diff --git a/influxdb/client.py b/influxdb/client.py
index ad4c6b66..4c873cbc 100644
--- a/influxdb/client.py
+++ b/influxdb/client.py
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ def switch_user(self, username, password):
         self._username = username
         self._password = password
 
-    def request(self, url, method='GET', params=None, data=None,
+    def request(self, url, method='GET', params=None, data=None, stream=False,
                 expected_response_code=200, headers=None):
         """Make a HTTP request to the InfluxDB API.
 
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ def request(self, url, method='GET', params=None, data=None,
         :type params: dict
         :param data: the data of the request, defaults to None
         :type data: str
+        :param stream: True if a query uses chunked responses
+        :type stream: bool
         :param expected_response_code: the expected response code of
             the request, defaults to 200
         :type expected_response_code: int
@@ -277,6 +279,7 @@ def request(self, url, method='GET', params=None, data=None,
                     auth=(self._username, self._password),
                     params=params,
                     data=data,
+                    stream=stream,
                     headers=headers,
                     proxies=self._proxies,
                     verify=self._verify_ssl,
@@ -346,17 +349,17 @@ def write(self, data, params=None, expected_response_code=204,
 
     @staticmethod
     def _read_chunked_response(response, raise_errors=True):
-        result_set = {}
         for line in response.iter_lines():
             if isinstance(line, bytes):
                 line = line.decode('utf-8')
             data = json.loads(line)
+            result_set = {}
             for result in data.get('results', []):
                 for _key in result:
                     if isinstance(result[_key], list):
                         result_set.setdefault(
                             _key, []).extend(result[_key])
-        return ResultSet(result_set, raise_errors=raise_errors)
+            yield ResultSet(result_set, raise_errors=raise_errors)
 
     def query(self,
               query,
@@ -447,6 +450,7 @@ def query(self,
             method=method,
             params=params,
             data=None,
+            stream=chunked,
             expected_response_code=expected_response_code
         )
 
diff --git a/influxdb/tests/client_test.py b/influxdb/tests/client_test.py
index 571b7ebc..0011293a 100644
--- a/influxdb/tests/client_test.py
+++ b/influxdb/tests/client_test.py
@@ -1220,16 +1220,11 @@ def test_invalid_port_fails(self):
     def test_chunked_response(self):
         """Test chunked reponse for TestInfluxDBClient object."""
         example_response = \
-            u'{"results":[{"statement_id":0,"series":' \
-            '[{"name":"cpu","columns":["fieldKey","fieldType"],"values":' \
-            '[["value","integer"]]}],"partial":true}]}\n{"results":' \
-            '[{"statement_id":0,"series":[{"name":"iops","columns":' \
-            '["fieldKey","fieldType"],"values":[["value","integer"]]}],' \
-            '"partial":true}]}\n{"results":[{"statement_id":0,"series":' \
-            '[{"name":"load","columns":["fieldKey","fieldType"],"values":' \
-            '[["value","integer"]]}],"partial":true}]}\n{"results":' \
-            '[{"statement_id":0,"series":[{"name":"memory","columns":' \
-            '["fieldKey","fieldType"],"values":[["value","integer"]]}]}]}\n'
+            u'{"results":[{"statement_id":0,"series":[{"columns":["key"],' \
+            '"values":[["cpu"],["memory"],["iops"],["network"]],"partial":' \
+            'true}],"partial":true}]}\n{"results":[{"statement_id":0,' \
+            '"series":[{"columns":["key"],"values":[["qps"],["uptime"],' \
+            '["df"],["mount"]]}]}]}\n'
 
         with requests_mock.Mocker() as m:
             m.register_uri(
@@ -1237,23 +1232,20 @@ def test_chunked_response(self):
                 "http://localhost:8086/query",
                 text=example_response
             )
-            response = self.cli.query('show series limit 4 offset 0',
+            response = self.cli.query('show series',
                                       chunked=True, chunk_size=4)
-            self.assertTrue(len(response) == 4)
-            self.assertEqual(response.__repr__(), ResultSet(
-                {'series': [{'values': [['value', 'integer']],
-                             'name': 'cpu',
-                             'columns': ['fieldKey', 'fieldType']},
-                            {'values': [['value', 'integer']],
-                             'name': 'iops',
-                             'columns': ['fieldKey', 'fieldType']},
-                            {'values': [['value', 'integer']],
-                             'name': 'load',
-                             'columns': ['fieldKey', 'fieldType']},
-                            {'values': [['value', 'integer']],
-                             'name': 'memory',
-                             'columns': ['fieldKey', 'fieldType']}]}
-            ).__repr__())
+            res = list(response)
+            self.assertTrue(len(res) == 2)
+            self.assertEqual(res[0].__repr__(), ResultSet(
+                {'series': [{
+                    'columns': ['key'],
+                    'values': [['cpu'], ['memory'], ['iops'], ['network']]
+                }]}).__repr__())
+            self.assertEqual(res[1].__repr__(), ResultSet(
+                {'series': [{
+                    'columns': ['key'],
+                    'values': [['qps'], ['uptime'], ['df'], ['mount']]
+                }]}).__repr__())
 
 
 class FakeClient(InfluxDBClient):