diff --git a/client/rpc_codec.go b/client/rpc_codec.go
index fd5df68b..74f6c4f2 100644
--- a/client/rpc_codec.go
+++ b/client/rpc_codec.go
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ func newRpcPlusCodec(req *transport.Message, client transport.Client, c codec.Ne
 }
 
 func (c *rpcPlusCodec) WriteRequest(req *request, body interface{}) error {
+	c.buf.wbuf.Reset()
 	m := &codec.Message{
 		Id:      req.Seq,
 		Target:  req.Service,
diff --git a/client/rpc_stream.go b/client/rpc_stream.go
index 0932539a..837b97d2 100644
--- a/client/rpc_stream.go
+++ b/client/rpc_stream.go
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ func (r *rpcStream) Send(msg interface{}) error {
 		r.err = err
 		return err
 	}
-
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/client/main.go b/examples/client/main.go
index 5fea7647..c57de979 100644
--- a/examples/client/main.go
+++ b/examples/client/main.go
@@ -54,8 +54,9 @@ func call(i int) {
 	fmt.Println("Call:", i, "rsp:", rsp.Msg)
 }
 
-func stream() {
+func stream(i int) {
 	// Create new request to service go.micro.srv.example, method Example.Call
+	// Request can be empty as its actually ignored and merely used to call the handler
 	req := client.NewRequest("go.micro.srv.example", "Example.Stream", &example.StreamingRequest{})
 
 	stream, err := client.Stream(context.Background(), req)
@@ -63,7 +64,10 @@ func stream() {
 		fmt.Println("err:", err)
 		return
 	}
-
+	if err := stream.Send(&example.StreamingRequest{Count: int64(i)}); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("err:", err)
+		return
+	}
 	for stream.Error() == nil {
 		rsp := &example.StreamingResponse{}
 		err := stream.Recv(rsp)
@@ -84,6 +88,41 @@ func stream() {
 	}
 }
 
+func pingPong(i int) {
+	// Create new request to service go.micro.srv.example, method Example.Call
+	// Request can be empty as its actually ignored and merely used to call the handler
+	req := client.NewRequest("go.micro.srv.example", "Example.PingPong", &example.StreamingRequest{})
+
+	stream, err := client.Stream(context.Background(), req)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("err:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	for j := 0; j < i; j++ {
+		if err := stream.Send(&example.Ping{Stroke: int64(j)}); err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("err:", err)
+			return
+		}
+		rsp := &example.Pong{}
+		err := stream.Recv(rsp)
+		if err != nil {
+			fmt.Println("recv err", err)
+			break
+		}
+		fmt.Printf("Sent ping %v got pong %v\n", j, rsp.Stroke)
+	}
+
+	if stream.Error() != nil {
+		fmt.Println("stream err:", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	if err := stream.Close(); err != nil {
+		fmt.Println("stream close err:", err)
+	}
+}
+
 func main() {
 	cmd.Init()
 	//	fmt.Println("\n--- Call example ---\n")
@@ -91,8 +130,11 @@ func main() {
 	//		call(i)
 	//	}
 
-	fmt.Println("\n--- Streamer example ---\n")
-	stream()
+	//	fmt.Println("\n--- Streamer example ---\n")
+	//	stream(10)
+
+	fmt.Println("\n--- Ping Pong example ---\n")
+	pingPong(10)
 
 	//	fmt.Println("\n--- Publisher example ---\n")
 	//	pub()
diff --git a/examples/server/handler/example.go b/examples/server/handler/example.go
index 05ebbff5..d109ac60 100644
--- a/examples/server/handler/example.go
+++ b/examples/server/handler/example.go
@@ -42,3 +42,17 @@ func (e *Example) Stream(ctx context.Context, stream server.Streamer) error {
 
 	return nil
 }
+
+func (e *Example) PingPong(ctx context.Context, stream server.Streamer) error {
+	for {
+		req := &example.Ping{}
+		if err := stream.Recv(req); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		log.Infof("Got ping %v", req.Stroke)
+		if err := stream.Send(&example.Pong{Stroke: req.Stroke}); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/examples/server/proto/example/example.pb.go b/examples/server/proto/example/example.pb.go
index 5c7faae9..eed8ea2c 100644
--- a/examples/server/proto/example/example.pb.go
+++ b/examples/server/proto/example/example.pb.go
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ It has these top-level messages:
 	Response
 	StreamingRequest
 	StreamingResponse
+	Ping
+	Pong
 */
 package go_micro_srv_example
 
