diff --git a/src/proto/stream.rs b/src/proto/stream.rs
index f1a03e55b66..88fb5fb4693 100644
--- a/src/proto/stream.rs
+++ b/src/proto/stream.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ where
     fn poll_ready(mut self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
         // tokio-util calls poll_flush when more than 8096 bytes are pending, otherwise
         // it returns Ready. We will just replicate that behavior
-        if self.pending_bytes >= 8096 {
+        if self.pending_bytes >= self.config.flush_threshold {
             self.as_mut().poll_flush(cx)
         } else {
             Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
diff --git a/src/proto/types.rs b/src/proto/types.rs
index 993c8f7a7fb..263424d16c9 100644
--- a/src/proto/types.rs
+++ b/src/proto/types.rs
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ impl TryFrom<u16> for CloseCode {
 /// the backing type is [`Bytes`] with a reference counter greater than one.
 ///
 /// [`From<Bytes>`]: #impl-From<Bytes>-for-Payload
-/// [`Into<BytesMut>`]: #impl-From<Payload>-for-BytesMut    
+/// [`Into<BytesMut>`]: #impl-From<Payload>-for-BytesMut
 pub struct Payload {
     /// The raw payload data.
     data: UnsafeCell<PayloadStorage>,
@@ -603,6 +603,9 @@ pub struct Config {
     /// Consider decreasing this if the remote imposes a limit on the frame
     /// payload size. The default is 4MiB.
     pub(super) frame_size: usize,
+    /// Threshold of queued up bytes after which the underlying I/O is flushed
+    /// before the sink is declared ready. The default is 8 KiB.
+    pub(super) flush_threshold: usize,
 }
 
 impl Config {
@@ -616,12 +619,22 @@ impl Config {
 
         self
     }
+
+    /// Sets the threshold of queued up bytes after which the underlying I/O is
+    /// flushed before the sink is declared ready. The default is 8 KiB.
+    #[must_use]
+    pub fn flush_threshold(mut self, threshold: usize) -> Self {
+        self.flush_threshold = threshold;
+
+        self
+    }
 }
 
 impl Default for Config {
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
             frame_size: 4 * 1024 * 1024,
+            flush_threshold: 8 * 1024,
         }
     }
 }