diff --git a/tonic/src/body.rs b/tonic/src/body.rs
index 19f01c3..64b3808 100644
--- a/tonic/src/body.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/body.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use crate::{Code, Status};
 use bytes::{Bytes, IntoBuf};
-use futures_core::TryStream;
+use futures_core::Stream;
 use futures_util::{ready, TryStreamExt};
 use http::HeaderMap;
 use http_body::Body;
@@ -13,9 +13,18 @@ pub struct AsyncBody<S> {
     error: Option<Status>,
 }
 
+impl<S> AsyncBody<S>
+where
+    S: Stream<Item = Result<crate::body::BytesBuf, Status>> + Unpin,
+{
+    pub fn new(inner: S) -> Self {
+        Self { inner, error: None }
+    }
+}
+
 impl<S> Body for AsyncBody<S>
 where
-    S: TryStream<Ok = BytesBuf, Error = Status> + Unpin,
+    S: Stream<Item = Result<crate::body::BytesBuf, Status>> + Unpin,
 {
     type Data = BytesBuf;
     type Error = Status;
diff --git a/tonic/src/lib.rs b/tonic/src/lib.rs
index 90c8a0d..b59cebf 100644
--- a/tonic/src/lib.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/lib.rs
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ pub use response::Response;
 pub use status::{Code, Status};
 pub use tonic_macros::server;
 
+pub(crate) use error::Error;
+
 use std::future::Future;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
diff --git a/tonic/src/server/mod.rs b/tonic/src/server/mod.rs
index 141c468..59336e0 100644
--- a/tonic/src/server/mod.rs
+++ b/tonic/src/server/mod.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
-use crate::{Request, Response, Status};
+#![allow(dead_code)]
+
+use crate::{Code, Request, Response, Status};
 use async_stream::stream;
-use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut, IntoBuf};
-use futures_core::TryStream;
-use futures_util::{stream, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use bytes::{Buf, BufMut, Bytes, BytesMut, IntoBuf};
+use futures_core::{Stream, TryStream};
+use futures_util::{future, stream, StreamExt, TryStreamExt};
+use http_body::Body;
 use std::future::Future;
 use tokio_codec::{Decoder, Encoder};
 use tower_service::Service;
-
-#[allow(dead_code)]
-type Result<T> = std::result::Result<Response<T>, Status>;
+use tracing::{debug, trace};
 
 pub trait Codec {
     type Encode;
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ pub trait Codec {
 }
 
 pub struct Encode<T, U> {
-    inner: T,
+    encoder: T,
     source: U,
 }
 
@@ -25,19 +26,19 @@ where
     T: Encoder,
     U: TryStream<Ok = T::Item, Error = Status> + Unpin,
 {
-    pub fn new(inner: T, source: U) -> Self {
-        Encode { inner, source }
+    pub fn new(encoder: T, source: U) -> Self {
+        Encode { encoder, source }
     }
 
     pub fn encode<'a>(
         &'a mut self,
         buf: &'a mut BytesMut,
-    ) -> impl TryStream<Ok = crate::body::BytesBuf, Error = Status> + 'a {
+    ) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<crate::body::BytesBuf, Status>> + 'a {
         stream! {
             loop {
                 match self.source.try_next().await {
                     Ok(Some(item)) => {
-                        self.inner.encode(item, buf).map_err(drop).unwrap();
+                        self.encoder.encode(item, buf).map_err(drop).unwrap();
                         let len = buf.len();
                         yield Ok(buf.split_to(len).freeze().into_buf());
                     },
@@ -49,17 +50,135 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+pub struct Streaming<T> {
+    decoder: T,
+    buf: BytesMut,
+    state: State,
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum State {
+    ReadHeader,
+    ReadBody { compression: bool, len: usize },
+    Done,
+}
+
+impl<T> Streaming<T>
+where
+    T: Decoder,
+    T::Item: Unpin + 'static,
+{
+    pub fn decode<'a, B>(
+        &'a mut self,
+        source: &'a mut B,
+    ) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<T::Item, Status>> + 'a
+    where
+        B: Body,
+        B::Error: Into<crate::Error>,
+    {
+        stream! {
+            loop {
+                // TODO: use try_stream! and ?
+                if let Some(item) = self.decode_chunk().unwrap() {
+                    yield Ok(item);
+                }
+
+                let chunk = match future::poll_fn(|cx| source.poll_data(cx)).await {
+                    Some(Ok(d)) => Some(d),
+                    Some(Err(e)) => {
+                        let err = e.into();
+                        debug!("decoder inner stream error: {:?}", err);
+                        let status = Status::from_error(&*err);
+                        yield Err(status);
+                        break;
+                    },
+                    None => None,
+                };
+
+                if let Some(data)= chunk {
+                    self.buf.put(data);
+                } else {
+                    if self.buf.has_remaining_mut() {
+                        trace!("unexpected EOF decoding stream");
+                        yield Err(Status::new(
+                            Code::Internal,
+                            "Unexpected EOF decoding stream.".to_string(),
+                        ));
+                    } else {
+                        break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn decode_chunk(&mut self) -> Result<Option<T::Item>, Status> {
+        let buf = (&self.buf).into_buf();
+
+        if let State::ReadHeader = self.state {
+            if buf.remaining() < 5 {
+                return Ok(None);
+            }
+
+            let is_compressed = match buf.get_u8() {
+                0 => false,
+                1 => {
+                    trace!("message compressed, compression not supported yet");
+                    return Err(crate::Status::new(
+                        crate::Code::Unimplemented,
+                        "Message compressed, compression not supported yet.".to_string(),
+                    ));
+                }
+                f => {
+                    trace!("unexpected compression flag");
+                    return Err(crate::Status::new(
+                        crate::Code::Internal,
+                        format!("Unexpected compression flag: {}", f),
+                    ));
+                }
+            };
+            let len = (&self.buf[..]).into_buf().get_u32_be() as usize;
+
+            self.state = State::ReadBody {
+                compression: is_compressed,
+                len,
+            }
+        }
+
+        if let State::ReadBody { len, .. } = self.state {
+            if buf.remaining() < len {
+                return Ok(None);
+            }
+
+            match self.decoder.decode(&mut self.buf) {
+                Ok(Some(msg)) => {
+                    self.state = State::ReadHeader;
+                    return Ok(Some(msg));
+                }
+                Err(e) => {
+                    return Err(e);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        Ok(None)
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::body::AsyncBody;
     use crate::server::Encode;
-    use bytes::Bytes;
+    use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
     use tokio_codec::BytesCodec;
 
     #[test]
     fn body() {
         let stream = futures_util::stream::iter(vec![Ok(Bytes::new())]);
-        let encode = Encode::new(BytesCodec::new(), stream);
+        let mut encode = Encode::new(BytesCodec::new(), stream);
+
+        let mut buf = BytesMut::with_capacity(1024);
+        AsyncBody::new(Box::pin(encode.encode(&mut buf)));
     }
 }