diff --git a/azure-functions-java-core-library/pom.xml b/azure-functions-java-core-library/pom.xml
index 3ce2b4c..0f67c68 100644
--- a/azure-functions-java-core-library/pom.xml
+++ b/azure-functions-java-core-library/pom.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
     <groupId>com.microsoft.azure.functions</groupId>
     <artifactId>azure-functions-java-core-library</artifactId>
-    <version>1.3.0</version>
+    <version>1.4.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <parent>
         <groupId>com.microsoft.maven</groupId>
diff --git a/azure-functions-java-core-library/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/HttpResponseMessage.java b/azure-functions-java-core-library/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/HttpResponseMessage.java
index 67961dd..96df286 100644
--- a/azure-functions-java-core-library/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/HttpResponseMessage.java
+++ b/azure-functions-java-core-library/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/HttpResponseMessage.java
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
 
 package com.microsoft.azure.functions;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+
 /**
  * An HttpResponseMessage instance is returned by Azure Functions methods that are triggered by an
  * {https://github.com/Azure/azure-functions-java-library/blob/dev/src/main/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/annotation/HttpTrigger.java}.
@@ -46,7 +50,25 @@ default int getStatusCode() {
      * @return the body of the HTTP response.
      */
     Object getBody();
-    
+
+    /**
+     * A consumer that may throw {@link IOException}, used by
+     * {@link Builder#bodyStream(IOConsumer)} for callback-driven response streaming.
+     *
+     * @param <T> the type of the input to the operation
+     * @since 1.4.0
+     */
+    @FunctionalInterface
+    interface IOConsumer<T> {
+        /**
+         * Performs this operation on the given argument.
+         *
+         * @param value the input argument
+         * @throws IOException if an I/O error occurs
+         */
+        void accept(T value) throws IOException;
+    }
+
     /**
      * A builder to create an instance of HttpResponseMessage 
      */
@@ -80,6 +102,49 @@ public interface Builder {
          */
         Builder body(Object body);
 
+        /**
+         * Streams the body of the HTTP response from an {@link InputStream}. The
+         * stream is read by the Functions runtime and copied to the response body
+         * without buffering the entire payload in memory; suitable for large
+         * payloads or content of unknown length.
+         *
+         * <p>The stream is closed by the runtime after the response has been
+         * sent. Implementations should not assume the stream supports
+         * {@code mark}/{@code reset}.</p>
+         *
+         * <p>This is a typed alias for {@link #body(Object)} that signals to the
+         * runtime to use the streaming write path.</p>
+         *
+         * @param stream the input stream to stream as the response body
+         * @return this builder
+         * @since 1.4.0
+         */
+        default Builder bodyStream(InputStream stream) {
+            return body(stream);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Streams the body of the HTTP response via a writer callback. The
+         * Functions runtime invokes the callback with the response
+         * {@link OutputStream} once response headers have been sent; the
+         * function writes its content to the stream and returns. The runtime
+         * flushes and closes the stream when the callback returns.
+         *
+         * <p>Use this overload for server-sent events, chunked responses, or
+         * any payload that is more naturally produced incrementally than
+         * materialized as a single {@code byte[]} or {@code InputStream}.</p>
+         *
+         * <p>This is a typed alias for {@link #body(Object)} that signals to the
+         * runtime to use the streaming write path.</p>
+         *
+         * @param writer callback invoked with the response output stream
+         * @return this builder
+         * @since 1.4.0
+         */
+        default Builder bodyStream(IOConsumer<OutputStream> writer) {
+            return body(writer);
+        }
+
         /**
          * Creates an instance of HttpMessageResponse with the values configured in this builder.
          * 
diff --git a/azure-functions-java-core-library/src/test/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/HttpResponseMessageBuilderTest.java b/azure-functions-java-core-library/src/test/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/HttpResponseMessageBuilderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4e97385
--- /dev/null
+++ b/azure-functions-java-core-library/src/test/java/com/microsoft/azure/functions/HttpResponseMessageBuilderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+ * Licensed under the MIT License. See License.txt in the project root for
+ * license information.
+ */
+
+package com.microsoft.azure.functions;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import com.microsoft.azure.functions.HttpResponseMessage.Builder;
+import com.microsoft.azure.functions.HttpResponseMessage.IOConsumer;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Verifies the default {@code bodyStream} overloads on
+ * {@link HttpResponseMessage.Builder} delegate to {@link Builder#body(Object)}
+ * with the original object reference preserved, so the runtime can
+ * type-dispatch on it.
+ */
+public class HttpResponseMessageBuilderTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void bodyStreamInputStreamDelegatesToBody() {
+        RecordingBuilder builder = new RecordingBuilder();
+        InputStream stream = new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[]{1, 2, 3});
+
+        Builder returned = builder.bodyStream(stream);
+
+        assertSame("bodyStream should be a fluent builder", builder, returned);
+        assertSame("bodyStream(InputStream) must pass the stream through to body(Object) unchanged",
+            stream, builder.lastBody);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void bodyStreamConsumerDelegatesToBody() {
+        RecordingBuilder builder = new RecordingBuilder();
+        IOConsumer<OutputStream> writer = os -> os.write(42);
+
+        Builder returned = builder.bodyStream(writer);
+
+        assertSame(builder, returned);
+        assertSame("bodyStream(IOConsumer<OutputStream>) must pass the writer through to body(Object) unchanged",
+            writer, builder.lastBody);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ioConsumerPropagatesIOException() {
+        IOConsumer<OutputStream> writer = os -> {
+            throw new IOException("disk full");
+        };
+
+        try {
+            writer.accept(new ByteArrayOutputStream());
+            fail("Expected IOException");
+        } catch (IOException ex) {
+            assertEquals("disk full", ex.getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void ioConsumerExecutesNormally() throws Exception {
+        IOConsumer<OutputStream> writer = os -> os.write("hi".getBytes("UTF-8"));
+        ByteArrayOutputStream sink = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        writer.accept(sink);
+        assertEquals("hi", new String(sink.toByteArray(), "UTF-8"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void bodyStreamRetainsAllOtherBuilderState() {
+        RecordingBuilder builder = new RecordingBuilder();
+        builder.status(HttpStatus.ACCEPTED)
+               .header("X-Test", "1")
+               .bodyStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(new byte[0]));
+
+        assertEquals(HttpStatus.ACCEPTED, builder.lastStatus);
+        assertEquals("1", builder.headers.get("X-Test"));
+    }
+
+    /** Minimal in-memory Builder that records the last body passed in. */
+    private static final class RecordingBuilder implements Builder {
+        Object lastBody;
+        HttpStatusType lastStatus;
+        Map<String, String> headers = new HashMap<>();
+
+        @Override
+        public Builder status(HttpStatusType status) {
+            this.lastStatus = status;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Builder header(String key, String value) {
+            this.headers.put(key, value);
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public Builder body(Object body) {
+            this.lastBody = body;
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public HttpResponseMessage build() {
+            // Tests inspect builder state directly; no need to materialize a response.
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+}