diff --git a/packages/protocol-echo/package.json b/packages/protocol-echo/package.json
index 8a24e9ec7e..7d29a7bf78 100644
--- a/packages/protocol-echo/package.json
+++ b/packages/protocol-echo/package.json
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@libp2p/interface": "^2.1.3",
     "@libp2p/interface-internal": "^2.0.8",
+    "@multiformats/multiaddr": "^12.3.1",
+    "it-byte-stream": "^1.1.0",
     "it-pipe": "^3.0.1"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/protocol-echo/src/echo.ts b/packages/protocol-echo/src/echo.ts
index 88461f966e..1a531f77a2 100644
--- a/packages/protocol-echo/src/echo.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol-echo/src/echo.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
+import { byteStream } from 'it-byte-stream'
 import { pipe } from 'it-pipe'
 import { PROTOCOL_NAME, PROTOCOL_VERSION } from './constants.js'
 import type { Echo as EchoInterface, EchoComponents, EchoInit } from './index.js'
-import type { Logger, Startable } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import type { AbortOptions, Logger, PeerId, Startable } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import type { Multiaddr } from '@multiformats/multiaddr'
 
 /**
  * A simple echo stream, any data received will be sent back to the sender
@@ -31,7 +33,8 @@ export class Echo implements Startable, EchoInterface {
         })
     }, {
       maxInboundStreams: this.init.maxInboundStreams,
-      maxOutboundStreams: this.init.maxOutboundStreams
+      maxOutboundStreams: this.init.maxOutboundStreams,
+      runOnLimitedConnection: this.init.runOnLimitedConnection
     })
     this.started = true
   }
@@ -44,4 +47,22 @@ export class Echo implements Startable, EchoInterface {
   isStarted (): boolean {
     return this.started
   }
+
+  async echo (peer: PeerId | Multiaddr | Multiaddr[], buf: Uint8Array, options?: AbortOptions): Promise<Uint8Array> {
+    const conn = await this.components.connectionManager.openConnection(peer, options)
+    const stream = await conn.newStream(this.protocol, {
+      ...this.init,
+      ...options
+    })
+    const bytes = byteStream(stream)
+
+    const [, output] = await Promise.all([
+      bytes.write(buf, options),
+      bytes.read(buf.byteLength, options)
+    ])
+
+    await stream.close(options)
+
+    return output.subarray()
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/protocol-echo/src/index.ts b/packages/protocol-echo/src/index.ts
index 5a2c3f605d..a8df2eac7f 100644
--- a/packages/protocol-echo/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol-echo/src/index.ts
@@ -43,13 +43,15 @@
  */
 
 import { Echo as EchoClass } from './echo.js'
-import type { ComponentLogger } from '@libp2p/interface'
+import type { ComponentLogger, PeerId } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import type { ConnectionManager, Registrar } from '@libp2p/interface-internal'
+import type { Multiaddr } from '@multiformats/multiaddr'
 
 export interface EchoInit {
   protocolPrefix?: string
   maxInboundStreams?: number
   maxOutboundStreams?: number
+  runOnLimitedConnection?: boolean
 }
 
 export interface EchoComponents {
@@ -60,6 +62,7 @@ export interface EchoComponents {
 
 export interface Echo {
   protocol: string
+  echo(peer: PeerId | Multiaddr | Multiaddr[], buf: Uint8Array): Promise<Uint8Array>
 }
 
 export function echo (init: EchoInit = {}): (components: EchoComponents) => Echo {
diff --git a/packages/protocol-echo/test/index.spec.ts b/packages/protocol-echo/test/index.spec.ts
index 32d9e52e90..4e0a788f08 100644
--- a/packages/protocol-echo/test/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol-echo/test/index.spec.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { start, stop } from '@libp2p/interface'
 import { defaultLogger } from '@libp2p/logger'
+import { multiaddr } from '@multiformats/multiaddr'
 import { expect } from 'aegir/chai'
 import all from 'it-all'
 import { duplexPair } from 'it-pair/duplex'
@@ -76,4 +77,35 @@ describe('echo', () => {
 
     expect(output).to.equalBytes(input)
   })
+
+  it('should echo data using method', async () => {
+    await start(echo)
+
+    const duplex = duplexPair<any>()
+    const outgoingStream = stubInterface<Stream>()
+    outgoingStream.source = duplex[0].source
+    outgoingStream.sink.callsFake(async source => duplex[0].sink(source))
+
+    const incomingStream = stubInterface<Stream>()
+    incomingStream.source = duplex[1].source
+    incomingStream.sink.callsFake(async source => duplex[1].sink(source))
+
+    const handler = components.registrar.handle.getCall(0).args[1]
+    handler({
+      stream: incomingStream,
+      connection: stubInterface<Connection>()
+    })
+
+    const ma = multiaddr('/ip4/123.123.123.123/tcp/1234')
+
+    components.connectionManager.openConnection.withArgs(ma).resolves(stubInterface<Connection>({
+      newStream: async () => outgoingStream
+    }))
+
+    const input = Uint8Array.from([0, 1, 2, 3])
+
+    const output = await echo.echo(ma, input)
+
+    expect(output).to.equalBytes(output)
+  })
 })