diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 7b06cf468..dfe98821f 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ## Unreleased
 
+- cohttp-eio: Make server response type abstract and allow streaming in cohttp-eio (talex5 #1024)
 - cohttp-{lwt,eio}: server: add connection header to response if not present (ushitora-anqou #1025)
 - cohttp-curl: Curl no longer prepends the first HTTP request header to the output. (jonahbeckford #1030, #987)
 - cohttp-eio: client: use permissive argument type for make_generic
diff --git a/cohttp-eio/examples/dune b/cohttp-eio/examples/dune
index 7e5f48ac5..045cadb9a 100644
--- a/cohttp-eio/examples/dune
+++ b/cohttp-eio/examples/dune
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 (executables
- (names server1 client1 docker_client client_timeout client_tls)
+ (names server1 server2 client1 docker_client client_timeout client_tls)
  (libraries
   cohttp-eio
   eio_main
diff --git a/cohttp-eio/examples/server1.ml b/cohttp-eio/examples/server1.ml
index 7b0a4fd10..7368da9a1 100644
--- a/cohttp-eio/examples/server1.ml
+++ b/cohttp-eio/examples/server1.ml
@@ -33,14 +33,14 @@ and () = Logs.Src.set_level Cohttp_eio.src (Some Debug)
 
 let handler _socket request _body =
   match Http.Request.resource request with
-  | "/" -> (Http.Response.make (), Cohttp_eio.Body.of_string text)
+  | "/" -> Cohttp_eio.Server.respond_string ~status:`OK ~body:text ()
   | "/html" ->
-      ( Http.Response.make
-          ~headers:(Http.Header.of_list [ ("content-type", "text/html") ])
-          (),
-        (* Use a plain flow to test chunked encoding *)
-        Eio.Flow.string_source text )
-  | _ -> (Http.Response.make ~status:`Not_found (), Cohttp_eio.Body.of_string "")
+      (* Use a plain flow to test chunked encoding *)
+      let body = Eio.Flow.string_source text in
+      Cohttp_eio.Server.respond () ~status:`OK
+        ~headers:(Http.Header.of_list [ ("content-type", "text/html") ])
+        ~body
+  | _ -> Cohttp_eio.Server.respond_string ~status:`Not_found ~body:"" ()
 
 let log_warning ex = Logs.warn (fun f -> f "%a" Eio.Exn.pp ex)
 
diff --git a/cohttp-eio/examples/server2.ml b/cohttp-eio/examples/server2.ml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7019f4a91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cohttp-eio/examples/server2.ml
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+let () = Logs.set_reporter (Logs_fmt.reporter ())
+and () = Logs.Src.set_level Cohttp_eio.src (Some Debug)
+
+let ( / ) = Eio.Path.( / )
+
+(* To stream a file, we take the extra [writer] argument explicitly.
+   This means that we stream the response while the function is still
+   running and the file is still open. *)
+let handler dir _socket request _body writer =
+  let path =
+    Http.Request.resource request
+    |> String.split_on_char '/'
+    |> List.filter (( <> ) "")
+    |> String.concat "/"
+  in
+  let path = if path = "" then "index.html" else path in
+  Eio.Path.with_open_in (dir / path) @@ fun flow ->
+  Cohttp_eio.Server.respond () ~status:`OK
+    ~headers:(Http.Header.of_list [ ("content-type", "text/html") ])
+    ~body:flow writer
+
+let log_warning ex = Logs.warn (fun f -> f "%a" Eio.Exn.pp ex)
+
+let () =
+  let port = ref 8080 in
+  Arg.parse
+    [ ("-p", Arg.Set_int port, " Listening port number(8080 by default)") ]
+    ignore "An HTTP/1.1 server";
+  Eio_main.run @@ fun env ->
+  Eio.Switch.run @@ fun sw ->
+  (* Restrict to current directory: *)
+  let htdocs = Eio.Stdenv.cwd env in
+  let socket =
+    Eio.Net.listen env#net ~sw ~backlog:128 ~reuse_addr:true
+      (`Tcp (Eio.Net.Ipaddr.V4.loopback, !port))
+  and server = Cohttp_eio.Server.make ~callback:(handler htdocs) () in
+  Cohttp_eio.Server.run socket server ~on_error:log_warning
diff --git a/cohttp-eio/src/server.ml b/cohttp-eio/src/server.ml
index 7906e19f6..24ec9c2d1 100644
--- a/cohttp-eio/src/server.ml
+++ b/cohttp-eio/src/server.ml
@@ -3,44 +3,42 @@ module IO = Io.IO
 
 type body = Body.t
 type conn = IO.conn * Cohttp.Connection.t [@@warning "-3"]
+type writer = Http.Request.t * IO.oc
+type response = writer -> unit
 
