diff --git a/examples/wasm_component/src/lib.rs b/examples/wasm_component/src/lib.rs
index 8c013d88e..d329423c9 100644
--- a/examples/wasm_component/src/lib.rs
+++ b/examples/wasm_component/src/lib.rs
@@ -15,13 +15,12 @@ impl wasi::exports::http::incoming_handler::Guest for ReqwestComponent {
             .expect("should be able to get response body");
         ResponseOutparam::set(response_out, Ok(response));
 
-        let response =
+        let mut response =
             futures::executor::block_on(reqwest::Client::new().get("https://hyper.rs").send())
                 .expect("should get response bytes");
-        let incoming_body = response.bytes_stream().expect("should get incoming body");
-        let stream = incoming_body.stream().expect("should get bytes stream");
+        let body_stream = response.bytes_stream().expect("should get incoming body");
         stream_input_to_output(
-            stream,
+            body_stream,
             response_body
                 .write()
                 .expect("should be able to write to response body"),
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ impl wasi::exports::http::incoming_handler::Guest for ReqwestComponent {
     }
 }
 
+/// Helper function to stream all data from an input stream to an output stream.
 pub fn stream_input_to_output(data: InputStream, out: OutputStream) -> Result<(), StreamError> {
     loop {
         match out.blocking_splice(&data, u64::MAX) {
diff --git a/src/wasm/component/client/future.rs b/src/wasm/component/client/future.rs
index 5dfb0d3e6..8fb67ee02 100644
--- a/src/wasm/component/client/future.rs
+++ b/src/wasm/component/client/future.rs
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@ use std::{
 
 use futures_core::Future;
 use wasi::{
-        self,
-        http::{
-            outgoing_handler::{FutureIncomingResponse, OutgoingRequest},
-            types::{OutgoingBody, OutputStream},
-        },
+    self,
+    http::{
+        outgoing_handler::{FutureIncomingResponse, OutgoingRequest},
+        types::{OutgoingBody, OutputStream},
+    },
 };
 
 use crate::{Body, Request, Response};
@@ -69,6 +69,10 @@ impl Future for ResponseFuture {
             },
             RequestState::Response(future) => {
                 if !future.subscribe().ready() {
+                    // NOTE(brooksmtownsend): We shouldn't be waking here since we don't know that
+                    // the future is ready to be polled again. Sleeping for a nanosecond appears to
+                    // allow the future to be polled again without causing a busy loop.
+                    std::thread::sleep(std::time::Duration::from_nanos(1));
                     cx.waker().wake_by_ref();
                     return Poll::Pending;
                 }
diff --git a/src/wasm/component/response.rs b/src/wasm/component/response.rs
index 07534a470..7cb47392c 100644
--- a/src/wasm/component/response.rs
+++ b/src/wasm/component/response.rs
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ pub struct Response {
     // Boxed to save space (11 words to 1 word), and it's not accessed
     // frequently internally.
     url: Box<Url>,
+    // The incoming body must be persisted if streaming to keep the stream open
+    incoming_body: Option<wasi::http::types::IncomingBody>,
 }
 
 impl Response {
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ impl Response {
         Response {
             http: res,
             url: Box::new(url),
+            incoming_body: None,
         }
     }
 
@@ -83,21 +86,9 @@ impl Response {
 
     /// Get the response text.
     pub async fn text(self) -> crate::Result<String> {
-        // let p = self
-        //     .http
-        //     .body()
-        //     .text()
-        //     .map_err(crate::error::wasm)
-        //     .map_err(crate::error::decode)?;
-        // let js_val = super::promise::<wasm_bindgen::JsValue>(p)
-        //     .await
-        //     .map_err(crate::error::decode)?;
-        // if let Some(s) = js_val.as_string() {
-        //     Ok(s)
-        // } else {
-        //     Err(crate::error::decode("response.text isn't string"))
-        // }
-        Ok("str_resp".to_string())
+        self.bytes()
+            .await
+            .map(|s| String::from_utf8(s.to_vec()).map_err(crate::error::decode))?
     }
 
     /// Get the response as bytes
@@ -121,27 +112,20 @@ impl Response {
         Ok(body.into())
     }
 
-    /// Convert the response into a `Stream` of `Bytes` from the body.
+    /// Convert the response into a [`wasi::http::types::IncomingBody`] resource which can
+    /// then be used to stream the body.
     #[cfg(feature = "stream")]
-    pub fn bytes_stream(self) -> impl futures_core::Stream<Item = crate::Result<Bytes>> {
-        let web_response = self.http.into_body();
-        let abort = self._abort;
-        let body = web_response
+    pub fn bytes_stream(&mut self) -> crate::Result<wasi::io::streams::InputStream> {
+        let body = self
+            .http
             .body()
-            .expect("could not create wasm byte stream");
-        let body = wasm_streams::ReadableStream::from_raw(body.unchecked_into());
-        Box::pin(body.into_stream().map(move |buf_js| {
-            // Keep the abort guard alive as long as this stream is.
-            let _abort = &abort;
-            let buffer = Uint8Array::new(
-                &buf_js
-                    .map_err(crate::error::wasm)
-                    .map_err(crate::error::decode)?,
-            );
-            let mut bytes = vec![0; buffer.length() as usize];
-            buffer.copy_to(&mut bytes);
-            Ok(bytes.into())
-        }))
+            .consume()
+            .map_err(|_| crate::error::decode("failed to consume response body"))?;
+        let stream = body
+            .stream()
+            .map_err(|_| crate::error::decode("failed to stream response body"));
+        self.incoming_body = Some(body);
+        stream
     }
 
     // util methods