diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/CallOptions.java b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/CallOptions.java
index 87493d2ba0b8..cc1267718c1a 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/CallOptions.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/CallOptions.java
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ public final class CallOptions {
   private final Integer maxInboundMessageSize;
   @Nullable
   private final Integer maxOutboundMessageSize;
+  @Nullable
+  private final Integer onReadyThreshold;
 
   private CallOptions(Builder builder) {
     this.deadline = builder.deadline;
@@ -91,6 +93,7 @@ private CallOptions(Builder builder) {
     this.waitForReady = builder.waitForReady;
     this.maxInboundMessageSize = builder.maxInboundMessageSize;
     this.maxOutboundMessageSize = builder.maxOutboundMessageSize;
+    this.onReadyThreshold = builder.onReadyThreshold;
   }
 
   static class Builder {
@@ -105,6 +108,7 @@ static class Builder {
     Boolean waitForReady;
     Integer maxInboundMessageSize;
     Integer maxOutboundMessageSize;
+    Integer onReadyThreshold;
 
     private CallOptions build() {
       return new CallOptions(this);
@@ -193,6 +197,10 @@ public CallOptions withWaitForReady() {
     return builder.build();
   }
 
+  public Integer getOnReadyThreshold() {
+    return onReadyThreshold;
+  }
+
   /**
    * Disables 'wait for ready' feature for the call.
    * This method should be rarely used because the default is without 'wait for ready'.
@@ -203,6 +211,18 @@ public CallOptions withoutWaitForReady() {
     return builder.build();
   }
 
+  public CallOptions withOnReadyThreshold(int numBytes) {
+    Builder builder = toBuilder(this);
+    builder.onReadyThreshold = numBytes;
+    return builder.build();
+  }
+
+  public CallOptions clearOnReadyThreshold() {
+    Builder builder = toBuilder(this);
+    builder.onReadyThreshold = null;
+    return builder.build();
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the compressor's name.
    */
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/PartialForwardingServerCall.java b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/PartialForwardingServerCall.java
index a7da647308b1..234eec1199f0 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/PartialForwardingServerCall.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/PartialForwardingServerCall.java
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@ public void setMessageCompression(boolean enabled) {
     delegate().setMessageCompression(enabled);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setOnReadyThreshold(int numBytes) {
+    delegate().setOnReadyThreshold(numBytes);
+  }
+
   @Override
   @ExperimentalApi("https://github.com/grpc/grpc-java/issues/1704")
   public void setCompression(String compressor) {
diff --git a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerCall.java b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerCall.java
index 7408479a2305..3afa0a02dc80 100644
--- a/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerCall.java
+++ b/api/src/main/java/io/grpc/ServerCall.java
@@ -209,6 +209,10 @@ public void setCompression(String compressor) {
     // noop
   }
 
+  public void setOnReadyThreshold(int numBytes) {
+    // noop
+  }
+
   /**
    * Returns the level of security guarantee in communications
    *
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractServerStream.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractServerStream.java
index d781cfa9b8a9..b5c1badf0645 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractServerStream.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractServerStream.java
@@ -177,6 +177,11 @@ public StatsTraceContext statsTraceContext() {
     return statsTraceCtx;
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setOnReadyThreshold(int numBytes) {
+    transportState().setOnReadyThreshold(numBytes);
+  }
+
   /**
    * This should only be called from the transport thread (except for private interactions with
    * {@code AbstractServerStream}).
@@ -243,6 +248,8 @@ public void deframerClosed(boolean hasPartialMessage) {
       }
     }
 
+
+
     @Override
     protected ServerStreamListener listener() {
       return listener;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractStream.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractStream.java
index cda08576eae5..e78a5bfbc5e8 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractStream.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractStream.java
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ public final void flush() {
     }
   }
 
+  protected void setOnReadyThreshold(int numBytes) {
+    transportState().setOnReadyThreshold(numBytes);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Closes the underlying framer. Should be called when the outgoing stream is gracefully closed
    * (half closure on client; closure on server).
@@ -143,6 +147,9 @@ public abstract static class TransportState
     @GuardedBy("onReadyLock")
     private boolean deallocated;
 
+    @GuardedBy("onReadyLock")
+    private int onReadyThreshold;
+
     protected TransportState(
         int maxMessageSize,
         StatsTraceContext statsTraceCtx,
@@ -157,6 +164,7 @@ protected TransportState(
           transportTracer);
       // TODO(#7168): use MigratingThreadDeframer when enabling retry doesn't break.
       deframer = rawDeframer;
+      onReadyThreshold = DEFAULT_ONREADY_THRESHOLD;
     }
 
     final void optimizeForDirectExecutor() {
@@ -178,6 +186,12 @@ final void setMaxInboundMessageSize(int maxSize) {
      */
     protected abstract StreamListener listener();
 
