diff --git a/contrib/src/main/scala/akka/stream/contrib/EitherFlow.scala b/contrib/src/main/scala/akka/stream/contrib/EitherFlow.scala
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Lightbend Inc. <http://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.stream.contrib
+
+import akka.NotUsed
+import akka.stream.FlowShape
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.{ Broadcast, Flow, GraphDSL, Merge }
+
+object EitherFlow {
+  /**
+   * Creates a Flow[Either[R, L], Result, NotUsed] that can choose between two flows based on the materialized value
+   *
+   * @param leftFlow: flow used for left values
+   * @param rightFlow: flow used for right values
+   * @return merge flow from either leftFlow or rightFlow
+   */
+  def either[L, R, Result](
+    leftFlow:  Flow[L, Result, NotUsed],
+    rightFlow: Flow[R, Result, NotUsed]): Flow[Either[L, R], Result, NotUsed] =
+    Flow.fromGraph(GraphDSL.create() { implicit b =>
+      import GraphDSL.Implicits._
+
+      val eitherIn = b.add(Broadcast[Either[L, R]](2))
+      val result = b.add(Merge[Result](2))
+
+      eitherIn.collect { case Left(v) => v } ~> leftFlow ~> result
+      eitherIn.collect { case Right(v) => v } ~> rightFlow ~> result
+
+      FlowShape(eitherIn.in, result.out)
+    })
+}
diff --git a/contrib/src/test/scala/akka/stream/contrib/EitherViaSpec.scala b/contrib/src/test/scala/akka/stream/contrib/EitherViaSpec.scala
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+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2016 Lightbend Inc. <http://www.lightbend.com>
+ */
+
+package akka.stream.contrib
+
+import akka.NotUsed
+import akka.stream.scaladsl.{ Flow, Keep, Source }
+import akka.stream.testkit.scaladsl.{ TestSink, TestSource }
+
+class EitherViaSpec extends BaseStreamSpec {
+  override protected def autoFusing: Boolean = true
+
+  val rightFlow: Flow[Int, String, NotUsed] = Flow[Int].map(_.toString)
+  val leftFlow: Flow[Throwable, String, NotUsed] = Flow[Throwable].map(_.getMessage)
+
+  def asEither(i: Int): Either[Exception, Int] = if (i % 2 == 0) Right(i) else Left(new RuntimeException(s"ups, $i is odd"))
+
+  "EitherFlow" should {
+    "work with empty source" in {
+      Source.empty[Int]
+        .map(asEither)
+        .via(EitherFlow.either(leftFlow, rightFlow))
+        .runWith(TestSink.probe)
+        .request(1)
+        .expectComplete()
+    }
+
+    "direct to the right flow based on materialized value of Either" in {
+      val (source, sink) = TestSource
+        .probe[Int]
+        .map(asEither)
+        .via(EitherFlow.either(leftFlow, rightFlow))
+        .toMat(TestSink.probe)(Keep.both)
+        .run()
+
+      sink.request(99)
+
+      source.sendNext(1)
+      source.sendNext(2)
+      source.sendNext(3)
+
+      sink.expectNext("ups, 1 is odd", "2", "ups, 3 is odd")
+
+      source.sendComplete()
+      sink.expectComplete()
+    }
+  }
+}
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