diff --git a/src/compose-paginate.ts b/src/compose-paginate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a68f72e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/compose-paginate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+import { paginate } from "./paginate";
+import { iterator } from "./iterator";
+
+export const composePaginateRest = Object.assign(paginate, { iterator });
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 78d40e93..02c6ab39 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
-import { VERSION } from "./version";
+import { Octokit } from "@octokit/core";
 
+import { VERSION } from "./version";
 import { paginate } from "./paginate";
 import { iterator } from "./iterator";
 import { PaginateInterface } from "./types";
-export { PaginateInterface } from "./types";
 
-import { Octokit } from "@octokit/core";
+export { PaginateInterface } from "./types";
+export { composePaginateRest } from "./compose-paginate";
 
 /**
  * @param octokit Octokit instance
diff --git a/src/iterator.ts b/src/iterator.ts
index eeb33ac9..0c5061ef 100644
--- a/src/iterator.ts
+++ b/src/iterator.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { normalizePaginatedListResponse } from "./normalize-paginated-list-respo
 import {
   EndpointOptions,
   RequestInterface,
-  OctokitResponse,
   RequestParameters,
   Route,
 } from "./types";
@@ -25,24 +24,20 @@ export function iterator(
 
   return {
     [Symbol.asyncIterator]: () => ({
-      next() {
-        if (!url) {
-          return Promise.resolve({ done: true });
-        }
+      async next() {
+        if (!url) return { done: true };
 
-        return requestMethod({ method, url, headers })
-          .then(normalizePaginatedListResponse)
+        const response = await requestMethod({ method, url, headers });
+        const normalizedResponse = normalizePaginatedListResponse(response);
 
-          .then((response: OctokitResponse<any>) => {
-            // `response.headers.link` format:
-            // '<https://api.github.com/users/aseemk/followers?page=2>; rel="next", <https://api.github.com/users/aseemk/followers?page=2>; rel="last"'
-            // sets `url` to undefined if "next" URL is not present or `link` header is not set
-            url = ((response.headers.link || "").match(
-              /<([^>]+)>;\s*rel="next"/
-            ) || [])[1];
+        // `response.headers.link` format:
+        // '<https://api.github.com/users/aseemk/followers?page=2>; rel="next", <https://api.github.com/users/aseemk/followers?page=2>; rel="last"'
+        // sets `url` to undefined if "next" URL is not present or `link` header is not set
+        url = ((normalizedResponse.headers.link || "").match(
+          /<([^>]+)>;\s*rel="next"/
+        ) || [])[1];
 
-            return { value: response };
-          });
+        return { value: normalizedResponse };
       },
     }),
   };
diff --git a/test/compose-paginate.test.ts b/test/compose-paginate.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c87a702f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/compose-paginate.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+import fetchMock from "fetch-mock";
+import { Octokit } from "@octokit/core";
+import { restEndpointMethods } from "@octokit/plugin-rest-endpoint-methods";
+
+import { composePaginateRest } from "../src";
+
+const ORG1 = { id: 1 };
+const ORG2 = { id: 2 };
+
+test("composePaginateRest(octokit, route)", async () => {
+  const mock = fetchMock
+    .sandbox()
+    .get("https://api.github.com/orgs/octokit/repos?per_page=1", {
+      body: [ORG1],
+      headers: {
+        link:
+          '<https://pagination-test.com/orgs/octokit/repos?page=2&per_page=1>; rel="next"',
+        "X-GitHub-Media-Type": "github.v3; format=json",
+      },
+    })
+    .get("https://pagination-test.com/orgs/octokit/repos?page=2&per_page=1", {
+      body: [ORG2],
+      headers: {},
+    });
+
+  const octokit = new Octokit({
+    request: {
+      fetch: mock,
+    },
+  });
+
+  const organizations = await composePaginateRest(
+    octokit,
+    "GET /orgs/:org/repos",
+    {
+      org: "octokit",
+      per_page: 1,
+    }
+  );
+  expect(organizations).toStrictEqual([ORG1, ORG2]);
+});
+
+test("composePaginateRest.iterator(octokit, route)", () => {
+  const mock = fetchMock
+    .sandbox()
+    .getOnce("https://api.github.com/organizations", {
+      body: [ORG1],
+      headers: {
+        link: '<https://pagination-test.com/organizations?since=2>; rel="next"',
+        "X-GitHub-Media-Type": "github.v3; format=json",
+      },
+    })
+    .getOnce("https://pagination-test.com/organizations?since=2", {
+      body: [ORG2],
+      headers: {},
+    });
+
+  const octokit = new Octokit({
+    request: {
+      fetch: mock,
+    },
+  });
+
+  const iterator = composePaginateRest
+    .iterator(octokit, "GET /organizations")
+    [Symbol.asyncIterator]();
+
+  return iterator
+    .next()
+    .then((result: any) => {
+      expect(result.value.data[0].id).toEqual(1);
+
+      return iterator.next();
+    })
+    .then((result: any) => {
+      expect(result.value.data[0].id).toEqual(2);
+    });
+});
diff --git a/test/smoke.test.ts b/test/smoke.test.ts
index 7d55caf7..619af8f7 100644
--- a/test/smoke.test.ts
+++ b/test/smoke.test.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { Octokit } from "@octokit/core";
 
-import { paginateRest } from "../src";
+import { paginateRest, composePaginateRest } from "../src";
 
 describe("Smoke test", () => {
-  it("is a function", () => {
+  it("paginateRest", () => {
     expect(paginateRest).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
   });
 
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ describe("Smoke test", () => {
     expect(paginateRest.VERSION).toEqual("0.0.0-development");
   });
 
+  it("composePaginateRest", () => {
+    expect(composePaginateRest).toBeInstanceOf(Function);
+  });
+
   it("Loads plugin", () => {
     const TestOctokit = Octokit.plugin(paginateRest);
     const testOctokit = new TestOctokit();