diff --git a/core/http/src/hyper.rs b/core/http/src/hyper.rs
index 7f1a4f01..143afcdc 100644
--- a/core/http/src/hyper.rs
+++ b/core/http/src/hyper.rs
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 #[doc(hidden)] pub use http::header::HeaderValue as HeaderValue;
 #[doc(hidden)] pub use http::method::Method;
 #[doc(hidden)] pub use http::request::Parts as RequestParts;
+#[doc(hidden)] pub use http::response::Builder as ResponseBuilder;
 #[doc(hidden)] pub use http::status::StatusCode;
 #[doc(hidden)] pub use http::uri::Uri;
 
diff --git a/core/lib/src/ext.rs b/core/lib/src/ext.rs
index 6cb1c16b..f7996e4f 100644
--- a/core/lib/src/ext.rs
+++ b/core/lib/src/ext.rs
@@ -3,8 +3,11 @@ use std::pin::Pin;
 
 use futures::io::{AsyncRead, AsyncReadExt as _};
 use futures::future::{Future};
+use futures::stream::Stream;
 use futures::task::{Poll, Context};
 
+use crate::http::hyper::Chunk;
+
 // Based on std::io::Take, but for AsyncRead instead of Read
 pub struct Take<R>{
     inner: R,
@@ -30,11 +33,45 @@ impl<R> AsyncRead for Take<R> where R: AsyncRead + Unpin {
     }
 }
 
+pub struct IntoChunkStream<R> {
+    inner: R,
+    buf_size: usize,
+    buffer: Vec<u8>,
+}
+
+// TODO.async: Verify correctness of this implementation.
+impl<R> Stream for IntoChunkStream<R>
+    where R: AsyncRead + Unpin
+{
+    type Item = Result<Chunk, io::Error>;
+
+    fn poll_next(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>>{
+        assert!(self.buffer.len() == self.buf_size);
+
+        let Self { ref mut inner, ref mut buffer, buf_size } = *self;
+
+        match Pin::new(inner).poll_read(cx, &mut buffer[..]) {
+            Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
+            Poll::Ready(Err(e)) => Poll::Ready(Some(Err(e))),
+            Poll::Ready(Ok(n)) if n == 0 => Poll::Ready(None),
+            Poll::Ready(Ok(n)) => {
+                let mut next = std::mem::replace(buffer, vec![0; buf_size]);
+                next.truncate(n);
+                Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(Chunk::from(next))))
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait AsyncReadExt: AsyncRead {
     fn take(self, limit: u64) -> Take<Self> where Self: Sized {
         Take { inner: self, limit }
     }
 
+    fn into_chunk_stream(self, buf_size: usize) -> IntoChunkStream<Self> where Self: Sized {
+        IntoChunkStream { inner: self, buf_size, buffer: vec![0; buf_size] }
+    }
+
     // TODO.async: Verify correctness of this implementation.
     fn read_max<'a>(&'a mut self, mut buf: &'a mut [u8]) -> Pin<Box<dyn Future<Output=io::Result<usize>> + Send + '_>>
         where Self: Send + Unpin
diff --git a/core/lib/src/rocket.rs b/core/lib/src/rocket.rs
index 7226eced..cb1e7456 100644
--- a/core/lib/src/rocket.rs
+++ b/core/lib/src/rocket.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use std::collections::HashMap;
-use std::convert::From;
+use std::convert::{From, TryInto};
 use std::cmp::min;
 use std::io;
 use std::mem;
@@ -8,9 +8,11 @@ use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::time::Duration;
 use std::pin::Pin;
 
-use futures::compat::Compat;
+use futures::compat::{Compat, Executor01CompatExt, Sink01CompatExt};
 use futures::future::{Future, FutureExt, TryFutureExt};
-use futures::io::AsyncReadExt;
+use futures::sink::SinkExt;
+use futures::stream::StreamExt;
+use futures::task::SpawnExt;
 
 use yansi::Paint;
 use state::Container;
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ use crate::catcher::{self, Catcher};
 use crate::outcome::Outcome;
 use crate::error::{LaunchError, LaunchErrorKind};
 use crate::fairing::{Fairing, Fairings};
+use crate::ext::AsyncReadExt;
 
 use crate::http::{Method, Status, Header};
 use crate::http::hyper::{self, header};
@@ -43,9 +46,9 @@ pub struct Rocket {
     fairings: Fairings,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
 struct RocketHyperService {
     rocket: Arc<Rocket>,
+    spawn: Box<dyn futures::task::Spawn + Send>,
     remote_addr: std::net::SocketAddr,
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +79,13 @@ impl hyper::Service for RocketHyperService {
         let rocket = self.rocket.clone();
         let h_addr = self.remote_addr;
 
-        async move {
+        // This future must return a hyper::Response, but that's not easy
+        // because the response body might borrow from the request. Instead,
+        // we do the body writing in another future that will send us
+        // the response metadata (and a body channel) beforehand.
+        let (tx, rx) = futures::channel::oneshot::channel();
+
+        self.spawn.spawn(async move {
             // Get all of the information from Hyper.
             let (h_parts, h_body) = hyp_req.into_parts();
 
@@ -92,7 +101,7 @@ impl hyper::Service for RocketHyperService {
                     // handler) instead of doing this.
                     let dummy = Request::new(&rocket, Method::Get, Origin::dummy());
                     let r = rocket.handle_error(Status::BadRequest, &dummy).await;
-                    return rocket.issue_response(r).await;
+                    return rocket.issue_response(r, tx).await;
                 }
             };
 