@@ -77,12 +79,32 @@ func (m *StreamingResponse) String() string            { return proto.CompactTex
 func (*StreamingResponse) ProtoMessage()               {}
 func (*StreamingResponse) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{4} }
 
+type Ping struct {
+	Stroke int64 `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=stroke" json:"stroke,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *Ping) Reset()                    { *m = Ping{} }
+func (m *Ping) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*Ping) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*Ping) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{5} }
+
+type Pong struct {
+	Stroke int64 `protobuf:"varint,1,opt,name=stroke" json:"stroke,omitempty"`
+}
+
+func (m *Pong) Reset()                    { *m = Pong{} }
+func (m *Pong) String() string            { return proto.CompactTextString(m) }
+func (*Pong) ProtoMessage()               {}
+func (*Pong) Descriptor() ([]byte, []int) { return fileDescriptor0, []int{6} }
+
 func init() {
 	proto.RegisterType((*Message)(nil), "go.micro.srv.example.Message")
 	proto.RegisterType((*Request)(nil), "go.micro.srv.example.Request")
 	proto.RegisterType((*Response)(nil), "go.micro.srv.example.Response")
 	proto.RegisterType((*StreamingRequest)(nil), "go.micro.srv.example.StreamingRequest")
 	proto.RegisterType((*StreamingResponse)(nil), "go.micro.srv.example.StreamingResponse")
+	proto.RegisterType((*Ping)(nil), "go.micro.srv.example.Ping")
+	proto.RegisterType((*Pong)(nil), "go.micro.srv.example.Pong")
 }
 
 // Reference imports to suppress errors if they are not otherwise used.
@@ -95,6 +117,7 @@ var _ server.Option
 type ExampleClient interface {
 	Call(ctx context.Context, in *Request, opts ...client.CallOption) (*Response, error)
 	Stream(ctx context.Context, in *StreamingRequest, opts ...client.CallOption) (Example_StreamClient, error)
+	PingPong(ctx context.Context, in *Ping, opts ...client.CallOption) (Example_PingPongClient, error)
 }
 
 type exampleClient struct {
@@ -152,11 +175,44 @@ func (x *exampleStreamClient) RecvMsg() (*StreamingResponse, error) {
 	return m, nil
 }
 
+func (c *exampleClient) PingPong(ctx context.Context, in *Ping, opts ...client.CallOption) (Example_PingPongClient, error) {
+	req := c.c.NewRequest(c.serviceName, "Example.PingPong", in)
+	stream, err := c.c.Stream(ctx, req, opts...)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return &examplePingPongClient{stream}, nil
+}
+
+type Example_PingPongClient interface {
+	SendMsg(*Ping) error
+	RecvMsg() (*Pong, error)
+	client.Streamer
+}
+
+type examplePingPongClient struct {
+	client.Streamer
+}
+
+func (x *examplePingPongClient) SendMsg(m *Ping) error {
+	return x.Send(m)
+}
+
+func (x *examplePingPongClient) RecvMsg() (*Pong, error) {
+	m := new(Pong)
+	err := x.Recv(m)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return m, nil
+}
+
 // Server API for Example service
 
 type ExampleHandler interface {
 	Call(context.Context, *Request, *Response) error
 	Stream(context.Context, func(*StreamingResponse) error) error
+	PingPong(context.Context, func(*Pong) error) error
 }
 
 func RegisterExampleHandler(s server.Server, hdlr ExampleHandler) {
@@ -164,20 +220,22 @@ func RegisterExampleHandler(s server.Server, hdlr ExampleHandler) {
 }
 