 type response_action =
-  [ `Expert of Http.Response.t * (IO.ic -> IO.oc -> unit IO.t)
-  | `Response of Http.Response.t * body ]
-
-(* type handler =
- *   sw:Eio.Switch.t ->
- *   Eio.Net.Sockaddr.stream ->
- *   Http.Request.t ->
- *   Eio.Flow.source ->
- *   Http.Response.t * Eio.Flow.source *)
+  [ `Expert of Http.Response.t * (IO.ic -> IO.oc -> unit)
+  | `Response of response ]
 
 type t = {
   conn_closed : conn -> unit;
-  handler : conn -> Http.Request.t -> body -> response_action IO.t;
+  handler : conn -> Http.Request.t -> body -> IO.ic -> IO.oc -> unit;
 }
 
 let make_response_action ?(conn_closed = fun _ -> ()) ~callback () =
-  { conn_closed; handler = callback }
+  {
+    conn_closed;
+    handler =
+      (fun conn request body ic oc ->
+        match callback conn request body with
+        | `Expert (response, handler) ->
+            Io.Response.write_header response oc;
+            handler ic oc
+        | `Response fn -> fn (request, oc));
+  }
 
 let make_expert ?conn_closed ~callback () =
   make_response_action ?conn_closed
     ~callback:(fun conn request body ->
-      IO.(callback conn request body >>= fun expert -> `Expert expert))
+      let expert = callback conn request body in
+      `Expert expert)
     ()
 
-let make ?conn_closed ~callback () =
-  make_response_action ?conn_closed
-    ~callback:(fun conn request body ->
-      IO.(callback conn request body >>= fun response -> `Response response))
-    ()
-
-let respond ?headers ?flush ~status ~body () =
-  let response = Cohttp.Response.make ?headers ?flush ~status () in
-  (response, body)
-
-let respond_string ?headers ?flush ~status ~body () =
-  respond ?headers ?flush ~status ~body:(Body.of_string body) ()
+let make ?(conn_closed = fun _ -> ()) ~callback () =
+  {
+    conn_closed;
+    handler = (fun conn request body _ic oc -> callback conn request body (request, oc));
+  }
 
 let read input =
   match Io.Request.read input with
@@ -92,6 +90,21 @@ let write output (response : Cohttp.Response.t) body =
   in
   Eio.Buf_write.flush output
 
+let respond ?(headers = Cohttp.Header.init ()) ?flush ~status ~body () (request, oc) =
+  let keep_alive = Http.Request.is_keep_alive request in
+  let headers =
+    match Cohttp.Header.connection headers with
+    | None ->
+      Http.Header.add headers "connection"
+        (if keep_alive then "keep-alive" else "close")
+    | Some _ -> headers
+  in
+  let response = Cohttp.Response.make ~headers ?flush ~status () in
+  write oc response body
+
+let respond_string ?headers ?flush ~status ~body () =
+  respond ?headers ?flush ~status ~body:(Body.of_string body) ()
+
 let callback { conn_closed; handler } ((_, peer_address) as conn) input output =
   let id = (Cohttp.Connection.create () [@ocaml.warning "-3"]) in
   let rec handle () =
@@ -114,26 +127,7 @@ let callback { conn_closed; handler } ((_, peer_address) as conn) input output =
           (Body.of_string e)
     | `Ok (request, body) ->
         let () =
-          try
-            match handler (conn, id) request body with
-            | `Response (response, body) ->
-                let keep_alive =
-                  Http.Request.is_keep_alive request
-                  && Http.Response.is_keep_alive response
-                in
-                let response =
-                  let headers =
-                    Http.Header.add_unless_exists
-                      (Http.Response.headers response)
-                      "connection"
-                      (if keep_alive then "keep-alive" else "close")
-                  in
-                  { response with Http.Response.headers }
-                in
-                write output response body
-            | `Expert (response, handler) ->
-                let () = Io.Response.write_header response output in
-                handler input output
+          try handler (conn, id) request body input output
           with Eio.Io (Eio.Net.E (Connection_reset _), _) ->
             Logs.info (fun m ->
                 m "%a: connection reset" Eio.Net.Sockaddr.pp peer_address)
diff --git a/cohttp-eio/src/server.mli b/cohttp-eio/src/server.mli
index 7a0bec7dc..983df388e 100644
--- a/cohttp-eio/src/server.mli
+++ b/cohttp-eio/src/server.mli
@@ -1,4 +1,18 @@
-include Cohttp.Generic.Server.S with module IO = Io.IO and type body = Body.t
+type writer
+
+include
+  Cohttp.Generic.Server.S
+    with module IO = Io.IO
+     and type body = Body.t
+     and type response = writer -> unit
+
+val respond :
+  ?headers:Http.Header.t ->
+  ?flush:bool ->
+  status:Http.Status.t ->
+  body:_ Eio.Flow.source ->
+  unit ->
+  response IO.t
 
