diff --git a/pkg/client/request.go b/pkg/client/request.go
index 2aceb7ae479..31a09e71d93 100644
--- a/pkg/client/request.go
+++ b/pkg/client/request.go
@@ -269,6 +269,26 @@ func (r *Request) Watch() (watch.Interface, error) {
 	return watch.NewStreamWatcher(tools.NewAPIEventDecoder(response.Body)), nil
 }
 
+// Stream formats and executes the request, and offers streaming of the response.
+// Returns io.ReadCloser which could be used for streaming of the response, or an error
+func (r *Request) Stream() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	if r.err != nil {
+		return nil, r.err
+	}
+	req, err := http.NewRequest(r.verb, r.finalURL(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if r.c.auth != nil {
+		req.SetBasicAuth(r.c.auth.User, r.c.auth.Password)
+	}
+	response, err := r.c.httpClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return response.Body, nil
+}
+
 // Do formats and executes the request. Returns the API object received, or an error.
 func (r *Request) Do() Result {
 	for {
diff --git a/pkg/client/request_test.go b/pkg/client/request_test.go
index 904706bc092..c682b78fdb2 100644
--- a/pkg/client/request_test.go
+++ b/pkg/client/request_test.go
@@ -434,3 +434,37 @@ func TestWatch(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("Unexpected non-close")
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStream(t *testing.T) {
+	auth := AuthInfo{User: "user", Password: "pass"}
+	expectedBody := "expected body"
+
+	testServer := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		checkAuth(t, auth, r)
+		flusher, ok := w.(http.Flusher)
+		if !ok {
+			panic("need flusher!")
+		}
+		w.Header().Set("Transfer-Encoding", "chunked")
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+		w.Write([]byte(expectedBody))
+		flusher.Flush()
+	}))
+
+	c, err := New(testServer.URL, "v1beta1", &auth)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	readCloser, err := c.Get().Path("path/to/stream/thing").Stream()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("unexpected error: %v", err)
+	}
+	defer readCloser.Close()
+	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	buf.ReadFrom(readCloser)
+	resultBody := buf.String()
+
+	if expectedBody != resultBody {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %s, got %s", expectedBody, resultBody)
+	}
+}