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-	0xbf, 0x5f, 0x99, 0x01, 0x00, 0x00,
+	// 270 bytes of a gzipped FileDescriptorProto
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 }
diff --git a/examples/server/proto/example/example.proto b/examples/server/proto/example/example.proto
index b7dd8748..48c687e4 100644
--- a/examples/server/proto/example/example.proto
+++ b/examples/server/proto/example/example.proto
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ package go.micro.srv.example;
 service Example {
 	rpc Call(Request) returns (Response) {}
 	rpc Stream(StreamingRequest) returns (stream StreamingResponse) {}
+	rpc PingPong(stream Ping) returns (stream Pong) {}
 }
 
 message Message {
@@ -26,3 +27,11 @@ message StreamingRequest {
 message StreamingResponse {
 	int64 count = 1;
 }
+
+message Ping {
+	int64 stroke = 1;
+}
+
+message Pong {
+	int64 stroke = 1;
+}
diff --git a/server/rpc_codec.go b/server/rpc_codec.go
index 3aeb963f..69987924 100644
--- a/server/rpc_codec.go
+++ b/server/rpc_codec.go
@@ -60,9 +60,20 @@ func newRpcPlusCodec(req *transport.Message, socket transport.Socket, c codec.Ne
 	return r
 }
 
-func (c *rpcPlusCodec) ReadRequestHeader(r *request) error {
-	m := codec.Message{
-		Headers: c.req.Header,
+func (c *rpcPlusCodec) ReadRequestHeader(r *request, first bool) error {
+	m := codec.Message{Headers: c.req.Header}
+
+	if !first {
+		var tm transport.Message
+		if err := c.socket.Recv(&tm); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+		c.buf.rbuf.Reset()
+		if _, err := c.buf.rbuf.Write(tm.Body); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		m.Headers = tm.Header
 	}
 
 	err := c.codec.ReadHeader(&m, codec.Request)
diff --git a/server/rpc_stream.go b/server/rpc_stream.go
index 060585a6..1819c011 100644
--- a/server/rpc_stream.go
+++ b/server/rpc_stream.go
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ func (r *rpcStream) Recv(msg interface{}) error {
 
 	req := request{}
 
-	if err := r.codec.ReadRequestHeader(&req); err != nil {
+	if err := r.codec.ReadRequestHeader(&req, false); err != nil {
 		// discard body
 		r.codec.ReadRequestBody(nil)
 		return err
diff --git a/server/rpcplus_server.go b/server/rpcplus_server.go
index ff808444..2a270a7a 100644
--- a/server/rpcplus_server.go
+++ b/server/rpcplus_server.go
@@ -389,7 +389,6 @@ func (server *server) readRequest(codec serverCodec) (service *service, mtype *m
 		codec.ReadRequestBody(nil)
 		return
 	}
-
 	// is it a streaming request? then we don't read the body
 	if mtype.stream {
 		codec.ReadRequestBody(nil)
@@ -421,7 +420,7 @@ func (server *server) readRequest(codec serverCodec) (service *service, mtype *m
 func (server *server) readRequestHeader(codec serverCodec) (service *service, mtype *methodType, req *request, keepReading bool, err error) {
 	// Grab the request header.
 	req = server.getRequest()
-	err = codec.ReadRequestHeader(req)
+	err = codec.ReadRequestHeader(req, true)
 	if err != nil {
 		req = nil
 		if err == io.EOF || err == io.ErrUnexpectedEOF {
@@ -456,7 +455,7 @@ func (server *server) readRequestHeader(codec serverCodec) (service *service, mt
 }
 
 type serverCodec interface {
-	ReadRequestHeader(*request) error
+	ReadRequestHeader(*request, bool) error
 	ReadRequestBody(interface{}) error
 	WriteResponse(*response, interface{}, bool) error
 
diff --git a/transport/http_transport.go b/transport/http_transport.go
index 91527e57..c2a2d770 100644
--- a/transport/http_transport.go
+++ b/transport/http_transport.go
@@ -23,16 +23,21 @@ type httpTransportClient struct {
 	addr     string
 	conn     net.Conn
 	dialOpts dialOptions
-	r        chan *http.Request
 	once     sync.Once
 
 	sync.Mutex
+	r    chan *http.Request
+	bl   []*http.Request
 	buff *bufio.Reader
 }
 
 type httpTransportSocket struct {
-	r    *http.Request
+	r    chan *http.Request
 	conn net.Conn
+	once sync.Once
+
+	sync.Mutex
+	buff *bufio.Reader
 }
 
 type httpTransportListener struct {
@@ -68,7 +73,14 @@ func (h *httpTransportClient) Send(m *Message) error {
 		Host:          h.addr,
 	}
 
