diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cef5159a..d71c9531 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 - Improve documentation for routing ([#71](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/71))
 - Clarify required response body type when routing to `tower::Service`s ([#69](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/69))
 - Add `axum::body::box_body` to converting an `http_body::Body` to `axum::body::BoxBody` ([#69](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/69))
+- Add `axum::sse` for Server-Sent Events ([#75](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/75))
 - Mention required dependencies in docs ([#77](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/77))
 - Fix WebSockets failing on Firefox ([#76](https://github.com/tokio-rs/axum/pull/76))
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 5ff8f99c..1d5f701b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ bytes = "1.0"
 futures-util = "0.3"
 http = "0.2"
 http-body = "0.4"
-hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["server", "tcp", "http1"] }
+hyper = { version = "0.14", features = ["server", "tcp", "http1", "stream"] }
 pin-project = "1.0"
 regex = "1.5"
 serde = "1.0"
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 tracing-subscriber = "0.2"
 uuid = { version = "0.8", features = ["serde", "v4"] }
 async-session = "3.0.0"
+tokio-stream = "0.1.7"
 
 [dev-dependencies.tower]
 version = "0.4"
diff --git a/examples/sse.rs b/examples/sse.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..760ed2f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sse.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+use axum::{extract::TypedHeader, prelude::*, routing::nest, service::ServiceExt, sse::Event};
+use futures::stream::{self, Stream};
+use http::StatusCode;
+use std::{convert::Infallible, net::SocketAddr, time::Duration};
+use tokio_stream::StreamExt as _;
+use tower_http::{services::ServeDir, trace::TraceLayer};
+
+#[tokio::main]
+async fn main() {
+    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+
+    // build our application with a route
+    let app = nest(
+        "/",
+        axum::service::get(
+            ServeDir::new("examples/sse")
+                .append_index_html_on_directories(true)
+                .handle_error(|error: std::io::Error| {
+                    Ok::<_, std::convert::Infallible>((
+                        StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+                        format!("Unhandled interal error: {}", error),
+                    ))
+                }),
+        ),
+    )
+    .route("/sse", axum::sse::sse(make_stream))
+    .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http());
+
+    // run it
+    let addr = SocketAddr::from(([127, 0, 0, 1], 3000));
+    tracing::debug!("listening on {}", addr);
+    hyper::Server::bind(&addr)
+        .serve(app.into_make_service())
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+}
+
+async fn make_stream(
+    // sse handlers can also use extractors
+    TypedHeader(user_agent): TypedHeader<headers::UserAgent>,
+) -> Result<impl Stream<Item = Result<Event, Infallible>>, Infallible> {
+    println!("`{}` connected", user_agent.as_str());
+
+    // A `Stream` that repeats an event every second
+    let stream = stream::repeat_with(|| Event::default().data("hi!"))
+        .map(Ok)
+        .throttle(Duration::from_secs(1));
+
+    Ok(stream)
+}
diff --git a/examples/sse/index.html b/examples/sse/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..390bb86b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sse/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<script src='script.js'></script>
diff --git a/examples/sse/script.js b/examples/sse/script.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..287dae22
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/sse/script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+var eventSource = new EventSource('sse');
+
+eventSource.onmessage = function(event) {
+    console.log('Message from server ', event.data);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 6e9bbc08..3c97e8cb 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -735,6 +735,7 @@ pub mod handler;
 pub mod response;
 pub mod routing;
 pub mod service;
+pub mod sse;
 
 #[cfg(feature = "ws")]
 #[cfg_attr(docsrs, doc(cfg(feature = "ws")))]
diff --git a/src/sse.rs b/src/sse.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b7ee46ce
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/sse.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,529 @@
+//! Server-Sent Events (SSE)
+//!
+//! # Example
+//!
+//! ```
+//! use axum::{prelude::*, sse::{sse, Event, KeepAlive}};
+//! use tokio_stream::StreamExt as _;
+//! use futures::stream::{self, Stream};
+//! use std::{
+//!     time::Duration,
+//!     convert::Infallible,
+//! };
+//!
+//! let app = route("/sse", sse(make_stream).keep_alive(KeepAlive::default()));
+//!
+//! async fn make_stream(
+//! ) -> Result<impl Stream<Item = Result<Event, Infallible>>, Infallible> {
+//!     // A `Stream` that repeats an event every second
+//!     let stream = stream::repeat_with(|| Event::default().data("hi!"))
+//!         .map(Ok)
+//!         .throttle(Duration::from_secs(1));
+//!
+//!     Ok(stream)
+//! }
+//! # async {
+//! # hyper::Server::bind(&"".parse().unwrap()).serve(app.into_make_service()).await.unwrap();
+//! # };
+//! ```
+//!
+//! SSE handlers can also use extractors:
+//!
