2 files changed, 24 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/django/http/__init__.py b/django/http/__init__.py
index fc5bd180ad..cf1e5d3950 100644
--- a/django/http/__init__.py
+++ b/django/http/__init__.py
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 from django.http.cookie import SimpleCookie, parse_cookie
 from django.http.request import (HttpRequest, QueryDict,
     RawPostDataException, UnreadablePostError, build_request_repr)
-from django.http.response import (HttpResponse, StreamingHttpResponse,
+from django.http.response import (
+    HttpResponse, StreamingHttpResponse, FileResponse,
     HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponsePermanentRedirect,
     HttpResponseNotModified, HttpResponseBadRequest, HttpResponseForbidden,
     HttpResponseNotFound, HttpResponseNotAllowed, HttpResponseGone,
-    HttpResponseServerError, Http404, BadHeaderError, JsonResponse)
+    HttpResponseServerError, Http404, BadHeaderError, JsonResponse,
+)
 from django.http.utils import fix_location_header, conditional_content_removal
 
 __all__ = [
@@ -16,5 +18,5 @@ __all__ = [
     'HttpResponseBadRequest', 'HttpResponseForbidden', 'HttpResponseNotFound',
     'HttpResponseNotAllowed', 'HttpResponseGone', 'HttpResponseServerError',
     'Http404', 'BadHeaderError', 'fix_location_header', 'JsonResponse',
-    'conditional_content_removal',
+    'FileResponse', 'conditional_content_removal',
 ]
diff --git a/django/http/response.py b/django/http/response.py
index 2735e3c59d..5168834b23 100644
--- a/django/http/response.py
+++ b/django/http/response.py
@@ -417,6 +417,9 @@ class StreamingHttpResponse(HttpResponseBase):
 
     @streaming_content.setter
     def streaming_content(self, value):
+        self._set_streaming_content(value)
+
+    def _set_streaming_content(self, value):
         # Ensure we can never iterate on "value" more than once.
         self._iterator = iter(value)
         if hasattr(value, 'close'):
@@ -429,6 +432,22 @@ class StreamingHttpResponse(HttpResponseBase):
         return b''.join(self.streaming_content)
 
 
+class FileResponse(StreamingHttpResponse):
+    """
+    A streaming HTTP response class optimized for files.
+    """
+    block_size = 4096
+
+    def _set_streaming_content(self, value):
+        if hasattr(value, 'read'):
+            self.file_to_stream = value
+            filelike = value
+            value = iter(lambda: filelike.read(self.block_size), b'')
+        else:
+            self.file_to_stream = None
+        super(FileResponse, self)._set_streaming_content(value)
+
+
 class HttpResponseRedirectBase(HttpResponse):
     allowed_schemes = ['http', 'https', 'ftp']