diff --git a/internal/plugin/loopback/options.go b/internal/plugin/loopback/options.go
index f2da84e585..aed9ed7e92 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/loopback/options.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/loopback/options.go
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ const (
 	PutObject
 )
 
+const (
+	defaultStreamChunckSize = 8
+)
+
 // PluginMockError is used to mock an error when interacting with an external object store.
 type PluginMockError struct {
 	BucketName   string
diff --git a/internal/plugin/loopback/storage.go b/internal/plugin/loopback/storage.go
index 19a1ff1582..ec48b21d2b 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/loopback/storage.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/loopback/storage.go
@@ -284,9 +284,21 @@ func (l *LoopbackStorage) getObject(req *plgpb.GetObjectRequest, stream plgpb.St
 		}
 	}
 	go func() {
+		chunkSize := req.GetChunkSize()
+		if chunkSize == 0 {
+			chunkSize = defaultStreamChunckSize
+		}
+		data := []byte{}
 		for _, chunk := range object.DataChunks {
+			data = append(data, chunk...)
+		}
+		for i := 0; i < len(data); i += int(chunkSize) {
+			end := i + int(chunkSize)
+			if end > len(data) {
+				end = len(data)
+			}
 			if err := stream.Send(&plgpb.GetObjectResponse{
-				FileChunk: chunk,
+				FileChunk: append([]byte{}, data[i:end]...),
 			}); err != nil {
 				stream.SendMsg(status.Errorf(codes.Internal, "%s: failed to send object data: %v", op, err))
 				return
diff --git a/internal/plugin/loopback/storage_test.go b/internal/plugin/loopback/storage_test.go
index 3b465cd0f8..9366d1795a 100644
--- a/internal/plugin/loopback/storage_test.go
+++ b/internal/plugin/loopback/storage_test.go
@@ -629,6 +629,18 @@ func TestLoopbackGetObject(t *testing.T) {
 			},
 			expectedErr: codes.PermissionDenied,
 		},
+		{
+			name: "with chunk size",
+			request: &plgpb.GetObjectRequest{
+				Key: "mock_object",
+				Bucket: &storagebuckets.StorageBucket{
+					BucketName: "aws_s3_mock",
+					Secrets:    secrets,
+				},
+				ChunkSize: 3,
+			},
+			expectedObj: mockStorageMapData["aws_s3_mock"]["mock_object"],
+		},
 		{
 			name: "object retrieved",
 			request: &plgpb.GetObjectRequest{
diff --git a/internal/proto/plugin/v1/storage_plugin_service.proto b/internal/proto/plugin/v1/storage_plugin_service.proto
index 585aa84666..632b189d9e 100644
--- a/internal/proto/plugin/v1/storage_plugin_service.proto
+++ b/internal/proto/plugin/v1/storage_plugin_service.proto
@@ -108,6 +108,9 @@ message GetObjectRequest {
 
   // Required. The path of the object.
   string key = 20;
+
+  // Optional. The maximum size of the stream response message. Defaults to 64KiB.
+  uint32 chunk_size = 30;
 }
 
 message GetObjectResponse {
diff --git a/internal/storage/plugin/options.go b/internal/storage/plugin/options.go
index 80a791de20..46eaeaa89f 100644
--- a/internal/storage/plugin/options.go
+++ b/internal/storage/plugin/options.go
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type Option func(*options)
 
 // options = how options are represented
 type options struct {
-	withChunkSize    int
+	withChunkSize    uint32
 	withName         string
 	withDescription  string
 	withAttributes   *structpb.Struct
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ func getDefaultOptions() options {
 // send to the plugin in a single request. If not provided,
 // the default is 64KiB. The recommended chunk size for
 // streamed messages is 16KiB to 64KiB.
-func WithChunkSize(chunkSize int) Option {
+func WithChunkSize(chunkSize uint32) Option {
 	return func(o *options) {
 		o.withChunkSize = chunkSize
 	}
diff --git a/sdk/pbs/plugin/storage_plugin_service.pb.go b/sdk/pbs/plugin/storage_plugin_service.pb.go
index a22496d0c7..374a16a4b2 100644
--- a/sdk/pbs/plugin/storage_plugin_service.pb.go
+++ b/sdk/pbs/plugin/storage_plugin_service.pb.go
@@ -543,6 +543,8 @@ type GetObjectRequest struct {
 	Bucket *storagebuckets.StorageBucket `protobuf:"bytes,10,opt,name=bucket,proto3" json:"bucket,omitempty"`
 	// Required. The path of the object.
 	Key string `protobuf:"bytes,20,opt,name=key,proto3" json:"key,omitempty"`
+	// Optional. The maximum size of the stream response message. Defaults to 64KiB.
+	ChunkSize uint32 `protobuf:"varint,30,opt,name=chunk_size,json=chunkSize,proto3" json:"chunk_size,omitempty"`
 }
 
 func (x *GetObjectRequest) Reset() {
@@ -591,6 +593,13 @@ func (x *GetObjectRequest) GetKey() string {
 	return ""
 }
 
+func (x *GetObjectRequest) GetChunkSize() uint32 {
+	if x != nil {
+		return x.ChunkSize
+	}
+	return 0
+}
+
 type GetObjectResponse struct {
 	state         protoimpl.MessageState
 	sizeCache     protoimpl.SizeCache
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