+//! ```
+//! use axum::{prelude::*, sse::{sse, Event}, extract::{RequestParts, FromRequest}};
+//! use tokio_stream::StreamExt as _;
+//! use futures::stream::{self, Stream};
+//! use std::{
+//!     time::Duration,
+//!     convert::Infallible,
+//! };
+//! use http::{HeaderMap, StatusCode};
+//!
+//! /// An extractor that authorizes requests.
+//! struct RequireAuth;
+//!
+//! #[async_trait::async_trait]
+//! impl<B> FromRequest<B> for RequireAuth
+//! where
+//!     B: Send,
+//! {
+//!     type Rejection = StatusCode;
+//!
+//!     async fn from_request(req: &mut RequestParts<B>) -> Result<Self, Self::Rejection> {
+//!         # unimplemented!()
+//!         // Put your auth logic here...
+//!     }
+//! }
+//!
+//! let app = route("/sse", sse(make_stream));
+//!
+//! async fn make_stream(
+//!     // Run `RequireAuth` for each request before initiating the stream.
+//!     _auth: RequireAuth,
+//! ) -> Result<impl Stream<Item = Result<Event, Infallible>>, Infallible> {
+//!     // ...
+//!     # Ok(futures::stream::pending())
+//! }
+//! # async {
+//! # hyper::Server::bind(&"".parse().unwrap()).serve(app.into_make_service()).await.unwrap();
+//! # };
+//! ```
+
+use crate::{
+    body::{box_body, BoxBody, BoxStdError},
+    extract::{FromRequest, RequestParts},
+    response::IntoResponse,
+};
+use async_trait::async_trait;
+use futures_util::{
+    future::{TryFuture, TryFutureExt},
+    stream::{Stream, StreamExt, TryStream, TryStreamExt},
+};
+use http::{Request, Response};
+use hyper::Body;
+use pin_project::pin_project;
+use serde::Serialize;
+use std::{
+    borrow::Cow,
+    convert::Infallible,
+    fmt::{self, Write},
+    future::Future,
+    marker::PhantomData,
+    pin::Pin,
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+    time::Duration,
+};
+use tokio::time::Sleep;
+use tower::{BoxError, Service};
+
+/// Create a new [`Sse`] service that will call the closure to produce a stream
+/// of [`Event`]s.
+///
+/// See the [module docs](crate::sse) for more details.
+pub fn sse<H, B, T>(handler: H) -> Sse<H, B, T>
+where
+    H: SseHandler<B, T>,
+{
+    Sse {
+        handler,
+        keep_alive: None,
+        _request_body: PhantomData,
+    }
+}
+
+/// Trait for async functions that can be used to handle Server-sent event
+/// requests.
+///
+/// You shouldn't need to depend on this trait directly. It is automatically
+/// implemented to closures of the right types.
+///
+/// See the [module docs](crate::sse) for more details.
+#[async_trait]
+pub trait SseHandler<B, In>: Sized {
+    /// The stream of events produced by the handler.
+    type Stream: TryStream<Ok = Event> + Send + 'static;
+
+    /// The error handler might fail with.
+    type Error: IntoResponse;
+
+    // This seals the trait. We cannot use the regular "sealed super trait"
+    // approach due to coherence.
+    #[doc(hidden)]
+    type Sealed: crate::handler::sealed::HiddentTrait;
+
+    /// Call the handler with the given input parsed by extractors and produce
+    /// the stream of events.
+    async fn call(self, input: In) -> Result<Self::Stream, Self::Error>;
+}
+
+#[async_trait]
+impl<F, Fut, S, B> SseHandler<B, ()> for F
+where
+    F: FnOnce() -> Fut + Send,
+    Fut: TryFuture<Ok = S> + Send,
+    Fut::Error: IntoResponse,
+    S: TryStream<Ok = Event> + Send + 'static,
+{
+    type Stream = S;
+    type Error = Fut::Error;
+    type Sealed = crate::handler::sealed::Hidden;
+
+    async fn call(self, _: ()) -> Result<Self::Stream, Self::Error> {
+        self().into_future().await
+    }
+}
+
+macro_rules! impl_sse_handler {
+    () => {
+    };
+
+    ( $head:ident, $($tail:ident),* $(,)? ) => {
+        #[async_trait]
+        #[allow(non_snake_case)]
+        impl<F, Fut, S, B, $head, $($tail,)*> SseHandler<B, ($head, $($tail,)*)> for F
+        where
+            B: Send,
+            F: FnOnce($head, $($tail,)*) -> Fut + Send,
+            Fut: TryFuture<Ok = S> + Send,
+            Fut::Error: IntoResponse,
+            S: TryStream<Ok = Event> + Send + 'static,
+            $head: FromRequest<B> + Send + 'static,
+            $( $tail: FromRequest<B> + Send + 'static, )*
+        {
+            type Stream = S;
+            type Error = Fut::Error;
+            type Sealed = crate::handler::sealed::Hidden;
+
+            async fn call(self, ($head, $($tail,)*): ($head, $($tail,)*)) -> Result<Self::Stream, Self::Error> {
+                self($head, $($tail,)*).into_future().await
+            }
+        }
+
+        impl_sse_handler!($($tail,)*);
+    };
+}
+
+impl_sse_handler!(T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15, T16);
+
+/// [`Service`] that handlers streams of Server-sent events.
