io-bitstream.spec.js
@@ -23,76 +23,148 @@ describe('bitjs.io.BitStream', () => {
     expect(() => new BitStream()).throws();
   });
 
-  it('BitPeekAndRead_MTL', () => {
-    const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer, true /* mtl */);
+  describe('Most-to-Least', () => {
+    it('peek() and read()', () => {
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer, true /** mtl */);
 
-    expect(stream.peekBits(0)).equals(0);
-    expect(stream.peekBits(-1)).equals(0);
-    expect(stream.bytePtr).equals(0);
-    expect(stream.bitPtr).equals(0);
+      expect(stream.peekBits(0)).equals(0);
+      expect(stream.peekBits(-1)).equals(0);
+      expect(stream.bytePtr).equals(0);
+      expect(stream.bitPtr).equals(0);
 
-    // 0110 = 2 + 4 = 6
-    expect(stream.readBits(4)).equals(6);
-    expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(4);
+      // 0110
+      expect(stream.readBits(4)).equals(0b0110);
+      expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(4);
 
-    // 0101 011 = 1 + 2 + 8 + 32 = 43
-    expect(stream.readBits(7)).equals(43);
-    // 00101 01100101 01 = 1 + 4 + 16 + 128 + 256 + 1024 + 4096 = 5525
-    expect(stream.readBits(15)).equals(5525);
-    // 10010 = 2 + 16 = 18
-    expect(stream.readBits(5)).equals(18);
+      // 0101 011
+      expect(stream.readBits(7)).equals(0b0101011);
+      // 00101 01100101 01
+      expect(stream.readBits(15)).equals(0b001010110010101);
+      // 10010
+      expect(stream.readBits(5)).equals(0b10010);
 
-    // Ensure the last bit is read, even if we flow past the end of the stream.
-    expect(stream.readBits(2)).equals(1);
+      // Ensure the last bit is read, even if we flow past the end of the stream.
+      expect(stream.readBits(2)).equals(1);
 
-    expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(33);
+      expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(33);
+    });
+
+    it('skip() works correctly', () => {
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer, true /** mtl */);
+
+      expect(stream.skip(0)).equals(stream);
+      expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(0);
+      expect(stream.skip(3)).equals(stream);
+      expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(3);
+      expect(stream.readBits(3)).equals(0b001);
+      expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(6);
+    });
+
+    it('skip() works over byte boundary', () => {
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer, true /** mtl */);
+      expect(stream.readBits(5)).equals(0b01100);
+      stream.skip(5);
+      expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(10);
+      expect(stream.readBits(5)).equals(0b10010);
+    });
+
+    it('skip() throws errors if overflowed', () => {
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer, true /** mtl */);
+      expect(() => stream.skip(-1)).throws();
+      stream.readBits(30);
+      expect(() => stream.skip(3)).throws();
+    });
   });
 
-  it('BitPeekAndRead_LTM', () => {
-    /** @type {BitStream} */
-    const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer, false /* mtl */);
+  describe('Least-to-Most', () => {
+    it('peek() and read()', () => {
+      /** @type {BitStream} */
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer, false /** mtl */);
 
-    expect(stream.peekBits(0)).equals(0);
-    expect(stream.peekBits(-1)).equals(0);
-    expect(stream.bytePtr).equals(0);
-    expect(stream.bitPtr).equals(0);
+      expect(stream.peekBits(0)).equals(0);
+      expect(stream.peekBits(-1)).equals(0);
+      expect(stream.bytePtr).equals(0);
+      expect(stream.bitPtr).equals(0);
 
-    // 0101 = 2 + 4 = 6
-    expect(stream.peekBits(4)).equals(5);
-    expect(stream.readBits(4)).equals(5);
-    // 101 0110 = 2 + 4 + 16 + 64 = 86
-    expect(stream.readBits(7)).equals(86);
-    // 01 01100101 01100 = 4 + 8 + 32 + 128 + 1024 + 2048 + 8192 = 11436
-    expect(stream.readBits(15)).equals(11436);
-    // 11001 = 1 + 8 + 16 = 25
-    expect(stream.readBits(5)).equals(25);
+      // 0101
+      expect(stream.peekBits(4)).equals(0b0101);
+      expect(stream.readBits(4)).equals(0b0101);
+      // 101 0110
+      expect(stream.readBits(7)).equals(0b1010110);
+      // 01 01100101 01100
+      expect(stream.readBits(15)).equals(0b010110010101100);
+      // 11001
+      expect(stream.readBits(5)).equals(0b11001);
 
