diff --git a/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/ByteArrayOutputStream.java b/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/ByteArrayOutputStream.java
index ca3a166244..9e65e0771d 100644
--- a/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/ByteArrayOutputStream.java
+++ b/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/ByteArrayOutputStream.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 package java.io;
 
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
 /**
  * A specialized {@link OutputStream} for class for writing content to an
  * (internal) byte array. As bytes are written to this stream, the byte array
@@ -175,6 +177,18 @@ public String toString(String charsetName) throws UnsupportedEncodingException {
         return new String(buf, 0, count, charsetName);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Returns the contents of this ByteArrayOutputStream as a string converted
+     * according to the encoding declared in {@code charsetName}.
+     *
+     * @param charset
+     *            the encoding to use when translating this stream to a string.
+     * @return this stream's current contents as an encoded string.
+     */
+    public String toString(Charset charset) {
+        return new String(buf, 0, count, charset);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Writes {@code count} bytes from the byte array {@code buffer} starting at
      * offset {@code index} to this stream.
@@ -203,6 +217,18 @@ public void write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int len) {
         this.count += len;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Writes all bytes from the byte array {@code buffer} to this stream.
+     *
+     * @param buffer
+     *            the buffer to be written.
+     * @throws NullPointerException
+     *             if {@code buffer} is {@code null}.
+     */
+    public void writeBytes(byte[] buffer) {
+        write(buffer, 0, buffer.length);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Writes the specified byte {@code oneByte} to the OutputStream. Only the
      * low order byte of {@code oneByte} is written.
diff --git a/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/OutputStream.java b/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/OutputStream.java
index 9457086033..7bb1dd7262 100644
--- a/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/OutputStream.java
+++ b/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/OutputStream.java
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
  * @see InputStream
  *
  * <p>The implementation provided by this class behaves as described in the Java
- * API documentation except for {@link write(int)} which throws an exception of
+ * API documentation except for {@link #write(int)} which throws an exception of
  * type {@link java.lang.UnsupportedOperationException} instead of being
  * abstract.
  */
@@ -130,4 +130,29 @@ public void write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) throws IOException {
      *             if an error occurs while writing to this stream.
      */
     public abstract void write(int oneByte) throws IOException;
+
+    public static OutputStream nullOutputStream() {
+        return new OutputStream() {
+            private boolean closed;
+
+            @Override
+            public void write(int b) throws IOException {
+                if (closed) {
+                    throw new IOException();
+                }
+            }
+
+            public void write(byte[] buffer, int offset, int count) throws IOException {
+                IOUtils.checkOffsetAndCount(buffer, offset, count);
+                if (closed) {
+                    throw new IOException();
+                }
+            }
+
+            @Override
+            public void close() {
+                closed = true;
+            }
+        };
+    }
 }
diff --git a/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/Writer.java b/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/Writer.java
index d837120dc0..3cb417a3d8 100644
--- a/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/Writer.java
+++ b/user/super/com/google/gwt/emul/java/io/Writer.java
@@ -78,4 +78,54 @@ public Writer append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end) throws IOException {
     write(csq.subSequence(start, end).toString());
     return this;
   }
+
+  public static Writer nullWriter() {
+    return new Writer() {
+      private boolean closed;
+
+      @Override
+      public void write(char[] buffer, int off, int len) throws IOException {
+        IOUtils.checkOffsetAndCount(buffer, off, len);
+        ensureOpen();
+      }
+
+      public void write(int oneChar) throws IOException {
+        ensureOpen();
+      }
+
+      public void write(String str, int offset, int count) throws IOException {
+        IOUtils.checkOffsetAndCount(str, offset, count);
+        ensureOpen();
+      }
+
+      public Writer append(CharSequence csq) throws IOException {
+        ensureOpen();
+        return this;
+      }
+
+      public Writer append(CharSequence csq, int start, int end) throws IOException {
+        ensureOpen();
+        if (csq != null) {
+          IOUtils.checkOffsetAndCount(csq.toString(), start, end - start);
+        }
+        return this;
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void flush() throws IOException {
+        ensureOpen();
+      }
+
+      @Override
+      public void close() {
+        closed = true;
+      }
+
+      private void ensureOpen() throws IOException {
+        if (closed) {
+          throw new IOException();
+        }
+      }
+    };
+  }
 }
diff --git a/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/ByteArrayOutputStreamTest.java b/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/ByteArrayOutputStreamTest.java
index c7cced3189..b398f0ae5b 100644
--- a/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/ByteArrayOutputStreamTest.java
+++ b/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/ByteArrayOutputStreamTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 
 /**
@@ -137,8 +138,17 @@ public void testToStringWithCharsetNameAndNonEmptyStream() throws IOException {
     assertEquals(expectedString, actualString);
   }
 
