diff --git a/src/async_impl/response.rs b/src/async_impl/response.rs
index fc5a5d464..7fb3d28c0 100644
--- a/src/async_impl/response.rs
+++ b/src/async_impl/response.rs
@@ -240,6 +240,56 @@ impl Response {
         serde_json::from_slice(&full).map_err(crate::error::decode)
     }
 
+    /// Try to deserialize a single chunk of the request body as JSON.
+    ///
+    /// When the response body has been exhausted, this will return `Ok(None)`.
+    ///
+    /// # Optional
+    ///
+    /// This requires the optional `json` feature enabled.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// # extern crate reqwest;
+    /// # extern crate serde;
+    /// #
+    /// # use reqwest::Error;
+    /// # use serde::Deserialize;
+    /// #
+    /// // This `derive` requires the `serde` dependency.
+    /// #[derive(Deserialize)]
+    /// struct Ip {
+    ///     origin: String,
+    /// }
+    ///
+    /// # async fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    /// let mut res = reqwest::get("http://httpbin.org/ip").await?;
+    ///
+    /// while let Some(chunk) = res.json_chunk::<Ip>().await? {
+    ///     println!("Chunk: {:?}", chunk);
+    /// }
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// This method fails whenever the response chunk is not in JSON format
+    /// or it cannot be properly deserialized to target type `T`. For more
+    /// details please see [`serde_json::from_reader`].
+    ///
+    /// [`serde_json::from_reader`]: https://docs.serde.rs/serde_json/fn.from_reader.html
+    #[cfg(feature = "json")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "json")))]
+    pub async fn json_chunk<T: DeserializeOwned>(&mut self) -> crate::Result<Option<T>> {
+        if let Some(full) = self.chunk().await? {
+            Ok(Some(serde_json::from_slice(&full).map_err(crate::error::decode)?))
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Get the full response body as `Bytes`.
     ///
     /// # Example
diff --git a/src/blocking/response.rs b/src/blocking/response.rs
index 8d0e9b9cf..a0ddb2c16 100644
--- a/src/blocking/response.rs
+++ b/src/blocking/response.rs
@@ -244,6 +244,55 @@ impl Response {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Try to deserialize a single chunk of the request body as JSON.
+    ///
+    /// When the response body has been exhausted, this will return `Ok(None)`.
+    ///
+    /// # Optional
+    ///
+    /// This requires the optional `json` feature enabled.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```rust
+    /// # extern crate reqwest;
+    /// # extern crate serde;
+    /// #
+    /// # use reqwest::Error;
+    /// # use serde::Deserialize;
+    /// #
+    /// // This `derive` requires the `serde` dependency.
+    /// #[derive(Deserialize)]
+    /// struct Ip {
+    ///     origin: String,
+    /// }
+    ///
+    /// # fn run() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    /// let mut res = reqwest::blocking::get("http://httpbin.org/ip")?;
+    ///
+    /// while let Some(chunk) = res.json_chunk::<Ip>()? {
+    ///     println!("Chunk: {:?}", chunk);
+    /// }
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    ///
+    /// This method fails whenever the response chunk is not in JSON format
+    /// or it cannot be properly deserialized to target type `T`. For more
+    /// details please see [`serde_json::from_reader`].
+    ///
+    /// [`serde_json::from_reader`]: https://docs.serde.rs/serde_json/fn.from_reader.html
+    #[cfg(feature = "json")]
+    #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "json")))]
+    pub fn json_chunk<T: DeserializeOwned>(&mut self) -> crate::Result<Option<T>> {
+        wait::timeout(self.inner.json_chunk(), self.timeout).map_err(|e| match e {
+            wait::Waited::TimedOut(e) => crate::error::decode(e),
+            wait::Waited::Inner(e) => e,
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Get the full response body as `Bytes`.
     ///
     /// # Example
@@ -263,6 +312,29 @@ impl Response {
         })
     }
 
+    /// Stream a chunk of the response body.
+    ///
+    /// When the response body has been exhausted, this will return `None`.
+    ///
+    /// # Example
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # fn run() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
+    /// let mut res = reqwest::blocking::get("https://hyper.rs")?;
+    ///
+    /// while let Some(chunk) = res.chunk()? {
+    ///     println!("Chunk: {:?}", chunk);
+    /// }
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn chunk(&mut self) -> crate::Result<Option<Bytes>> {
+        wait::timeout(self.inner.chunk(), self.timeout).map_err(|e| match e {
+            wait::Waited::TimedOut(e) => crate::error::decode(e),
+            wait::Waited::Inner(e) => e,
+        })
+    }
+
     /// Get the response text.
     ///
     /// This method decodes the response body with BOM sniffing