diff --git a/include/ircd/resource/method.h b/include/ircd/resource/method.h
index 35608c866..717ac2194 100644
--- a/include/ircd/resource/method.h
+++ b/include/ircd/resource/method.h
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ enum ircd::resource::method::flag
 	/// This option prevents TCP nodelay from being toggled at the end of the
 	/// request to flush the sendq; TCP delays are used by default.
 	RESPONSE_NOFLUSH = 0x0008,
+
+	/// This option TCP corks the response during the request.
+	RESPONSE_NOPUSH = 0x0010,
 };
 
 struct ircd::resource::method::opts
diff --git a/ircd/resource.cc b/ircd/resource.cc
index 0f96b0c05..b7916a62f 100644
--- a/ircd/resource.cc
+++ b/ircd/resource.cc
@@ -603,6 +603,13 @@ try
 		tokens(client.request.params, '/', client.request.param)
 	};
 
+	// Start the TCP cork if the method has this option set.
+	if(opts->flags & RESPONSE_NOPUSH)
+	{
+		assert(client.sock);
+		net::nopush(*client.sock, true);
+	}
+
 	// Finally handle the request.
 	const auto &ret
 	{
@@ -612,6 +619,13 @@ try
 	// Increment the successful completion counter for the handler.
 	++stats->completions;
 
+	// Stop the TCP cork if the method has this option set.
+	if(opts->flags & RESPONSE_NOPUSH)
+	{
+		assert(client.sock);
+		net::nopush(*client.sock, false);
+	}
+
 	// This branch flips TCP_NODELAY to force transmission here. This is a
 	// good place because the request has finished writing everything; the
 	// socket doesn't know that, but we do, and this is the place. The action