+    void setOnReadyThreshold(int numBytes) {
+      synchronized (onReadyLock) {
+        this.onReadyThreshold = numBytes;
+      }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void messagesAvailable(StreamListener.MessageProducer producer) {
       listener().messagesAvailable(producer);
@@ -259,7 +273,7 @@ protected final void setDecompressor(Decompressor decompressor) {
 
     private boolean isReady() {
       synchronized (onReadyLock) {
-        return allocated && numSentBytesQueued < DEFAULT_ONREADY_THRESHOLD && !deallocated;
+        return allocated && numSentBytesQueued < onReadyThreshold && !deallocated;
       }
     }
 
@@ -316,9 +330,9 @@ public final void onSentBytes(int numBytes) {
       synchronized (onReadyLock) {
         checkState(allocated,
             "onStreamAllocated was not called, but it seems the stream is active");
-        boolean belowThresholdBefore = numSentBytesQueued < DEFAULT_ONREADY_THRESHOLD;
+        boolean belowThresholdBefore = numSentBytesQueued < onReadyThreshold;
         numSentBytesQueued -= numBytes;
-        boolean belowThresholdAfter = numSentBytesQueued < DEFAULT_ONREADY_THRESHOLD;
+        boolean belowThresholdAfter = numSentBytesQueued < onReadyThreshold;
         doNotify = !belowThresholdBefore && belowThresholdAfter;
       }
       if (doNotify) {
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerCallImpl.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerCallImpl.java
index 1bfee21e0550..dda36258e7cb 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerCallImpl.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerCallImpl.java
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ public void setMessageCompression(boolean enable) {
     stream.setMessageCompression(enable);
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void setOnReadyThreshold(int numBytes) {
+    stream.setOnReadyThreshold(numBytes);
+  }
+
   @Override
   public void setCompression(String compressorName) {
     // Added here to give a better error message.
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerStream.java b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerStream.java
index 861d5f36cc7e..9934b5ec1bff 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerStream.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/io/grpc/internal/ServerStream.java
@@ -96,4 +96,11 @@ public interface ServerStream extends Stream {
    * The HTTP/2 stream id, or {@code -1} if not supported.
    */
   int streamId();
+
+  /**
+   * A hint to the stream that specifies how many bytes must be queued before
+   * {@link StreamListener#onReady()} will be called. A stream may ignore this property if
+   * unsupported.
+   */
+  void setOnReadyThreshold(int numBytes);
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractClientStreamTest.java b/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractClientStreamTest.java
index 4ce8a467d9f8..98c2c515b2f7 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractClientStreamTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/io/grpc/internal/AbstractClientStreamTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 import static io.grpc.internal.ClientStreamListener.RpcProgress.PROCESSED;
 import static io.grpc.internal.GrpcUtil.DEFAULT_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
@@ -482,6 +483,34 @@ public void appendTimeoutInsight() {
     assertThat(insight.toString()).isEqualTo("[remote_addr=fake_server_addr]");
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void overrideOnReadyThreshold() {
+    AbstractClientStream.Sink sink = mock(AbstractClientStream.Sink.class);
+    BaseTransportState state = new BaseTransportState(statsTraceCtx, transportTracer);
+    AbstractClientStream stream = new BaseAbstractClientStream(
+        allocator,
+        state,
+        sink,
+        statsTraceCtx,
+        transportTracer,
+        CallOptions.DEFAULT.withOnReadyThreshold(10),
+        true);
+    ClientStreamListener listener = new NoopClientStreamListener();
+    stream.start(listener);
+    state.onStreamAllocated();
+
+    // Stream should be ready. 0 bytes are queued.
+    assertTrue(stream.isReady());
+
+    // Queue some bytes above the custom threshold and check that the stream is not ready.
+    stream.onSendingBytes(100);
+    assertFalse(stream.isReady());
+
+    // Simulate a flush and verify ready now.
+    stream.transportState().onSentBytes(91);
+    assertTrue(stream.isReady());
+  }
+
   /**
    * No-op base class for testing.
    */
@@ -517,9 +546,23 @@ public BaseAbstractClientStream(
         StatsTraceContext statsTraceCtx,
         TransportTracer transportTracer,
         boolean useGet) {
-      super(allocator, statsTraceCtx, transportTracer, new Metadata(), CallOptions.DEFAULT, useGet);
+      this(allocator, state, sink, statsTraceCtx, transportTracer, CallOptions.DEFAULT, useGet);
+    }
+
+    public BaseAbstractClientStream(
+        WritableBufferAllocator allocator,
+        TransportState state,
+        Sink sink,
+        StatsTraceContext statsTraceCtx,
+        TransportTracer transportTracer,
+        CallOptions callOptions,
+        boolean useGet) {
+      super(allocator, statsTraceCtx, transportTracer, new Metadata(), callOptions, useGet);
       this.state = state;
       this.sink = sink;
+      if (callOptions.getOnReadyThreshold() != null) {
+        this.transportState().setOnReadyThreshold(callOptions.getOnReadyThreshold());
+      }
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/inprocess/src/main/java/io/grpc/inprocess/InProcessTransport.java b/inprocess/src/main/java/io/grpc/inprocess/InProcessTransport.java
index 91e519f9efc7..f091714874cc 100644
--- a/inprocess/src/main/java/io/grpc/inprocess/InProcessTransport.java
+++ b/inprocess/src/main/java/io/grpc/inprocess/InProcessTransport.java
@@ -697,6 +697,11 @@ public StatsTraceContext statsTraceContext() {
       public int streamId() {
         return -1;
       }
+
+      @Override
+      public void setOnReadyThreshold(int numBytes) {
+        // noop
+      }
     }
 
