diff --git a/core/lib/Cargo.toml b/core/lib/Cargo.toml
index 2c7ed2f6..74c2de1e 100644
--- a/core/lib/Cargo.toml
+++ b/core/lib/Cargo.toml
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async-trait = "0.1.43"
 
 [dependencies.state]
 git = "https://github.com/SergioBenitez/state.git"
-rev = "504ef71a"
+rev = "8f94dc"
 
 [dependencies.rocket_codegen]
 version = "0.5.0-dev"
@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ features = ["tokio-io"]
 version = "1.0"
 features = ["fs", "io-std", "io-util", "rt-multi-thread", "sync", "signal", "macros"]
 
+[dependencies.tokio-util]
+version = "0.6"
+default-features = false
+features = ["io"]
+
+[dependencies.bytes]
+version = "1.0"
+
 [build-dependencies]
 yansi = "0.5"
 version_check = "0.9.1"
diff --git a/core/lib/src/ext.rs b/core/lib/src/ext.rs
index 111deb95..65d297be 100644
--- a/core/lib/src/ext.rs
+++ b/core/lib/src/ext.rs
@@ -2,47 +2,60 @@ use std::io;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 use std::task::{Poll, Context};
 
-use futures::{ready, stream::Stream};
+use bytes::BytesMut;
 use tokio::io::{AsyncRead, ReadBuf};
 use pin_project_lite::pin_project;
+use futures::{ready, stream::Stream};
 
 use crate::http::hyper::Bytes;
 
-pub struct IntoBytesStream<R> {
-    inner: R,
-    buf_size: usize,
-    buffer: Vec<u8>,
+pin_project! {
+    pub struct ReaderStream<R> {
+        #[pin]
+        reader: Option<R>,
+        buf: BytesMut,
+        cap: usize,
+    }
 }
 
-impl<R> Stream for IntoBytesStream<R>
-    where R: AsyncRead + Unpin
-{
-    type Item = Result<Bytes, io::Error>;
+impl<R: AsyncRead> Stream for ReaderStream<R> {
+    type Item = std::io::Result<Bytes>;
 
-    fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>>{
-        debug_assert!(self.buffer.len() == self.buf_size);
+    fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        use tokio_util::io::poll_read_buf;
 
-        let Self { ref mut inner, ref mut buffer, buf_size } = *self;
+        let mut this = self.as_mut().project();
 
-        let mut buf = ReadBuf::new(&mut buffer[..]);
-        match Pin::new(inner).poll_read(cx, &mut buf) {
+        let reader = match this.reader.as_pin_mut() {
+            Some(r) => r,
+            None => return Poll::Ready(None),
+        };
+
+        if this.buf.capacity() == 0 {
+            this.buf.reserve(*this.cap);
+        }
+
+        match poll_read_buf(reader, cx, &mut this.buf) {
             Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
-            Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => Poll::Ready(Some(Err(e))),
-            Poll::Ready(Ok(())) if buf.filled().is_empty() => Poll::Ready(None),
-            Poll::Ready(Ok(())) => {
-                let n = buf.filled().len();
-                // FIXME(perf).
-                let mut next = std::mem::replace(buffer, vec![0; buf_size]);
-                next.truncate(n);
-                Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(Bytes::from(next))))
+            Poll::Ready(Err(err)) => {
+                self.project().reader.set(None);
+                Poll::Ready(Some(Err(err)))
+            }
+            Poll::Ready(Ok(0)) => {
+                self.project().reader.set(None);
+                Poll::Ready(None)
+            }
+            Poll::Ready(Ok(_)) => {
+                let chunk = this.buf.split();
+                Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(chunk.freeze())))
             }
         }
     }
 }
 
 pub trait AsyncReadExt: AsyncRead + Sized {
-    fn into_bytes_stream(self, buf_size: usize) -> IntoBytesStream<Self> {
-        IntoBytesStream { inner: self, buf_size, buffer: vec![0; buf_size] }
+    fn into_bytes_stream(self, cap: usize) -> ReaderStream<Self> {
+        ReaderStream { reader: Some(self), cap, buf: BytesMut::with_capacity(cap) }
     }
 }