 val run :
   ?max_connections:int ->
diff --git a/cohttp-eio/tests/test.ml b/cohttp-eio/tests/test.ml
index 5941cca30..17ec71d00 100644
--- a/cohttp-eio/tests/test.ml
+++ b/cohttp-eio/tests/test.ml
@@ -1,21 +1,19 @@
-open Eio.Std
-
 let () =
   Logs.set_level ~all:true @@ Some Logs.Debug;
   Logs.set_reporter (Logs_fmt.reporter ())
 
 let handler _conn request body =
   match Http.Request.resource request with
-  | "/" -> (Http.Response.make (), Cohttp_eio.Body.of_string "root")
+  | "/" -> Cohttp_eio.Server.respond_string ~status:`OK ~body:"root" ()
   | "/stream" ->
       let body = Eio_mock.Flow.make "streaming body" in
       let () =
         Eio_mock.Flow.on_read body
           [ `Return "Hello"; `Yield_then (`Return "World") ]
       in
-      (Http.Response.make (), (body :> Eio.Flow.source_ty r))
-  | "/post" -> (Http.Response.make (), body)
-  | _ -> (Http.Response.make ~status:`Not_found (), Cohttp_eio.Body.of_string "")
+      Cohttp_eio.Server.respond ~status:`OK ~body ()
+  | "/post" -> Cohttp_eio.Server.respond ~status:`OK ~body ()
+  | _ -> Cohttp_eio.Server.respond_string ~status:`Not_found ~body:"" ()
 
 let () =
   Eio_main.run @@ fun env ->
diff --git a/cohttp-lwt/src/s.ml b/cohttp-lwt/src/s.ml
index ac15ae2c8..2b8bba7e6 100644
--- a/cohttp-lwt/src/s.ml
+++ b/cohttp-lwt/src/s.ml
@@ -224,7 +224,12 @@ end
 (** The [Server] module implements a pipelined HTTP/1.1 server. *)
 module type Server = sig
   module IO : IO
-  include Cohttp.Generic.Server.S with type body = Body.t and module IO := IO
+
+  include
+    Cohttp.Generic.Server.S
+      with type body = Body.t
+       and module IO := IO
+       and type response = Http.Response.t * Body.t
 
   val resolve_local_file : docroot:string -> uri:Uri.t -> string
     [@@deprecated "Please use Cohttp.Path.resolve_local_file. "]
diff --git a/cohttp-lwt/src/server.ml b/cohttp-lwt/src/server.ml
index 386788e42..e85e867d4 100644
--- a/cohttp-lwt/src/server.ml
+++ b/cohttp-lwt/src/server.ml
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module Make (IO : S.IO) = struct
   module Request = Make.Request (IO)
   module Response = Make.Response (IO)
 
+  type response = Http.Response.t * Body.t
   type body = Body.t
 
   let src = Logs.Src.create "cohttp.lwt.server" ~doc:"Cohttp Lwt server module"
diff --git a/cohttp/src/server.ml b/cohttp/src/server.ml
index cbe08006a..5ecc401a2 100644
--- a/cohttp/src/server.ml
+++ b/cohttp/src/server.ml
@@ -3,10 +3,11 @@ module type S = sig
 
   type body
   type conn = IO.conn * Connection.t [@@warning "-3"]
+  type response
 
   type response_action =
     [ `Expert of Http.Response.t * (IO.ic -> IO.oc -> unit IO.t)
-    | `Response of Http.Response.t * body ]
+    | `Response of response ]
   (** A request handler can respond in two ways:
 
       - Using [`Response], with a {!Response.t} and a {!body}.
@@ -38,7 +39,7 @@ module type S = sig
 
   val make :
     ?conn_closed:(conn -> unit) ->
-    callback:(conn -> Http.Request.t -> body -> (Http.Response.t * body) IO.t) ->
+    callback:(conn -> Http.Request.t -> body -> response IO.t) ->
     unit ->
     t
 
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ module type S = sig
     status:Http.Status.t ->
     body:body ->
     unit ->
-    (Http.Response.t * body) IO.t
+    response IO.t
   (** [respond ?headers ?flush ~status ~body] will respond to an HTTP request
       with the given [status] code and response [body]. If [flush] is true, then
       every response chunk will be flushed to the network rather than being
@@ -64,7 +65,7 @@ module type S = sig
     status:Http.Status.t ->
     body:string ->
     unit ->
-    (Http.Response.t * body) IO.t
+    response IO.t
 
   val callback : t -> IO.conn -> IO.ic -> IO.oc -> unit IO.t
 end