-    // Only 1 bit left in the buffer, make sure it reads in, even if we over-read.
-    expect(stream.readBits(2)).equals(0);
+      // Only 1 bit left in the buffer, make sure it reads in, even if we over-read.
+      expect(stream.readBits(2)).equals(0);
+    });
+
+    it('skip() works correctly', () => {
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer, false /** mtl */);
+
+      expect(stream.skip(0)).equals(stream);
+      expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(0);
+      expect(stream.skip(3)).equals(stream);
+      expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(3);
+      expect(stream.readBits(3)).equals(0b100);
+      expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(6);
+    });
+
+    it('skip() works over byte boundary', () => {
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer, false /** mtl */);
+      expect(stream.readBits(5)).equals(0b00101);
+      stream.skip(5);
+      expect(stream.getNumBitsRead()).equals(10);
+      expect(stream.readBits(5)).equals(0b11001);
+    });
+
+    it('skip() throws errors if overflowed', () => {
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer, false /** mtl */);
+      expect(() => stream.skip(-1)).throws();
+      stream.readBits(30);
+      expect(() => stream.skip(3)).throws();
+    });
   });
 
-  it('BitStreamReadBytes', () => {
-    array[1] = Number('0b01010110');
-    const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer);
+  describe('bytes', () => {
+    it('peekBytes() and readBytes()', () => {
+      array[1] = Number('0b01010110');
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer);
 
-    let twoBytes = stream.peekBytes(2);
-    expect(twoBytes instanceof Uint8Array).true;
-    expect(twoBytes.byteLength).equals(2);
-    expect(twoBytes[0]).equals(Number('0b01100101'));
-    expect(twoBytes[1]).equals(Number('0b01010110'));
+      let twoBytes = stream.peekBytes(2);
+      expect(twoBytes instanceof Uint8Array).true;
+      expect(twoBytes.byteLength).equals(2);
+      expect(twoBytes[0]).equals(Number('0b01100101'));
+      expect(twoBytes[1]).equals(Number('0b01010110'));
 
-    twoBytes = stream.readBytes(2);
-    expect(twoBytes instanceof Uint8Array).true;
-    expect(twoBytes.byteLength).equals(2);
-    expect(twoBytes[0]).equals(Number('0b01100101'));
-    expect(twoBytes[1]).equals(Number('0b01010110'));
+      twoBytes = stream.readBytes(2);
+      expect(twoBytes instanceof Uint8Array).true;
+      expect(twoBytes.byteLength).equals(2);
+      expect(twoBytes[0]).equals(Number('0b01100101'));
+      expect(twoBytes[1]).equals(Number('0b01010110'));
 
-    expect(() => stream.readBytes(3)).throws();
-  });
+      expect(() => stream.readBytes(3)).throws();
+    });
 
-  it('throws an error with weird values of peekBytes()', () => {
-    /** @type {BitStream} */
-    const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer);
-    expect(() => stream.peekBytes(-1)).throws();
+    it('peekBytes(0) returns an empty array', () => {
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer);
+      const arr = stream.peekBytes(0);
+      expect(arr.byteLength).equals(0);
+    });
+
+    it('peekBytes() should ignore bits until byte-aligned', () => {
+      array[1] = Number('0b01010110');
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer);
+      stream.skip(3);
+      const bytes = stream.readBytes(2);
+      expect(bytes[0]).equals(0b01010110);
+      expect(bytes[1]).equals(0b01100101);
+    })
+
+    it('throws an error with weird values of peekBytes()', () => {
+      const stream = new BitStream(array.buffer);
+      expect(() => stream.peekBytes(-1)).throws();
+    });
   });
 });