@@ -101,7 +110,11 @@ impl hyper::Service for RocketHyperService {
 
             // Dispatch the request to get a response, then write that response out.
             let r = rocket.dispatch(&mut req, data).await;
-            rocket.issue_response(r).await
+            rocket.issue_response(r, tx).await;
+        }).expect("failed to spawn handler");
+
+        async move {
+            Ok(rx.await.expect("TODO.async: sender was dropped, error instead"))
         }.boxed().compat()
     }
 }
@@ -109,28 +122,31 @@ impl hyper::Service for RocketHyperService {
 impl Rocket {
     // TODO.async: Reconsider io::Result
     #[inline]
-    fn issue_response<'r>(&self, response: Response<'r>) -> impl Future<Output = io::Result<hyper::Response<hyper::Body>>> + 'r {
-        let result = self.write_response(response);
-        Box::pin(async move {
+    fn issue_response<'r>(
+        &self,
+        response: Response<'r>,
+        tx: futures::channel::oneshot::Sender<hyper::Response<hyper::Body>>,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = ()> + 'r {
+        let result = self.write_response(response, tx);
+        async move {
             match result.await {
-                Ok(r) => {
+                Ok(()) => {
                     info_!("{}", Paint::green("Response succeeded."));
-                    Ok(r)
                 }
                 Err(e) => {
                     error_!("Failed to write response: {:?}.", e);
-                    Err(e)
                 }
             }
-        })
+        }
     }
 
     #[inline]
     fn write_response<'r>(
         &self,
         mut response: Response<'r>,
-    ) -> impl Future<Output = io::Result<hyper::Response<hyper::Body>>> + 'r {
-        Box::pin(async move {
+        tx: futures::channel::oneshot::Sender<hyper::Response<hyper::Body>>,
+    ) -> impl Future<Output = io::Result<()>> + 'r {
+        async move {
             let mut hyp_res = hyper::Response::builder();
             hyp_res.status(response.status().code);
 
@@ -140,48 +156,58 @@ impl Rocket {
                 hyp_res.header(name, value);
             }
 
-            let body = match response.body() {
+            let send_response = move |mut hyp_res: hyper::ResponseBuilder, body| -> io::Result<()> {
+                let response = hyp_res.body(body).map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?;
+                tx.send(response).expect("channel receiver should not be dropped");
+                Ok(())
+            };
+
+            match response.body() {
                 None => {
                     hyp_res.header(header::CONTENT_LENGTH, "0");
-                    hyper::Body::empty()
+                    send_response(hyp_res, hyper::Body::empty())?;
                 }
                 Some(Body::Sized(body, size)) => {
                     hyp_res.header(header::CONTENT_LENGTH, size.to_string());
+                    let (sender, hyp_body) = hyper::Body::channel();
+                    send_response(hyp_res, hyp_body)?;
 
-                    // TODO.async: Stream the data instead of buffering.
-                    // TODO.async: Possible truncation (u64 -> usize)
-                    let mut buffer = Vec::with_capacity(size as usize);
-                    body.read_to_end(&mut buffer).await?;
-                    hyper::Body::from(buffer)
+                    let mut stream = body.into_chunk_stream(4096);
+                    let mut sink = sender.sink_compat().sink_map_err(|e| {
+                        io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e)
+                    });
+
+                    while let Some(next) = stream.next().await {
+                        sink.send(next?).await?;
+                    }
+
+                    // TODO.async: This should be better, but it creates an
+                    // incomprehensible error messasge instead
+                    // stream.forward(sink).await;
                 }
-                Some(Body::Chunked(body, _chunk_size)) => {
-    //                // This _might_ happen on a 32-bit machine!
-    //                if chunk_size > (usize::max_value() as u64) {
-    //                    let msg = "chunk size exceeds limits of usize type";
-    //                    return Err(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, msg));
-    //                }
-    //
-    //                // The buffer stores the current chunk being written out.
-    //                let mut buffer = vec![0; chunk_size as usize];
-    //                let mut stream = hyp_res.start()?;
-    //                loop {
-    //                    match body.read_max(&mut buffer)? {
-    //                        0 => break,
-    //                        n => stream.write_all(&buffer[..n])?,
-    //                    }
-    //                }
-    //
-    //                stream.end()
+                Some(Body::Chunked(body, chunk_size)) => {
+                    // TODO.async: This is identical to Body::Sized except for the chunk size
 
-                    // TODO.async: Stream the data instead of buffering.
-                    let mut buffer = Vec::new();
-                    body.read_to_end(&mut buffer).await?;
-                    hyper::Body::from(buffer)
+                    let (sender, hyp_body) = hyper::Body::channel();
+                    send_response(hyp_res, hyp_body)?;
+
+                    let mut stream = body.into_chunk_stream(chunk_size.try_into().expect("u64 -> usize overflow"));
+                    let mut sink = sender.sink_compat().sink_map_err(|e| {
+                        io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e)
+                    });
+
+                    while let Some(next) = stream.next().await {
+                        sink.send(next?).await?;
+                    }
+
+                    // TODO.async: This should be better, but it creates an
+                    // incomprehensible error messasge instead
+                    // stream.forward(sink).await;
                 }
             };
 
-            Ok(hyp_res.body(body).map_err(|e| io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, e))?)
-        })
+            Ok(())
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -767,9 +793,11 @@ impl Rocket {
         logger::pop_max_level();
 
         let rocket = Arc::new(self);
+        let spawn = Box::new(runtime.executor().compat());
         let service = hyper::make_service_fn(move |socket: &hyper::AddrStream| {
             futures::future::ok::<_, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>(RocketHyperService {
                 rocket: rocket.clone(),
+                spawn: spawn.clone(),
                 remote_addr: socket.remote_addr(),
             }).compat()
         });