diff --git a/kagglesdk/competitions/types/competition_api_service.py b/kagglesdk/competitions/types/competition_api_service.py
index ee3d102..e73319d 100644
--- a/kagglesdk/competitions/types/competition_api_service.py
+++ b/kagglesdk/competitions/types/competition_api_service.py
@@ -680,6 +680,10 @@ def endpoint(self):
   def endpoint_path():
     return '/api/v1/competitions/data/download/{competition_name}/{file_name}'
 
+  @staticmethod
+  def stream():
+    return True
+
 
 class ApiDownloadDataFilesRequest(KaggleObject):
   r"""
@@ -714,6 +718,10 @@ def endpoint(self):
   def endpoint_path():
     return '/api/v1/competitions/data/download-all/{competition_name}'
 
+  @staticmethod
+  def stream():
+    return True
+
 
 class ApiDownloadLeaderboardRequest(KaggleObject):
   r"""
@@ -2238,4 +2246,3 @@ def creation_date(self, creation_date: datetime):
   FieldMetadata("url", "url", "_url", str, None, PredefinedSerializer(), optional=True),
   FieldMetadata("creationDate", "creation_date", "_creation_date", datetime, None, DateTimeSerializer()),
 ]
-
diff --git a/kagglesdk/datasets/types/dataset_api_service.py b/kagglesdk/datasets/types/dataset_api_service.py
index 9346757..0e70ee5 100644
--- a/kagglesdk/datasets/types/dataset_api_service.py
+++ b/kagglesdk/datasets/types/dataset_api_service.py
@@ -1622,6 +1622,10 @@ def endpoint(self):
   def endpoint_path():
     return '/api/v1/datasets/download/{owner_slug}/{dataset_slug}'
 
+  @staticmethod
+  def stream():
+    return True
+
 
 class ApiGetDatasetMetadataRequest(KaggleObject):
   r"""
@@ -3054,4 +3058,3 @@ def files(self, files: Optional[List[Optional['ApiDatasetNewFile']]]):
   FieldMetadata("directories", "directories", "_directories", ApiUploadDirectoryInfo, [], ListSerializer(KaggleObjectSerializer())),
   FieldMetadata("files", "files", "_files", ApiDatasetNewFile, [], ListSerializer(KaggleObjectSerializer())),
 ]
-
diff --git a/kagglesdk/kaggle_http_client.py b/kagglesdk/kaggle_http_client.py
index 29a3b50..a673e43 100644
--- a/kagglesdk/kaggle_http_client.py
+++ b/kagglesdk/kaggle_http_client.py
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ def call(
         http_request = self._prepare_request(service_name, request_name, request)
 
         # Merge environment settings into session
-        settings = self._session.merge_environment_settings(http_request.url, {}, None, None, None)
+        settings = self._session.merge_environment_settings(http_request.url, {}, request.stream(), None, None)
         http_response = self._session.send(http_request, **settings)
 
         response = self._prepare_response(response_type, http_response)
diff --git a/kagglesdk/kaggle_object.py b/kagglesdk/kaggle_object.py
index 6f050e8..7c42b02 100644
--- a/kagglesdk/kaggle_object.py
+++ b/kagglesdk/kaggle_object.py
@@ -286,6 +286,10 @@ def prepare_from(cls, http_response):
     def method():
         return "GET"
 
+    @staticmethod
+    def stream():
+        return False
+
     def _freeze(self):
         self._is_frozen = True