+  public void testToStringWithCharsetAndNonEmptyStream() throws IOException {
+    final ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(1);
+    final String expectedString = "Hello";
+
+    outputStream.write(expectedString.getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+    final String actualString = outputStream.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    assertEquals(expectedString, actualString);
+  }
+
   public void testWriteSingleValues() throws IOException {
-    final ByteArrayOutputStream outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(2);
+    outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(2);
     assertEquals(0, outputStream.size());
 
     for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
@@ -149,4 +159,15 @@ public void testWriteSingleValues() throws IOException {
     final byte[] actualBytes = outputStream.toByteArray();
     assertTrue(Arrays.equals(expectedBytes, actualBytes));
   }
+
+  public void testWriteBytes() throws IOException {
+    outputStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream(2);
+    assertEquals(0, outputStream.size());
+    outputStream.writeBytes(TEST_ARRAY);
+    final byte[] actualBytes = outputStream.toByteArray();
+    assertTrue(Arrays.equals(TEST_ARRAY, actualBytes));
+    outputStream.writeBytes(new byte[0]);
+    final byte[] actualBytes2 = outputStream.toByteArray();
+    assertTrue(Arrays.equals(TEST_ARRAY, actualBytes));
+  }
 }
diff --git a/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/OutputStreamTest.java b/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/OutputStreamTest.java
index c5f8370df2..40992d0501 100644
--- a/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/OutputStreamTest.java
+++ b/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/OutputStreamTest.java
@@ -62,4 +62,16 @@ public void testDefaultBehaviorOfFlush() throws IOException {
     // should do nothing (including not throwing an exception).
     outputStream.flush();
   }
+
+  public void testNullOutputStream() throws IOException {
+    OutputStream nullStream = OutputStream.nullOutputStream();
+    nullStream.write(42);
+    nullStream.close();
+    try {
+      nullStream.write(1);
+      fail("Writing to a closed stream should fail.");
+    } catch (IOException expected) {
+      // expected
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/WriterTest.java b/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/WriterTest.java
index adbae10671..c8df42a38a 100644
--- a/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/WriterTest.java
+++ b/user/test/com/google/gwt/emultest/java/io/WriterTest.java
@@ -247,4 +247,34 @@ public void testWriteNonEmptySubstring() throws IOException {
     writer.write(str, 1, 2);
     assertTrue(Arrays.equals("ol".toCharArray(), writer.toCharArray()));
   }
+
+  public void testNullWriter() throws IOException {
+    Writer nullWriter = Writer.nullWriter();
+    nullWriter.write(42);
+    nullWriter.append('a');
+    nullWriter.write("hola", 1, 2);
+    nullWriter.close();
+    // writing to closed stream fails
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> nullWriter.write(42));
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> nullWriter.append('a'));
+    assertThrows(IOException.class, () -> nullWriter.append("hola", 1, 2));
+    // bounds check takes precedence over closed stream check
+    assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class,
+        () -> nullWriter.write("hola", 1, 10));
+    assertThrows(IndexOutOfBoundsException.class,
+        () -> nullWriter.write(new char[]{'h', 'o', 'l', 'a'}, 1, 10));
+  }
+
+  private void assertThrows(Class<? extends Exception> ex, Throwing toTest) {
+    try {
+      toTest.run();
+      fail("should have failed");
+    } catch (Exception expected) {
+      assertEquals(ex, expected.getClass());
+    }
+  }
+
+  private interface Throwing {
+    void run() throws Exception;
+  }
 }