-	h.r <- req
+	h.Lock()
+	h.bl = append(h.bl, req)
+	select {
+	case h.r <- h.bl[0]:
+		h.bl = h.bl[1:]
+	default:
+	}
+	h.Unlock()
 
 	return req.Write(h.conn)
 }
@@ -134,17 +146,23 @@ func (h *httpTransportSocket) Recv(m *Message) error {
 		return errors.New("message passed in is nil")
 	}
 
-	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(h.r.Body)
+	r, err := http.ReadRequest(h.buff)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	h.r.Body.Close()
+
+	b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(r.Body)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	r.Body.Close()
+
 	mr := &Message{
 		Header: make(map[string]string),
 		Body:   b,
 	}
 
-	for k, v := range h.r.Header {
+	for k, v := range r.Header {
 		if len(v) > 0 {
 			mr.Header[k] = v[0]
 		} else {
@@ -152,6 +170,11 @@ func (h *httpTransportSocket) Recv(m *Message) error {
 		}
 	}
 
+	select {
+	case h.r <- r:
+	default:
+	}
+
 	*m = *mr
 	return nil
 }
@@ -159,8 +182,11 @@ func (h *httpTransportSocket) Recv(m *Message) error {
 func (h *httpTransportSocket) Send(m *Message) error {
 	b := bytes.NewBuffer(m.Body)
 	defer b.Reset()
+
+	r := <-h.r
+
 	rsp := &http.Response{
-		Header:        h.r.Header,
+		Header:        r.Header,
 		Body:          &buffer{b},
 		Status:        "200 OK",
 		StatusCode:    200,
@@ -174,6 +200,11 @@ func (h *httpTransportSocket) Send(m *Message) error {
 		rsp.Header.Set(k, v)
 	}
 
+	select {
+	case h.r <- r:
+	default:
+	}
+
 	return rsp.Write(h.conn)
 }
 
@@ -199,7 +230,14 @@ func (h *httpTransportSocket) error(m *Message) error {
 }
 
 func (h *httpTransportSocket) Close() error {
-	return h.conn.Close()
+	err := h.conn.Close()
+	h.once.Do(func() {
+		h.Lock()
+		h.buff.Reset(nil)
+		h.buff = nil
+		h.Unlock()
+	})
+	return err
 }
 
 func (h *httpTransportListener) Addr() string {
@@ -211,18 +249,19 @@ func (h *httpTransportListener) Close() error {
 }
 
 func (h *httpTransportListener) Accept(fn func(Socket)) error {
-	srv := &http.Server{
-		Handler: http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-			conn, _, err := w.(http.Hijacker).Hijack()
-			if err != nil {
-				return
-			}
+	for {
+		c, err := h.listener.Accept()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 
-			sock := &httpTransportSocket{
-				conn: conn,
-				r:    r,
-			}
+		sock := &httpTransportSocket{
+			conn: c,
+			buff: bufio.NewReader(c),
+			r:    make(chan *http.Request, 1),
+		}
 
+		go func() {
 			// TODO: think of a better error response strategy
 			defer func() {
 				if r := recover(); r != nil {
@@ -231,10 +270,9 @@ func (h *httpTransportListener) Accept(fn func(Socket)) error {
 			}()
 
 			fn(sock)
-		}),
+		}()
 	}
-
-	return srv.Serve(h.listener)
+	return nil
 }
 
 func (h *httpTransport) Dial(addr string, opts ...DialOption) (Client, error) {