     private class InProcessClientStream implements ClientStream {
diff --git a/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyClientStream.java b/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyClientStream.java
index 0c0bb7eeb8d4..54bc1ae429a2 100644
--- a/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyClientStream.java
+++ b/netty/src/main/java/io/grpc/netty/NettyClientStream.java
@@ -92,6 +92,9 @@ class NettyClientStream extends AbstractClientStream {
     this.authority = checkNotNull(authority, "authority");
     this.scheme = checkNotNull(scheme, "scheme");
     this.userAgent = userAgent;
+    if (callOptions.getOnReadyThreshold() != null) {
+      this.setOnReadyThreshold(callOptions.getOnReadyThreshold());
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/okhttp/src/main/java/io/grpc/okhttp/OkHttpClientStream.java b/okhttp/src/main/java/io/grpc/okhttp/OkHttpClientStream.java
index 50de8c7002fa..c9d6da917f74 100644
--- a/okhttp/src/main/java/io/grpc/okhttp/OkHttpClientStream.java
+++ b/okhttp/src/main/java/io/grpc/okhttp/OkHttpClientStream.java
@@ -100,6 +100,9 @@ class OkHttpClientStream extends AbstractClientStream {
             transport,
             initialWindowSize,
             method.getFullMethodName());
+    if (callOptions.getOnReadyThreshold() != null) {
+      this.setOnReadyThreshold(callOptions.getOnReadyThreshold());
+    }
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/stub/src/main/java/io/grpc/stub/ServerCallStreamObserver.java b/stub/src/main/java/io/grpc/stub/ServerCallStreamObserver.java
index 8201a2305462..79ec61423670 100644
--- a/stub/src/main/java/io/grpc/stub/ServerCallStreamObserver.java
+++ b/stub/src/main/java/io/grpc/stub/ServerCallStreamObserver.java
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ public abstract class ServerCallStreamObserver<RespT> extends CallStreamObserver
    */
   public abstract void setOnCancelHandler(Runnable onCancelHandler);
 
+  public abstract void setOnReadyThreshold(int numBytes);
+
   /**
    * Sets the compression algorithm to use for the call. May only be called before sending any
    * messages. Default gRPC servers support the "gzip" compressor.
diff --git a/stub/src/main/java/io/grpc/stub/ServerCalls.java b/stub/src/main/java/io/grpc/stub/ServerCalls.java
index 83954af9670d..bbfd3262b11c 100644
--- a/stub/src/main/java/io/grpc/stub/ServerCalls.java
+++ b/stub/src/main/java/io/grpc/stub/ServerCalls.java
@@ -396,6 +396,11 @@ public void onCompleted() {
       completed = true;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setOnReadyThreshold(int numBytes) {
+      call.setOnReadyThreshold(numBytes);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean isReady() {
       return call.isReady();
diff --git a/util/src/main/java/io/grpc/util/TransmitStatusRuntimeExceptionInterceptor.java b/util/src/main/java/io/grpc/util/TransmitStatusRuntimeExceptionInterceptor.java
index bead2be4e9e9..750a36c52857 100644
--- a/util/src/main/java/io/grpc/util/TransmitStatusRuntimeExceptionInterceptor.java
+++ b/util/src/main/java/io/grpc/util/TransmitStatusRuntimeExceptionInterceptor.java
@@ -219,6 +219,16 @@ public void run() {
       });
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public void setOnReadyThreshold(final int numBytes) {
+      serializingExecutor.execute(new Runnable() {
+        @Override
+        public void run() {
+          SerializingServerCall.super.setOnReadyThreshold(numBytes);
+        }
+      });
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void setCompression(final String compressor) {
       serializingExecutor.execute(new Runnable() {