diff --git a/pkg/apiserver/proxy.go b/pkg/apiserver/proxy.go
index a8abe07826a..879a88819fb 100644
--- a/pkg/apiserver/proxy.go
+++ b/pkg/apiserver/proxy.go
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import (
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
 	"strings"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/pkg/httplog"
@@ -137,6 +138,7 @@ func (r *ProxyHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 		proxyHost:        req.URL.Host,
 		proxyPathPrepend: path.Join(r.prefix, resourceName, id),
 	}
+	proxy.FlushInterval = 200 * time.Millisecond
 	proxy.ServeHTTP(w, newReq)
 }