diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 61772b6..57bf8c0 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 package sse
 
 import (
+	"bufio"
 	"bytes"
 	"context"
 	"encoding/base64"
@@ -32,6 +33,12 @@ func ClientMaxBufferSize(s int) func(c *Client) {
 	}
 }
 
+func SplitFunc(f bufio.SplitFunc) func(c *Client) {
+	return func(c *Client) {
+		c.split = f
+	}
+}
+
 // ConnCallback defines a function to be called on a particular connection event
 type ConnCallback func(c *Client)
 
@@ -55,6 +62,7 @@ type Client struct {
 	mu                sync.Mutex
 	EncodingBase64    bool
 	Connected         bool
+	split             bufio.SplitFunc
 }
 
 // NewClient creates a new client
@@ -97,7 +105,7 @@ func (c *Client) SubscribeWithContext(ctx context.Context, stream string, handle
 		}
 		defer resp.Body.Close()
 
-		reader := NewEventStreamReader(resp.Body, c.maxBufferSize)
+		reader := NewEventStreamReader(resp.Body, c.maxBufferSize, c.split)
 		eventChan, errorChan := c.startReadLoop(reader)
 
 		for {
@@ -155,7 +163,7 @@ func (c *Client) SubscribeChanWithContext(ctx context.Context, stream string, ch
 			connected = true
 		}
 
-		reader := NewEventStreamReader(resp.Body, c.maxBufferSize)
+		reader := NewEventStreamReader(resp.Body, c.maxBufferSize, c.split)
 		eventChan, errorChan := c.startReadLoop(reader)
 
 		for {
@@ -387,4 +395,3 @@ func trimHeader(size int, data []byte) []byte {
 		data = data[:len(data)-1]
 	}
 	return data
-}
diff --git a/event.go b/event.go
index 1258038..421dc8b 100644
--- a/event.go
+++ b/event.go
@@ -32,26 +32,29 @@ type EventStreamReader struct {
 }
 
 // NewEventStreamReader creates an instance of EventStreamReader.
-func NewEventStreamReader(eventStream io.Reader, maxBufferSize int) *EventStreamReader {
+func NewEventStreamReader(eventStream io.Reader, maxBufferSize int, split bufio.SplitFunc) *EventStreamReader {
 	scanner := bufio.NewScanner(eventStream)
 	initBufferSize := minPosInt(4096, maxBufferSize)
 	scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, initBufferSize), maxBufferSize)
 
-	split := func(data []byte, atEOF bool) (int, []byte, error) {
-		if atEOF && len(data) == 0 {
+	if split == nil {
+		split = func(data []byte, atEOF bool) (int, []byte, error) {
+			if atEOF && len(data) == 0 {
+				return 0, nil, nil
+			}
+
+			// We have a full event payload to parse.
+			if i, nlen := containsDoubleNewline(data); i >= 0 {
+				return i + nlen, data[0:i], nil
+			}
+			// If we're at EOF, we have all of the data.
+			if atEOF {
+				return len(data), data, nil
+			}
+			// Request more data.
 			return 0, nil, nil
 		}
 
-		// We have a full event payload to parse.
-		if i, nlen := containsDoubleNewline(data); i >= 0 {
-			return i + nlen, data[0:i], nil
-		}
-		// If we're at EOF, we have all of the data.
-		if atEOF {
-			return len(data), data, nil
-		}
-		// Request more data.
-		return 0, nil, nil
 	}
 	// Set the split function for the scanning operation.
 	scanner.Split(split)