diff --git a/xblock/django/request.py b/xblock/django/request.py
index 01829a7a8..067bdb80c 100644
--- a/xblock/django/request.py
+++ b/xblock/django/request.py
@@ -3,17 +3,24 @@
 from lazy import lazy
 
 import webob
-from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.http import StreamingHttpResponse, HttpResponse
 from webob.multidict import MultiDict, NestedMultiDict, NoVars
 
 
-def webob_to_django_response(webob_response):
+def webob_to_django_response(webob_response, streaming=False):
     """Returns a django response to the `webob_response`"""
-    django_response = HttpResponse(
-        webob_response.app_iter,
-        content_type=webob_response.content_type,
-        status=webob_response.status_code,
-    )
+    if streaming:
+        django_response = StreamingHttpResponse(
+            webob_response.app_iter,
+            content_type=webob_response.content_type,
+            status=webob_response.status_code,
+        )
+    else:
+        django_response = HttpResponse(
+            webob_response.app_iter,
+            content_type=webob_response.content_type,
+            status=webob_response.status_code,
+        )
     for name, value in webob_response.headerlist:
         django_response[name] = value
     return django_response
diff --git a/xblock/test/django/test_request.py b/xblock/test/django/test_request.py
index b2e0a3035..0ca88dd22 100644
--- a/xblock/test/django/test_request.py
+++ b/xblock/test/django/test_request.py
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ def test_post_already_read(self):
 @pytest.mark.skipif(not HAS_DJANGO, reason='Django not available')
 class TestDjangoWebobResponse(TestCase):
     """
-    Tests of the webob_to_django_response function
+    Tests of the webob_to_django_response function with streaming=False
     """
     def _as_django(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """
@@ -82,3 +82,38 @@ def test_content_types(self):
             self._as_django(content_type='text/html')['Content-Type'],
             'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
         )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(not HAS_DJANGO, reason='Django not available')
+class TestDjangoWebobResponseStreamed(TestCase):
+    """
+    Tests of the webob_to_django_response function with streaming=True
+    """
+    def _as_django(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        """
+        Return a :class:`django.http.HttpResponse` created from a `webob.Response`
+        initialized with `*args` and `**kwargs`
+        """
+        return webob_to_django_response(Response(*args, **kwargs), streaming=True)
+
+    def test_status_code(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self._as_django(status=200).status_code, 200)
+        self.assertEqual(self._as_django(status=404).status_code, 404)
+        self.assertEqual(self._as_django(status=500).status_code, 500)
+
+    def test_headers(self):
+        self.assertIn('X-Foo', self._as_django(headerlist=[('X-Foo', 'bar')]))
+        self.assertEqual(self._as_django(headerlist=[('X-Foo', 'bar')])['X-Foo'], 'bar')
+
+    def test_content_types(self):
+        # JSON content type (no charset should be returned)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self._as_django(content_type='application/json')['Content-Type'],
+            'application/json'
+        )
+
+        # HTML content type (UTF-8 charset should be returned)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            self._as_django(content_type='text/html')['Content-Type'],
+            'text/html; charset=UTF-8'
+        )