diff --git a/src/body.rs b/src/body.rs
index d3e63f9c..1f218c4b 100644
--- a/src/body.rs
+++ b/src/body.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ pub enum BodyLength {
     Empty,
     Sized(usize),
     Sized64(u64),
-    Chunked,
     Stream,
 }
 
@@ -331,7 +330,7 @@ where
     E: Into<Error>,
 {
     fn length(&self) -> BodyLength {
-        BodyLength::Chunked
+        BodyLength::Stream
     }
 
     fn poll_next(&mut self) -> Poll<Option<Bytes>, Error> {
diff --git a/src/client/h2proto.rs b/src/client/h2proto.rs
index 8804d13f..617c21b6 100644
--- a/src/client/h2proto.rs
+++ b/src/client/h2proto.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ where
 
             // Content length
             let _ = match length {
-                BodyLength::Chunked | BodyLength::None => None,
+                BodyLength::None => None,
                 BodyLength::Stream => {
                     skip_len = false;
                     None
diff --git a/src/h1/encoder.rs b/src/h1/encoder.rs
index 32c8f9c4..7627f697 100644
--- a/src/h1/encoder.rs
+++ b/src/h1/encoder.rs
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ pub(crate) trait MessageType: Sized {
 
     fn headers(&self) -> &HeaderMap;
 
+    fn chunked(&self) -> bool;
+
     fn encode_status(&mut self, dst: &mut BytesMut) -> io::Result<()>;
 
     fn encode_headers(
@@ -71,8 +73,10 @@ pub(crate) trait MessageType: Sized {
             }
         }
         match length {
-            BodyLength::Chunked => {
-                dst.extend_from_slice(b"\r\ntransfer-encoding: chunked\r\n")
+            BodyLength::Stream => {
+                if self.chunked() {
+                    dst.extend_from_slice(b"\r\ntransfer-encoding: chunked\r\n")
+                }
             }
             BodyLength::Empty => {
                 dst.extend_from_slice(b"\r\ncontent-length: 0\r\n");
@@ -83,7 +87,7 @@ pub(crate) trait MessageType: Sized {
                 write!(dst.writer(), "{}", len)?;
                 dst.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n");
             }
-            BodyLength::None | BodyLength::Stream => dst.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n"),
+            BodyLength::None => dst.extend_from_slice(b"\r\n"),
         }
 
         // Connection
@@ -159,6 +163,10 @@ impl MessageType for Response<()> {
         Some(self.head().status)
     }
 
+    fn chunked(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.head().no_chunking
+    }
+
     fn connection_type(&self) -> Option<ConnectionType> {
         self.head().ctype
     }
@@ -188,6 +196,10 @@ impl MessageType for RequestHead {
         self.ctype
     }
 
+    fn chunked(&self) -> bool {
+        !self.no_chunking
+    }
+
     fn headers(&self) -> &HeaderMap {
         &self.headers
     }
@@ -236,8 +248,13 @@ impl<T: MessageType> MessageEncoder<T> {
                 BodyLength::Empty => TransferEncoding::empty(),
                 BodyLength::Sized(len) => TransferEncoding::length(len as u64),
                 BodyLength::Sized64(len) => TransferEncoding::length(len),
-                BodyLength::Chunked => TransferEncoding::chunked(),
-                BodyLength::Stream => TransferEncoding::eof(),
+                BodyLength::Stream => {
+                    if message.chunked() {
+                        TransferEncoding::chunked()
+                    } else {
+                        TransferEncoding::eof()
+                    }
+                }
                 BodyLength::None => TransferEncoding::empty(),
             };
         } else {
diff --git a/src/h2/dispatcher.rs b/src/h2/dispatcher.rs
index 5a8c4b85..ea8756d2 100644
--- a/src/h2/dispatcher.rs
+++ b/src/h2/dispatcher.rs
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ where
             _ => (),
         }
         let _ = match length {
-            BodyLength::Chunked | BodyLength::None | BodyLength::Stream => None,
+            BodyLength::None | BodyLength::Stream => None,
             BodyLength::Empty => res
                 .headers_mut()
                 .insert(CONTENT_LENGTH, HeaderValue::from_static("0")),
diff --git a/src/message.rs b/src/message.rs
index 812f099e..3a1ac130 100644
--- a/src/message.rs
+++ b/src/message.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ pub trait Head: Default + 'static {
         self.connection_type() == ConnectionType::Upgrade
     }
 
+    /// Check if keep-alive is enabled
     fn keep_alive(&self) -> bool {
         self.connection_type() == ConnectionType::KeepAlive
     }
@@ -50,6 +51,7 @@ pub struct RequestHead {
     pub version: Version,
     pub headers: HeaderMap,
     pub ctype: Option<ConnectionType>,
+    pub no_chunking: bool,
     pub extensions: RefCell<Extensions>,
 }
 
@@ -61,6 +63,7 @@ impl Default for RequestHead {
             version: Version::HTTP_11,
             headers: HeaderMap::with_capacity(16),
             ctype: None,
+            no_chunking: false,
             extensions: RefCell::new(Extensions::new()),
         }
     }
@@ -120,6 +123,7 @@ pub struct ResponseHead {
     pub status: StatusCode,
     pub headers: HeaderMap,
     pub reason: Option<&'static str>,
+    pub no_chunking: bool,
     pub(crate) ctype: Option<ConnectionType>,
 }
 
@@ -130,6 +134,7 @@ impl Default for ResponseHead {
             status: StatusCode::OK,
             headers: HeaderMap::with_capacity(16),
             reason: None,
+            no_chunking: false,
             ctype: None,
         }
     }
@@ -139,6 +144,7 @@ impl Head for ResponseHead {
     fn clear(&mut self) {
         self.ctype = None;
         self.reason = None;
+        self.no_chunking = false;
         self.headers.clear();
     }
 
diff --git a/src/response.rs b/src/response.rs
index 0295758b..2c627d53 100644
--- a/src/response.rs
+++ b/src/response.rs
@@ -459,6 +459,15 @@ impl ResponseBuilder {
         self
     }
 
+    /// Disable chunked transfer encoding for HTTP/1.1 streaming responses.
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn no_chunking(&mut self) -> &mut Self {
+        if let Some(parts) = parts(&mut self.head, &self.err) {
+            parts.no_chunking = true;
+        }
+        self
+    }
+
     /// Set response content type
     #[inline]
     pub fn content_type<V>(&mut self, value: V) -> &mut Self