diff --git a/src/client/net/xhr.js b/src/client/net/xhr.js
index 1e363fd6..7a3ce4ce 100644
--- a/src/client/net/xhr.js
+++ b/src/client/net/xhr.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 goog.provide('spf.net.xhr');
 
 goog.require('spf');
+goog.require('spf.config');
 
 
 /**
@@ -203,6 +204,9 @@ spf.net.xhr.isChunked_ = function(xhr) {
   if (xhr.responseType == 'json') {
     return false;
   }
+  if (spf.config.get('assume-all-json-requests-chunked')){
+    return true;
+  }
   // Determine whether to process chunks as they arrive.
   // This is only possible with chunked transfer encoding.
   // Note: handle Transfer-Encoding header values like: