diff --git a/async-graphql-actix-web/src/lib.rs b/async-graphql-actix-web/src/lib.rs
index 0ae2c2b1..042c6fcb 100644
--- a/async-graphql-actix-web/src/lib.rs
+++ b/async-graphql-actix-web/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,12 +4,18 @@
 
 mod subscription;
 
+use actix_web::body::BodyStream;
 use actix_web::dev::{Payload, PayloadStream};
-use actix_web::{http, web, Error, FromRequest, HttpRequest};
+use actix_web::http::StatusCode;
+use actix_web::{http, web, Error, FromRequest, HttpRequest, HttpResponse, Responder};
 use async_graphql::http::StreamBody;
-use async_graphql::{IntoQueryBuilder, IntoQueryBuilderOpts, ParseRequestError, QueryBuilder};
+use async_graphql::{
+    IntoQueryBuilder, IntoQueryBuilderOpts, ParseRequestError, QueryBuilder, QueryResponse,
+};
+use bytes::{buf::BufExt, Buf, Bytes};
 use futures::channel::mpsc;
-use futures::{Future, SinkExt, StreamExt, TryFutureExt};
+use futures::future::Ready;
+use futures::{Future, SinkExt, Stream, StreamExt, TryFutureExt};
 use std::pin::Pin;
 pub use subscription::WSSubscription;
 
@@ -65,3 +71,66 @@ impl FromRequest for GQLRequest {
         })
     }
 }
+
+/// Responder for GraphQL response
+pub struct GQLResponse(async_graphql::Result<QueryResponse>);
+
+impl From<async_graphql::Result<QueryResponse>> for GQLResponse {
+    fn from(res: async_graphql::Result<QueryResponse>) -> Self {
+        GQLResponse(res)
+    }
+}
+
+impl Responder for GQLResponse {
+    type Error = Error;
+    type Future = Ready<Result<HttpResponse, Error>>;
+
+    fn respond_to(self, _req: &HttpRequest) -> Self::Future {
+        let res = HttpResponse::build(StatusCode::OK)
+            .content_type("application/json")
+            .body(serde_json::to_string(&async_graphql::http::GQLResponse(self.0)).unwrap());
+        futures::future::ok(res)
+    }
+}
+
+/// Responder for GraphQL response stream
+pub struct GQLResponseStream<S: Stream<Item = async_graphql::Result<QueryResponse>>>(S);
+
+impl<S: Stream<Item = async_graphql::Result<QueryResponse>> + 'static> From<S>
+    for GQLResponseStream<S>
+{
+    fn from(stream: S) -> Self {
+        GQLResponseStream(stream)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<S: Stream<Item = async_graphql::Result<QueryResponse>> + Unpin + 'static> Responder
+    for GQLResponseStream<S>
+{
+    type Error = Error;
+    type Future = Ready<Result<HttpResponse, Error>>;
+
+    fn respond_to(self, _req: &HttpRequest) -> Self::Future {
+        let body = BodyStream::new(
+            self.0
+                .map(|res| serde_json::to_vec(&async_graphql::http::GQLResponse(res)).unwrap())
+                .map(|data| {
+                    Ok::<_, std::convert::Infallible>(
+                        Bytes::from(format!(
+                            "\r\n---\r\nContent-Type: application/json\r\nContent-Length: {}\r\n\r\n",
+                            data.len()
+                        ))
+                        .chain(Bytes::from(data))
+                        .to_bytes(),
+                    )
+                })
+                .chain(futures::stream::once(futures::future::ok(
+                    Bytes::from_static(b"\r\n-----\r\n"),
+                ))),
+        );
+        let res = HttpResponse::build(StatusCode::OK)
+            .content_type("multipart/mixed; boundary=\"-\"")
+            .body(body);
+        futures::future::ok(res)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/query.rs b/src/query.rs
index eac14673..26959e00 100644
--- a/src/query.rs
+++ b/src/query.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ impl QueryBuilder {
     /// Execute the query, returns a stream, the first result being the query result,
     /// followed by the incremental result. Only when there are `@defer` and `@stream` directives
     /// in the query will there be subsequent incremental results.
-    pub async fn execute_stream<Query, Mutation, Subscription>(
+    pub fn execute_stream<Query, Mutation, Subscription>(
         self,
         schema: &Schema<Query, Mutation, Subscription>,
     ) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<QueryResponse>>
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ impl QueryBuilder {
         Mutation: ObjectType + Send + Sync + 'static,
         Subscription: SubscriptionType + Send + Sync + 'static,
     {
-        let mut stream = self.execute_stream(schema).await;
+        let mut stream = self.execute_stream(schema);
         let mut resp = stream.next().await.unwrap()?;
         while let Some(resp_part) = stream.next().await.transpose()? {
             resp.merge(resp_part);
diff --git a/src/schema.rs b/src/schema.rs
index f2d58c85..c3537ac6 100644
--- a/src/schema.rs
+++ b/src/schema.rs
@@ -286,11 +286,8 @@ where
     /// Execute the query without create the `QueryBuilder`, returns a stream, the first result being the query result,
     /// followed by the incremental result. Only when there are `@defer` and `@stream` directives
     /// in the query will there be subsequent incremental results.
-    pub async fn execute_stream(
-        &self,
-        query_source: &str,
-    ) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<QueryResponse>> {
-        QueryBuilder::new(query_source).execute_stream(self).await
+    pub fn execute_stream(&self, query_source: &str) -> impl Stream<Item = Result<QueryResponse>> {
+        QueryBuilder::new(query_source).execute_stream(self)
     }
 
     /// Create subscription stream, typically called inside the `SubscriptionTransport::handle_request` method
diff --git a/tests/defer.rs b/tests/defer.rs
index 6618076c..193befed 100644
--- a/tests/defer.rs
+++ b/tests/defer.rs
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ pub async fn test_defer() {
         })
     );
 
-    let mut stream = schema.execute_stream(&query).await;
+    let mut stream = schema.execute_stream(&query);
     assert_eq!(
         stream.next().await.unwrap().unwrap().data,
         serde_json::json!({