diff --git a/src/streamingCalls/streamDescriptor.ts b/src/streamingCalls/streamDescriptor.ts
index c3047909b..d23f80219 100644
--- a/src/streamingCalls/streamDescriptor.ts
+++ b/src/streamingCalls/streamDescriptor.ts
@@ -27,10 +27,12 @@ import {StreamingApiCaller} from './streamingApiCaller';
 export class StreamDescriptor implements Descriptor {
   type: StreamType;
   streaming: boolean; // needed for browser support
+  rest?: boolean;
 
-  constructor(streamType: StreamType) {
+  constructor(streamType: StreamType, rest?: boolean) {
     this.type = streamType;
     this.streaming = true;
+    this.rest = rest;
   }
 
   getApiCaller(settings: CallSettings): APICaller {
diff --git a/src/streamingCalls/streaming.ts b/src/streamingCalls/streaming.ts
index 71deedf82..8c3d975c6 100644
--- a/src/streamingCalls/streaming.ts
+++ b/src/streamingCalls/streaming.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import {
   SimpleCallbackFunction,
 } from '../apitypes';
 import {RetryRequestOptions} from '../gax';
-import {StreamArrayParser} from '../streamArrayParser';
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
 const duplexify: DuplexifyConstructor = require('duplexify');
@@ -91,6 +90,7 @@ export class StreamProxy extends duplexify implements GRPCCallResult {
   private _isCancelCalled: boolean;
   stream?: CancellableStream;
   private _responseHasSent: boolean;
+  rest?: boolean;
   /**
    * StreamProxy is a proxy to gRPC-streaming method.
    *
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class StreamProxy extends duplexify implements GRPCCallResult {
    * @param {StreamType} type - the type of gRPC stream.
    * @param {ApiCallback} callback - the callback for further API call.
    */
-  constructor(type: StreamType, callback: APICallback) {
+  constructor(type: StreamType, callback: APICallback, rest?: boolean) {
     super(undefined, undefined, {
       objectMode: true,
       readable: type !== StreamType.CLIENT_STREAMING,
@@ -109,6 +109,7 @@ export class StreamProxy extends duplexify implements GRPCCallResult {
     this._callback = callback;
     this._isCancelCalled = false;
     this._responseHasSent = false;
+    this.rest = rest;
   }
 
   cancel() {
@@ -125,9 +126,6 @@ export class StreamProxy extends duplexify implements GRPCCallResult {
    */
   forwardEvents(stream: Stream) {
     const eventsToForward = ['metadata', 'response', 'status'];
-    if (stream instanceof StreamArrayParser) {
-      eventsToForward.push('data', 'end', 'error');
-    }
     eventsToForward.forEach(event => {
       stream.on(event, this.emit.bind(this, event));
     });
@@ -175,26 +173,30 @@ export class StreamProxy extends duplexify implements GRPCCallResult {
     retryRequestOptions: RetryRequestOptions = {}
   ) {
     if (this.type === StreamType.SERVER_STREAMING) {
-      const retryStream = retryRequest(null, {
-        objectMode: true,
-        request: () => {
-          if (this._isCancelCalled) {
-            if (this.stream) {
-              this.stream.cancel();
+      const stream = apiCall(argument, this._callback) as CancellableStream;
+      this.stream = stream;
+      if (this.rest) {
+        this.setReadable(stream);
+      } else {
+        const retryStream = retryRequest(null, {
+          objectMode: true,
+          request: () => {
+            if (this._isCancelCalled) {
+              if (this.stream) {
+                this.stream.cancel();
+              }
+              return;
             }
-            return;
-          }
-          const stream = apiCall(argument, this._callback) as CancellableStream;
-          this.stream = stream;
-          this.forwardEvents(stream);
-          return stream;
-        },
-        retries: retryRequestOptions!.retries,
-        currentRetryAttempt: retryRequestOptions!.currentRetryAttempt,
-        noResponseRetries: retryRequestOptions!.noResponseRetries,
-        shouldRetryFn: retryRequestOptions!.shouldRetryFn,
-      });
-      this.setReadable(retryStream);
+            this.forwardEvents(stream);
+            return stream;
+          },
+          retries: retryRequestOptions!.retries,
+          currentRetryAttempt: retryRequestOptions!.currentRetryAttempt,
+          noResponseRetries: retryRequestOptions!.noResponseRetries,
+          shouldRetryFn: retryRequestOptions!.shouldRetryFn,
+        });
+        this.setReadable(retryStream);
+      }
       return;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/streamingCalls/streamingApiCaller.ts b/src/streamingCalls/streamingApiCaller.ts
index 101591bce..6f8dc3634 100644
--- a/src/streamingCalls/streamingApiCaller.ts
+++ b/src/streamingCalls/streamingApiCaller.ts
@@ -44,7 +44,11 @@ export class StreamingApiCaller implements APICaller {
   }
 
   init(callback: APICallback): StreamProxy {
-    return new StreamProxy(this.descriptor.type, callback);
+    return new StreamProxy(
+      this.descriptor.type,
+      callback,
+      this.descriptor.rest
+    );
   }
 
   wrap(func: GRPCCall): GRPCCall {
diff --git a/test/unit/streaming.ts b/test/unit/streaming.ts
index 2515887bb..ea957ab37 100644
--- a/test/unit/streaming.ts
+++ b/test/unit/streaming.ts
@@ -36,14 +36,15 @@ function createApiCallStreaming(
   func:
     | Promise<GRPCCall>
     | sinon.SinonSpy<Array<{}>, internal.Transform | StreamArrayParser>,
-  type: streaming.StreamType
+  type: streaming.StreamType,
+  rest?: boolean
 ) {
   const settings = new gax.CallSettings();
   return createApiCall(
     //@ts-ignore
     Promise.resolve(func),
     settings,
-    new StreamDescriptor(type)
+    new StreamDescriptor(type, rest)
   ) as GaxCallStream;
 }
 
@@ -459,7 +460,7 @@ describe('streaming', () => {
   });
 });
 
-describe('apiCall return StreamArrayParser', () => {
+describe('REST streaming apiCall return StreamArrayParser', () => {
   const protos_path = path.resolve(__dirname, '..', 'fixtures', 'user.proto');
   const root = protobuf.loadSync(protos_path);
   const UserService = root.lookupService('UserService');
@@ -476,7 +477,8 @@ describe('apiCall return StreamArrayParser', () => {
     });
     const apiCall = createApiCallStreaming(
       spy,
-      streaming.StreamType.SERVER_STREAMING
+      streaming.StreamType.SERVER_STREAMING,
+      true
     );
     const s = apiCall({}, undefined);
     assert.strictEqual(s.readable, true);
@@ -505,7 +507,8 @@ describe('apiCall return StreamArrayParser', () => {
     });
     const apiCall = createApiCallStreaming(
       spy,
-      streaming.StreamType.SERVER_STREAMING
+      streaming.StreamType.SERVER_STREAMING,
+      true
     );
     const s = apiCall({}, undefined);
     assert.strictEqual(s.readable, true);
@@ -536,7 +539,8 @@ describe('apiCall return StreamArrayParser', () => {
     const apiCall = createApiCallStreaming(
       //@ts-ignore
       spy,
-      streaming.StreamType.SERVER_STREAMING
+      streaming.StreamType.SERVER_STREAMING,
+      true
     );
     const s = apiCall({}, undefined);
     let counter = 0;