diff --git a/ibm_watson/common.py b/ibm_watson/common.py
index 81ecc7ec..a1595d61 100644
--- a/ibm_watson/common.py
+++ b/ibm_watson/common.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # coding: utf-8
 
-# Copyright 2019 IBM All Rights Reserved.
+# Copyright 2019, 2024 IBM All Rights Reserved.
 #
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 
 import platform
+import json
 from .version import __version__
+from typing import Iterator
 
 SDK_ANALYTICS_HEADER = 'X-IBMCloud-SDK-Analytics'
 USER_AGENT_HEADER = 'User-Agent'
@@ -48,3 +50,22 @@ def get_sdk_headers(service_name, service_version, operation_id):
                                                       operation_id)
     headers[USER_AGENT_HEADER] = get_user_agent()
     return headers
+
+
+def parse_sse_stream_data(response) -> Iterator[dict]:
+    event_message = None  # Can be used in the future to return the event message to the user
+    data_json = None
+
+    for chunk in response.iter_lines():
+        decoded_chunk = chunk.decode("utf-8")
+
+        if decoded_chunk.find("event", 0, len("event")) == 0:
+            event_message = decoded_chunk[len("event") + 2:]
+        elif decoded_chunk.find("data", 0, len("data")) == 0:
+            data_json_str = decoded_chunk[len("data") + 2:]
+            data_json = json.loads(data_json_str)
+
+        if event_message and data_json is not None:
+            yield data_json
+            event_message = None
+            data_json = None
diff --git a/test/integration/test_assistant_v2.py b/test/integration/test_assistant_v2.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..db17bcae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/test_assistant_v2.py
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+
+# Copyright 2019, 2024 IBM All Rights Reserved.
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+from unittest import TestCase
+import ibm_watson
+from ibm_watson.assistant_v2 import MessageInput
+from ibm_watson.common import parse_sse_stream_data
+import pytest
+import json
+from ibm_cloud_sdk_core.authenticators import IAMAuthenticator
+
+class TestAssistantV2(TestCase):
+
+    def setUp(self):
+        
+        with open('./auth.json') as f:
+            data = json.load(f)
+            assistant_auth = data.get("assistantv2")
+            self.assistant_id = assistant_auth.get("assistantId")
+            self.environment_id = assistant_auth.get("environmentId")
+
+            self.authenticator = IAMAuthenticator(apikey=assistant_auth.get("apikey"))
+            self.assistant = ibm_watson.AssistantV2(version='2024-08-25', authenticator=self.authenticator)
+            self.assistant.set_service_url(assistant_auth.get("serviceUrl"))
+            self.assistant.set_default_headers({
+                'X-Watson-Learning-Opt-Out': '1',
+                'X-Watson-Test': '1'
+            })
+
+    def test_list_assistants(self):
+        response = self.assistant.list_assistants().get_result()
+        assert response is not None
+
+    def test_message_stream_stateless(self):
+        input = MessageInput(message_type="text", text="can you list the steps to create a custom extension?")
+        user_id = "Angelo"
+
+        response = self.assistant.message_stream_stateless(self.assistant_id, self.environment_id, input=input, user_id=user_id).get_result()
+
+        for data in parse_sse_stream_data(response):
+            # One of these items must exist
+            # assert "partial_item" in data_json or "complete_item" in data_json or "final_item" in data_json
+
+            if "partial_item" in data:
+                assert data["partial_item"]["text"] is not None
+            elif "complete_item" in data:
+                assert data["complete_item"]["text"] is not None
+            elif "final_response" in data:
+                assert data["final_response"] is not None
+            else:
+                pytest.fail("Should be impossible to get here")
+