diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.c b/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.c
index 6f068fe8a..802c65ee9 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.c
@@ -392,8 +392,31 @@ ngx_event_pipe_read_upstream(ngx_event_pipe_t *p)
                        cl->buf->file_last - cl->buf->file_pos);
     }
 
+    ngx_log_debug1(NGX_LOG_DEBUG_EVENT, p->log, 0,
+                   "pipe length: %O", p->length);
+
 #endif
 
+    if (p->free_raw_bufs && p->length != -1) {
+        cl = p->free_raw_bufs;
+
+        if (cl->buf->last - cl->buf->pos >= p->length) {
+
+            /* STUB */ cl->buf->num = p->num++;
+
+            if (p->input_filter(p, cl->buf) == NGX_ERROR) {
+                 return NGX_ABORT;
+            }
+
+            p->free_raw_bufs = cl->next;
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (p->length == 0) {
+        p->upstream_done = 1;
+        p->read = 1;
+    }
+
     if ((p->upstream_eof || p->upstream_error) && p->free_raw_bufs) {
 
         /* STUB */ p->free_raw_bufs->buf->num = p->num++;
@@ -848,6 +871,12 @@ ngx_event_pipe_copy_input_filter(ngx_event_pipe_t *p, ngx_buf_t *buf)
     }
     p->last_in = &cl->next;
 
+    if (p->length == -1) {
+        return NGX_OK;
+    }
+
+    p->length -= b->last - b->pos;
+
     return NGX_OK;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.h b/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.h
index 00b8acf66..26334673c 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.h
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event_pipe.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ struct ngx_event_pipe_s {
     ssize_t            busy_size;
 
     off_t              read_length;
+    off_t              length;
 
     off_t              max_temp_file_size;
     ssize_t            temp_file_write_size;
diff --git a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
index f3730a063..62009f6c7 100644
--- a/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
+++ b/src/http/ngx_http_upstream.c
@@ -2304,6 +2304,15 @@ ngx_http_upstream_send_response(ngx_http_request_t *r, ngx_http_upstream_t *u)
     p->send_timeout = clcf->send_timeout;
     p->send_lowat = clcf->send_lowat;
 
+    p->length = -1;
+
+    if (u->input_filter_init
+        && u->input_filter_init(p->input_ctx) != NGX_OK)
+    {
+        ngx_http_upstream_finalize_request(r, u, 0);
+        return;
+    }
+
     u->read_event_handler = ngx_http_upstream_process_upstream;
     r->write_event_handler = ngx_http_upstream_process_downstream;