+///
+/// See the [module docs](crate::sse) for more details.
+pub struct Sse<H, B, T> {
+    handler: H,
+    keep_alive: Option<KeepAlive>,
+    _request_body: PhantomData<fn() -> (B, T)>,
+}
+
+impl<H, B, T> Sse<H, B, T> {
+    /// Configure the interval between keep-alive messages.
+    ///
+    /// Defaults to no keep-alive messages.
+    pub fn keep_alive(mut self, keep_alive: KeepAlive) -> Self {
+        self.keep_alive = Some(keep_alive);
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl<H, B, T> fmt::Debug for Sse<H, B, T> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_struct("Sse")
+            .field("handler", &format_args!("{}", std::any::type_name::<H>()))
+            .field("keep_alive", &self.keep_alive)
+            .finish()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<H, B, T> Clone for Sse<H, B, T>
+where
+    H: Clone,
+{
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            handler: self.handler.clone(),
+            keep_alive: self.keep_alive.clone(),
+            _request_body: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<ReqBody, H, T> Service<Request<ReqBody>> for Sse<H, ReqBody, T>
+where
+    H: SseHandler<ReqBody, T> + Clone + Send + 'static,
+    T: FromRequest<ReqBody> + Send,
+    ReqBody: Send + 'static,
+    <H::Stream as TryStream>::Error: Into<BoxError>,
+{
+    type Response = Response<BoxBody>;
+    type Error = Infallible;
+    type Future = ResponseFuture;
+
+    fn poll_ready(&mut self, _cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Result<(), Self::Error>> {
+        Poll::Ready(Ok(()))
+    }
+
+    fn call(&mut self, req: Request<ReqBody>) -> Self::Future {
+        let handler = self.handler.clone();
+        let keep_alive = self.keep_alive.clone();
+
+        ResponseFuture(Box::pin(async move {
+            let mut req = RequestParts::new(req);
+            let input = match T::from_request(&mut req).await {
+                Ok(input) => input,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    return Ok(err.into_response().map(box_body));
+                }
+            };
+
+            let stream = match handler.call(input).await {
+                Ok(stream) => stream,
+                Err(err) => {
+                    return Ok(err.into_response().map(box_body));
+                }
+            };
+
+            let stream = if let Some(keep_alive) = keep_alive {
+                KeepAliveStream {
+                    event_stream: stream,
+                    comment_text: keep_alive.comment_text,
+                    max_interval: keep_alive.max_interval,
+                    alive_timer: tokio::time::sleep(keep_alive.max_interval),
+                }
+                .left_stream()
+            } else {
+                stream.into_stream().right_stream()
+            };
+
+            let stream = stream
+                .map_ok(|event| event.to_string())
+                .map_err(|err| BoxStdError(err.into()))
+                .into_stream();
+
+            let body = box_body(Body::wrap_stream(stream));
+
+            let response = Response::builder()
+                .header(http::header::CONTENT_TYPE, "text/event-stream")
+                .header(http::header::CACHE_CONTROL, "no-cache")
+                .body(body)
+                .unwrap();
+
+            Ok(response)
+        }))
+    }
+}
+
+opaque_future! {
+    /// Response future for [`Sse`].
