diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java b/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java
index eef3d23..b8e42f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gaul/s3proxy/S3ProxyHandler.java
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.FilterInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.OutputStream;
 import java.io.PushbackInputStream;
 import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
 import java.io.Writer;
@@ -51,6 +50,9 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import javax.crypto.Mac;
 import javax.crypto.spec.SecretKeySpec;
+import javax.servlet.AsyncContext;
+import javax.servlet.ServletOutputStream;
+import javax.servlet.WriteListener;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 import javax.xml.stream.XMLOutputFactory;
@@ -1507,11 +1509,10 @@ public class S3ProxyHandler {
                     "bytes");
         }
 
-        try (InputStream is = blob.getPayload().openStream();
-             OutputStream os = response.getOutputStream()) {
-            ByteStreams.copy(is, os);
-            os.flush();
-        }
+        InputStream is = blob.getPayload().openStream();
+        ServletOutputStream sos = response.getOutputStream();
+        AsyncContext async = request.startAsync(request, response);
+        sos.setWriteListener(new StandardDataStream(async, is, sos));
     }
 
     private void handleCopyBlob(HttpServletRequest request,
@@ -1717,6 +1718,7 @@ public class S3ProxyHandler {
                 builder = builder.contentMD5(contentMD5);
             }
 
+            // TODO: needs async like handleGetBlob
             eTag = blobStore.putBlob(containerName, builder.build(),
                     options);
         } catch (HttpResponseException hre) {
@@ -2871,4 +2873,38 @@ public class S3ProxyHandler {
         }
         return true;
     }
+
+    private static final class StandardDataStream implements WriteListener {
+        private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(
+                StandardDataStream.class);
+
+        private final AsyncContext async;
+        private final InputStream is;
+        private final ServletOutputStream sos;
+
+        private StandardDataStream(AsyncContext async, InputStream is,
+                ServletOutputStream sos) {
+            this.async = async;
+            this.is = is;
+            this.sos = sos;
+        }
+
+        public void onWritePossible() throws IOException {
+            byte[] buffer = new byte[4096];
+            while (sos.isReady()) {
+                int len = is.read(buffer);
+                if (len < 0) {
+                    // TODO: does this close is and sos?
+                    async.complete();
+                    return;
+                }
+                sos.write(buffer, 0, len);
+            }
+        }
+
+        public void onError(Throwable t) {
+            logger.debug("Async Error", t);
+            async.complete();
+        }
+    }
 }