diff --git a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
index a94215b8a..dbd231376 100644
--- a/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
+++ b/phpseclib/Net/SFTP.php
@@ -2278,7 +2278,7 @@ function get($remote_file, $local_file = false, $offset = 0, $length = -1, $prog
             $res_offset = $stat['size'];
         } else {
             $res_offset = 0;
-            if ($local_file !== false) {
+            if ($local_file !== false && !is_callable($local_file) ) {
                 $fp = fopen($local_file, 'wb');
                 if (!$fp) {
                     return false;
@@ -2288,7 +2288,7 @@ function get($remote_file, $local_file = false, $offset = 0, $length = -1, $prog
             }
         }
 
-        $fclose_check = $local_file !== false && !is_resource($local_file);
+        $fclose_check = $local_file !== false && !is_callable($local_file) && !is_resource($local_file);
 
         $start = $offset;
         $read = 0;
@@ -2335,6 +2335,8 @@ function get($remote_file, $local_file = false, $offset = 0, $length = -1, $prog
                         $offset+= strlen($temp);
                         if ($local_file === false) {
                             $content.= $temp;
+                        } elseif (is_callable($local_file)) {
+													$local_file($temp);
                         } else {
                             fputs($fp, $temp);
                         }