+    pub type ResponseFuture =
+        futures_util::future::BoxFuture<'static, Result<Response<BoxBody>, Infallible>>;
+}
+
+/// Server-sent event
+#[derive(Default, Debug)]
+pub struct Event {
+    name: Option<String>,
+    id: Option<String>,
+    data: Option<DataType>,
+    event: Option<String>,
+    comment: Option<String>,
+    retry: Option<Duration>,
+}
+
+// Server-sent event data type
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum DataType {
+    Text(String),
+    Json(String),
+}
+
+impl Event {
+    /// Set Server-sent event data
+    /// data field(s) ("data:<content>")
+    pub fn data<T>(mut self, data: T) -> Event
+    where
+        T: Into<String>,
+    {
+        self.data = Some(DataType::Text(data.into()));
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Set Server-sent event data
+    /// data field(s) ("data:<content>")
+    pub fn json_data<T>(mut self, data: T) -> Result<Event, serde_json::Error>
+    where
+        T: Serialize,
+    {
+        self.data = Some(DataType::Json(serde_json::to_string(&data)?));
+        Ok(self)
+    }
+
+    /// Set Server-sent event comment
+    /// Comment field (":<comment-text>")
+    pub fn comment<T>(mut self, comment: T) -> Event
+    where
+        T: Into<String>,
+    {
+        self.comment = Some(comment.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Set Server-sent event event
+    /// Event name field ("event:<event-name>")
+    pub fn event<T>(mut self, event: T) -> Event
+    where
+        T: Into<String>,
+    {
+        self.event = Some(event.into());
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Set Server-sent event retry
+    /// Retry timeout field ("retry:<timeout>")
+    pub fn retry(mut self, duration: Duration) -> Event {
+        self.retry = Some(duration);
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Set Server-sent event id
+    /// Identifier field ("id:<identifier>")
+    pub fn id<T>(mut self, id: T) -> Event
+    where
+        T: Into<String>,
+    {
+        self.id = Some(id.into());
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Event {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        if let Some(comment) = &self.comment {
+            ":".fmt(f)?;
+            comment.fmt(f)?;
+            f.write_char('\n')?;
+        }
+
+        if let Some(event) = &self.event {
+            "event:".fmt(f)?;
+            event.fmt(f)?;
+            f.write_char('\n')?;
+        }
+
+        match &self.data {
+            Some(DataType::Text(data)) => {
+                for line in data.split('\n') {
+                    "data:".fmt(f)?;
+                    line.fmt(f)?;
+                    f.write_char('\n')?;
+                }
+            }
+            Some(DataType::Json(data)) => {
+                "data:".fmt(f)?;
+                data.fmt(f)?;
+                f.write_char('\n')?;
+            }
+            None => {}
+        }
+
+        if let Some(id) = &self.id {
+            "id:".fmt(f)?;
+            id.fmt(f)?;
+            f.write_char('\n')?;
+        }
+
+        if let Some(duration) = &self.retry {
+            "retry:".fmt(f)?;
+
+            let secs = duration.as_secs();
+            let millis = duration.subsec_millis();
+
+            if secs > 0 {
+                // format seconds
+                secs.fmt(f)?;
+
+                // pad milliseconds
+                if millis < 10 {
+                    f.write_str("00")?;
+                } else if millis < 100 {
+                    f.write_char('0')?;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // format milliseconds
+            millis.fmt(f)?;
+
+            f.write_char('\n')?;
+        }
+
+        f.write_char('\n')?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
+
+/// Configure the interval between keep-alive messages, the content
+/// of each message, and the associated stream.
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct KeepAlive {
+    comment_text: Cow<'static, str>,
+    max_interval: Duration,
+}
+
+impl KeepAlive {
+    /// Create a new `KeepAlive`.
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            comment_text: Cow::Borrowed(""),
+            max_interval: Duration::from_secs(15),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Customize the interval between keep-alive messages.
+    ///
+    /// Default is 15 seconds.
+    pub fn interval(mut self, time: Duration) -> Self {
+        self.max_interval = time;
+        self
+    }
+
+    /// Customize the text of the keep-alive message.
+    ///
+    /// Default is an empty comment.
+    pub fn text<I>(mut self, text: I) -> Self
+    where
+        I: Into<Cow<'static, str>>,
+    {
+        self.comment_text = text.into();
+        self
+    }
+}
+
+impl Default for KeepAlive {
+    fn default() -> Self {
+        Self::new()
+    }
+}
+
+#[pin_project]
+struct KeepAliveStream<S> {
+    #[pin]
+    event_stream: S,
+    comment_text: Cow<'static, str>,
+    max_interval: Duration,
+    #[pin]
+    alive_timer: Sleep,
+}
+
+impl<S> Stream for KeepAliveStream<S>
+where
+    S: TryStream<Ok = Event>,
+{
+    type Item = Result<Event, S::Error>;
+
+    fn poll_next(self: Pin<&mut Self>, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Self::Item>> {
+        let mut this = self.project();
+
+        match this.event_stream.try_poll_next(cx) {
+            Poll::Pending => match Pin::new(&mut this.alive_timer).poll(cx) {
+                Poll::Pending => Poll::Pending,
+                Poll::Ready(_) => {
+                    // restart timer
+                    this.alive_timer
+                        .reset(tokio::time::Instant::now() + *this.max_interval);
+
+                    let comment_str = this.comment_text.clone();
+                    let event = Event::default().comment(comment_str);
+                    Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(event)))
+                }
+            },
+            Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(event))) => {
+                // restart timer
+                this.alive_timer
+                    .reset(tokio::time::Instant::now() + *this.max_interval);
+
+                Poll::Ready(Some(Ok(event)))
+            }
+            Poll::Ready(None) => Poll::Ready(None),
+            Poll::Ready(Some(Err(error))) => Poll::Ready(Some(Err(error))),
+        }
+    }
+}