diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index af6ed1047..0e1dee519 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@
 		<aspectj.version>1.8.12</aspectj.version>
 		<axiom.version>1.2.20</axiom.version>
 		<commons-httpclient.version>3.1</commons-httpclient.version>
+		<commons-io.version>2.5</commons-io.version>
 		<commons-logging.version>1.2</commons-logging.version>
 		<dom4j.version>1.6.1</dom4j.version>
 		<easymock.version>3.1</easymock.version>
@@ -123,6 +124,11 @@
 			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
 			<version>${commons-logging.version}</version>
 		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+			<artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+			<version>${commons-io.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
diff --git a/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/AbstractHttpSenderConnection.java b/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/AbstractHttpSenderConnection.java
index 8cfa03c53..5ff80b80b 100644
--- a/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/AbstractHttpSenderConnection.java
+++ b/spring-ws-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/AbstractHttpSenderConnection.java
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@
 
 package org.springframework.ws.transport.http;
 
-import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.PushbackInputStream;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
 import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
 
-import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.ws.transport.AbstractSenderConnection;
 import org.springframework.ws.transport.FaultAwareWebServiceConnection;
@@ -33,13 +32,21 @@
  * Abstract base class for {@link WebServiceConnection} implementations that send request over HTTP.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Andreas Veithen
  * @since 1.0.0
  */
 public abstract class AbstractHttpSenderConnection extends AbstractSenderConnection
 		implements FaultAwareWebServiceConnection {
 
-	/** Buffer used for reading the response, when the content length is invalid. */
-	private byte[] responseBuffer;
+	/**
+	 * Cached result of {@link #hasResponse}.
+	 */
+	private Boolean hasResponse;
+
+	/**
+	 * The raw response input stream to use instead of calling {@link #getRawResponseInputStream()}.
+	 */
+	private PushbackInputStream rawResponseInputStream;
 
 	@Override
 	public final boolean hasError() throws IOException {
@@ -69,23 +76,29 @@ protected final boolean hasResponse() throws IOException {
 				HttpTransportConstants.STATUS_NO_CONTENT == responseCode) {
 			return false;
 		}
+		if (hasResponse != null) {
+			return hasResponse;
+		}
 		long contentLength = getResponseContentLength();
 		if (contentLength < 0) {
-			if (responseBuffer == null) {
-				responseBuffer = FileCopyUtils.copyToByteArray(getRawResponseInputStream());
+			rawResponseInputStream = new PushbackInputStream(getRawResponseInputStream());
+			int b = rawResponseInputStream.read();
+			if (b == -1) {
+				hasResponse = Boolean.FALSE;
+			} else {
+				hasResponse = Boolean.TRUE;
+				rawResponseInputStream.unread(b);
 			}
-			contentLength = responseBuffer.length;
+		} else {
+			hasResponse = contentLength > 0;
 		}
-		return contentLength > 0;
+		return hasResponse;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	protected final InputStream getResponseInputStream() throws IOException {
-		InputStream inputStream;
-		if (responseBuffer != null) {
-			inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream(responseBuffer);
-		}
-		else {
+		InputStream inputStream = rawResponseInputStream;
+		if (inputStream == null) {
 			inputStream = getRawResponseInputStream();
 		}
 		return isGzipResponse() ? new GZIPInputStream(inputStream) : inputStream;
diff --git a/spring-ws-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/AbstractHttpSenderConnectionTest.java b/spring-ws-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/AbstractHttpSenderConnectionTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..acdce38dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-ws-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/transport/http/AbstractHttpSenderConnectionTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,85 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.ws.transport.http;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Random;
+
+import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.io.input.CountingInputStream;
+import org.easymock.Capture;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
+import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessageFactory;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+/**
+ * @author Andreas Veithen
+ */
+public class AbstractHttpSenderConnectionTest {
+	
+	/**
+	 * Tests that {@link AbstractHttpSenderConnection} doesn't consume the response stream before
+	 * passing it to the message factory. This is a regression test for SWS-707.
+	 *
+	 * @param chunking
+	 *            Specifies whether the test should simulate a response with chunking enabled.
+	 * @throws Exception
+	 */
+	private void testSupportsStreaming(boolean chunking) throws Exception {
+		byte[] content = new byte[16*1024];
+		new Random().nextBytes(content);
+		CountingInputStream rawInputStream = new CountingInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(content));
+
+		AbstractHttpSenderConnection connection = createNiceMock(AbstractHttpSenderConnection.class);
+		expect(connection.getResponseCode()).andReturn(200);
+		// Simulate response with chunking enabled
+		expect(connection.getResponseContentLength()).andReturn(chunking ? -1L : content.length);
+		expect(connection.getRawResponseInputStream()).andReturn(rawInputStream);
+		expect(connection.getResponseHeaders(anyObject())).andReturn(Collections.emptyIterator());
+
+		// Create a mock message factory to capture the InputStream passed to it
+		WebServiceMessageFactory messageFactory = createNiceMock(WebServiceMessageFactory.class);
+		WebServiceMessage message = createNiceMock(WebServiceMessage.class);
+		Capture<InputStream> inputStreamCapture = new Capture<>();
+		expect(messageFactory.createWebServiceMessage(capture(inputStreamCapture))).andReturn(message);
+
+		replay(connection, messageFactory, message);
+
+		connection.receive(messageFactory);
+
+		assertTrue("The raw input stream has been completely consumed",
+				rawInputStream.getCount() < content.length);
+		assertArrayEquals("Unexpected content received by the message factory",
+				content, IOUtils.toByteArray(inputStreamCapture.getValue()));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSupportsStreamingWithChunkingEnabled() throws Exception {
+		testSupportsStreaming(true);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSupportsStreamingWithChunkingDisabled() throws Exception {
+		testSupportsStreaming(false);
+	}
+}
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