diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 04b5ba0a..142cc258 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 /.settings
 .classpath
 .project
+/nb-configuration.xml
diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index e92232a6..8fb076a8 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 
 Java 8 is now the minimum java version the servlet works with.
 
+Servlet API 3.1.0 is now the minimum servlet API supported.
+
 \#158: More extension points RE HttpClient building and cookies.
 Thanks Mark Michaelis.
 
+\#176: Flush chunked responses to support Server Sent Events (SSE).
+Thanks Matthias Bläsing
+
 # Version 1.11 2019-01-12
 
 \#155: Add OSGI manifiest headers.
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index e3ee7fb7..c7431f66 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -58,11 +58,11 @@
 
   <dependencies>
 
-    <!-- FYI tomcat 5.5 & beyond -->
+    <!-- Probably works with 3.0 as well -->
     <dependency>
       <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
       <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
-      <version>3.0.1</version>
+      <version>3.1.0</version>
       <scope>provided</scope>
     </dependency>
 
@@ -100,6 +100,13 @@
       <version>1.2.17</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.eclipse.jetty</groupId>
+      <artifactId>jetty-servlet</artifactId>
+      <version>9.4.30.v20200611</version>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/mitre/dsmiley/httpproxy/ProxyServlet.java b/src/main/java/org/mitre/dsmiley/httpproxy/ProxyServlet.java
index 36833cab..3d47332d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/mitre/dsmiley/httpproxy/ProxyServlet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/mitre/dsmiley/httpproxy/ProxyServlet.java
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.net.HttpCookie;
 import java.net.URI;
@@ -635,8 +636,26 @@ protected void copyResponseEntity(HttpResponse proxyResponse, HttpServletRespons
           throws IOException {
     HttpEntity entity = proxyResponse.getEntity();
     if (entity != null) {
-      OutputStream servletOutputStream = servletResponse.getOutputStream();
-      entity.writeTo(servletOutputStream);
+      if (entity.isChunked()) {
+        // Flush intermediate results before blocking on input -- needed for SSE
+        InputStream is = entity.getContent();
+        try {
+          byte[] buffer = new byte[10 * 1024];
+          int read;
+          OutputStream os = servletResponse.getOutputStream();
+          while ((read = is.read(buffer)) != -1) {
+            os.write(buffer, 0, read);
+            if (is.available() == 0) { // next is.read will block
+              os.flush();
+            }
+          }
+        } finally {
+          closeQuietly(is);
+        }
+      } else {
+        OutputStream servletOutputStream = servletResponse.getOutputStream();
+        entity.writeTo(servletOutputStream);
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/mitre/dsmiley/httpproxy/ChunkedTransferTest.java b/src/test/java/org/mitre/dsmiley/httpproxy/ChunkedTransferTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02e00abe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/org/mitre/dsmiley/httpproxy/ChunkedTransferTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 Matthias Bläsing.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.mitre.dsmiley.httpproxy;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.concurrent.CountDownLatch;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+import javax.servlet.ServletException;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.server.ServerConnector;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler;
+import org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHolder;
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+public class ChunkedTransferTest {
+
+  private Server server;
+  private ServletHandler servletHandler;
+  private int serverPort;
+
+  @Before
+  public void setUp() throws Exception {
+    server = new Server(0);
+    servletHandler = new ServletHandler();
+    server.setHandler(servletHandler);
+    server.start();
+
+    serverPort = ((ServerConnector) server.getConnectors()[0]).getLocalPort();
+  }
+
+  @After
+  public void tearDown() throws Exception {
+    server.stop();
+    serverPort = -1;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testChunkedTransfer() throws Exception {
+    /*
+     Check that proxy requests are not buffered in the ProxyServlet, but
+     immediately flushed. The test works by creating a servlet, that writes
+     the first message and flushes the outputstream, further processing
+     is blocked by a count down latch.
+
+     The client now reads the first message. The message must be completely
+     received and further data must not be present.
+
+     After the first message is consumed, the CountDownLatch is released and
+     the second messsage is expected. This in turn must be completely be read.
+
+     If the CountDownLatch is not released, it will timeout and the second
+     message will not be send.
+     */
+
+    final CountDownLatch guardForSecondRead = new CountDownLatch(1);
+    final byte[] data1 = "event: message\ndata: Dummy Data1\n\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+    final byte[] data2 = "event: message\ndata: Dummy Data2\n\n".getBytes(StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+    ServletHolder servletHolder = servletHandler.addServletWithMapping(ProxyServlet.class, "/chatProxied/*");
+    servletHolder.setInitParameter(ProxyServlet.P_LOG, "true");
+    servletHolder.setInitParameter(ProxyServlet.P_TARGET_URI, String.format("http://localhost:%d/chat/", serverPort));
+
+    ServletHolder dummyBackend = new ServletHolder(new HttpServlet() {
+      @Override
+      protected void doGet(HttpServletRequest req, HttpServletResponse resp) throws ServletException, IOException {
+        resp.setContentType("text/event-stream");
+        OutputStream os = resp.getOutputStream();
+        // Write first message for client and flush it out
+        os.write(data1);
+        os.flush();
+        try {
+          // Wait for client to request the second message by counting down the
+          // latch - if the latch times out, the second message will not be
+          // send and the corresponding assert will fail
+          if (guardForSecondRead.await(10, TimeUnit.SECONDS)) {
+            os.write(data2);
+            os.flush();
+          }
+        } catch (InterruptedException ex) {
+          throw new IOException(ex);
+        }
+      }
+    });
+    servletHandler.addServletWithMapping(dummyBackend, "/chat/*");
+
+    URL url = new URL(String.format("http://localhost:%d/chatProxied/test", serverPort));
+
+    try (InputStream is = url.openStream()) {
+      byte[] readData = readUntilBlocked(is);
+      assertTrue("No data received (message1)", readData.length > 0);
+      assertArrayEquals("Received data: '" + toString(readData) + "'  (message1)", data1, readData);
+      guardForSecondRead.countDown();
+      readData = readUntilBlocked(is);
+      assertTrue("No data received  (message2)", readData.length > 0);
+      assertArrayEquals("Received data: '" + toString(readData) + "'  (message2)", data2, readData);
+    }
+  }
+
+  private static String toString(byte[] data) {
+    return new String(data, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+  }
+
+  private static byte[] readUntilBlocked(InputStream is) throws IOException {
+    ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    byte[] buffer = new byte[10 * 1024];
+    do {
+      int read = is.read(buffer);
+      if (read >= 0) {
+        baos.write(buffer, 0, read);
+      } else {
+        break;
+      }
+    } while (is.available() > 0);
+    return baos.toByteArray();
+  }
+}