diff --git a/actix-http/src/body/channel.rs b/actix-http/src/body/channel.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f6b821733
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix-http/src/body/channel.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,176 @@
+use bytes::Bytes;
+use std::{error::Error as StdError, task::Poll};
+use tokio::sync::mpsc::{error::SendError, UnboundedReceiver, UnboundedSender};
+
+use super::{BodySize, MessageBody};
+/// Returns a sender half and a receiver half that can be used as a body type.
+///
+/// # Examples
+/// ```
+/// use actix_web::{HttpResponse, web};
+/// use std::convert::Infallible;
+/// use actix_web::body::channel;
+///
+/// #[actix_rt::main]
+/// async fn main() {
+/// let (mut body_tx, body) = channel::<Infallible>();
+///
+/// let _ = web::block(move || {
+///     body_tx.send(web::Bytes::from_static(b"body from another thread")).unwrap();
+/// });
+///
+///
+///  HttpResponse::Ok().body(body);
+///  }
+/// ```
+pub fn channel<T: Into<Box<dyn StdError>>>() -> (Sender<T>, Receiver<T>) {
+    let (tx, rx) = tokio::sync::mpsc::unbounded_channel();
+    (Sender::new(tx), Receiver::new(rx))
+}
+
+/// Channel Sender wrapper
+///
+/// Senders can be cloned to create multiple senders that will send to the same underlying channel.
+/// Senders should be mutable, as they can be used to close the channel.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Sender<E> {
+    tx: UnboundedSender<Result<Bytes, E>>,
+}
+impl<E> Sender<E> {
+    pub fn new(tx: UnboundedSender<Result<Bytes, E>>) -> Self {
+        Self { tx }
+    }
+    /// Submits a chunk of bytes to the response body stream.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    /// Errors if other side of channel body was dropped, returning `chunk`.
+    pub fn send(&mut self, chunk: Bytes) -> Result<(), Bytes> {
+        self.tx.send(Ok(chunk)).map_err(|SendError(err)| match err {
+            Ok(chunk) => chunk,
+            Err(_) => unreachable!(),
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Closes the stream, optionally sending an error.
+    ///
+    /// # Errors
+    /// Errors if closing with error and other side of channel body was dropped, returning `error`.
+    pub fn close(self, err: Option<E>) -> Result<(), E> {
+        if let Some(err) = err {
+            return self.tx.send(Err(err)).map_err(|SendError(err)| match err {
+                Ok(_) => unreachable!(),
+                Err(err) => err,
+            });
+        }
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Clones the underlying [`UnboundedSender`].
+/// This creates a new handle to the same channel, allowing a message to be sent on multiple
+/// handles.
+///
+/// The returned [`Sender`] is a [`Clone`] of the original [`Sender`].
+impl<E> Clone for Sender<E> {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            tx: self.tx.clone(),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+/// Channel Receiver wrapper
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct Receiver<E> {
+    rx: UnboundedReceiver<Result<Bytes, E>>,
+}
+
+impl<E> Receiver<E> {
+    pub fn new(rx: UnboundedReceiver<Result<Bytes, E>>) -> Self {
+        Self { rx }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<E> MessageBody for Receiver<E>
+where
+    E: Into<Box<dyn StdError>> + 'static,
+{
+    type Error = E;
+
+    #[inline]
+    fn size(&self) -> BodySize {
+        BodySize::Stream
+    }
+
+    /// Attempts to pull out the next value of the underlying [`UnboundedReceiver`].
+    /// If the underlying [`UnboundedReceiver`] is not ready, the current task is scheduled to
+    /// receive a notification when it is ready to make progress.
+    fn poll_next(
+        mut self: std::pin::Pin<&mut Self>,
+        cx: &mut std::task::Context<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<Option<Result<Bytes, Self::Error>>> {
+        self.rx.poll_recv(cx)
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+
+    use actix_rt::pin;
+    use std::io;
+
+    use super::*;
+    use actix_utils::future::poll_fn;
+    static_assertions::assert_impl_all!(Sender<io::Error>: Send, Sync, Unpin);
+    static_assertions::assert_impl_all!(Receiver<io::Error>: Send, Sync, Unpin, MessageBody);
+
+    #[actix_rt::test]
+    async fn test_body_channel() {
+        let (mut tx, rx) = channel::<io::Error>();
+        let mut tx_cloned = tx.clone();
+        let rx = rx.boxed();
+        pin!(rx);
+
+        assert_eq!(rx.size(), BodySize::Stream);
+
+        tx.send(Bytes::from_static(b"test")).unwrap();
+        tx_cloned.send(Bytes::from_static(b"test2")).unwrap();
+        tx.close(None).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            poll_fn(|cx| rx.as_mut().poll_next(cx)).await.unwrap().ok(),
+            Some(Bytes::from_static(b"test"))
+        );
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            poll_fn(|cx| rx.as_mut().poll_next(cx)).await.unwrap().ok(),
+            Some(Bytes::from_static(b"test2"))
+        );
+    }
+
+    #[actix_rt::test]
+    async fn test_body_channel_error() {
+        let (mut tx, rx) = channel::<io::Error>();
+        let mut tx_cloned = tx.clone();
+        let rx = rx.boxed();
+        pin!(rx);
+
+        assert_eq!(rx.size(), BodySize::Stream);
+
+        tx.send(Bytes::from_static(b"test")).unwrap();
+        tx_cloned.send(Bytes::from_static(b"test2")).unwrap();
+
+        let err = io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::Other, "test");
+
+        tx.close(Some(err)).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(
+            poll_fn(|cx| rx.as_mut().poll_next(cx)).await.unwrap().ok(),
+            Some(Bytes::from_static(b"test"))
+        );
+
+        let err = poll_fn(|cx| rx.as_mut().poll_next(cx)).await.unwrap().err();
+        assert!(err.is_some());
+        assert_eq!(err.unwrap().to_string(), "test");
+    }
+}
diff --git a/actix-http/src/body/mod.rs b/actix-http/src/body/mod.rs
index d1708b9d5..fb1b2c570 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/body/mod.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/body/mod.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 mod body_stream;
 mod boxed;
+mod channel;
 mod either;
 mod message_body;
 mod none;
@@ -16,6 +17,7 @@ mod utils;
 
 pub use self::body_stream::BodyStream;
 pub use self::boxed::BoxBody;
+pub use self::channel::{channel, Receiver, Sender};
 pub use self::either::EitherBody;
 pub use self::message_body::MessageBody;
 pub(crate) use self::message_body::MessageBodyMapErr;