diff --git a/services/httpd/handler.go b/services/httpd/handler.go
index f2cc5c6a3e..1b7d7aac16 100644
--- a/services/httpd/handler.go
+++ b/services/httpd/handler.go
@@ -440,7 +440,12 @@ func (h *Handler) serveQuery(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, user *meta.
 	resp := Response{Results: make([]*influxql.Result, 0)}
 
 	// Status header is OK once this point is reached.
+	// Attempt to flush the header immediately so the client gets the header information
+	// and knows the query was accepted.
 	h.writeHeader(rw, http.StatusOK)
+	if w, ok := w.(http.Flusher); ok {
+		w.Flush()
+	}
 
 	// pull all results from the channel
 	rows := 0
@@ -460,7 +465,7 @@ func (h *Handler) serveQuery(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request, user *meta.
 			n, _ := rw.WriteResponse(Response{
 				Results: []*influxql.Result{r},
 			})
-			atomic.AddInt64(&h.stats.QueryRequestBytesTransmitted, int64(n+1))
+			atomic.AddInt64(&h.stats.QueryRequestBytesTransmitted, int64(n))
 			w.(http.Flusher).Flush()
 			continue
 		}
@@ -940,6 +945,9 @@ func (w gzipResponseWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 
 func (w gzipResponseWriter) Flush() {
 	w.Writer.(*gzip.Writer).Flush()
+	if w, ok := w.ResponseWriter.(http.Flusher); ok {
+		w.Flush()
+	}
 }
 
 func (w gzipResponseWriter) CloseNotify() <-chan bool {
diff --git a/services/httpd/handler_test.go b/services/httpd/handler_test.go
index 630bd2d187..2cdae58fb1 100644
--- a/services/httpd/handler_test.go
+++ b/services/httpd/handler_test.go
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
 	"regexp"
 	"strings"
 	"testing"
@@ -365,6 +366,73 @@ func TestHandler_Query_ErrResult(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+// Ensure that closing the HTTP connection causes the query to be interrupted.
+func TestHandler_Query_CloseNotify(t *testing.T) {
+	// Avoid leaking a goroutine when this fails.
+	done := make(chan struct{})
+	defer close(done)
+
+	interrupted := make(chan struct{})
+	h := NewHandler(false)
+	h.StatementExecutor.ExecuteStatementFn = func(stmt influxql.Statement, ctx influxql.ExecutionContext) error {
+		select {
+		case <-ctx.InterruptCh:
+		case <-done:
+		}
+		close(interrupted)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	s := httptest.NewServer(h)
+	defer s.Close()
+
+	// Parse the URL and generate a query request.
+	u, err := url.Parse(s.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	u.Path = "/query"
+
+	values := url.Values{}
+	values.Set("q", "SELECT * FROM cpu")
+	values.Set("db", "db0")
+	values.Set("rp", "rp0")
+	values.Set("chunked", "true")
+	u.RawQuery = values.Encode()
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", u.String(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Perform the request and retrieve the response.
+	resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// Validate that the interrupted channel has NOT been closed yet.
+	timer := time.NewTimer(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	select {
+	case <-interrupted:
+		timer.Stop()
+		t.Fatal("query interrupted unexpectedly")
+	case <-timer.C:
+	}
+
+	// Close the response body which should abort the query in the handler.
+	resp.Body.Close()
+
+	// The query should abort within 100 milliseconds.
+	timer.Reset(100 * time.Millisecond)
+	select {
+	case <-interrupted:
+		timer.Stop()
+	case <-timer.C:
+		t.Fatal("timeout while waiting for query to abort")
+	}
+}
+
 // Ensure the handler handles ping requests correctly.
 // TODO: This should be expanded to verify the MetaClient check in servePing is working correctly
 func TestHandler_Ping(t *testing.T) {
diff --git a/services/httpd/response_writer.go b/services/httpd/response_writer.go
index d4d4ab65ba..1d8b375057 100644
--- a/services/httpd/response_writer.go
+++ b/services/httpd/response_writer.go
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ type ResponseWriter interface {
 // in the request that wraps the ResponseWriter.
 func NewResponseWriter(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) ResponseWriter {
 	pretty := r.URL.Query().Get("pretty") == "true"
+	rw := &responseWriter{ResponseWriter: w}
 	switch r.Header.Get("Accept") {
 	case "application/json":
 		fallthrough
 	default:
 		w.Header().Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
-		return &jsonResponseWriter{Pretty: pretty, ResponseWriter: w}
+		rw.formatter = &jsonFormatter{Pretty: pretty, Writer: w}
 	}
+	return rw
 }
 
 // WriteError is a convenience function for writing an error response to the ResponseWriter.
@@ -32,12 +34,41 @@ func WriteError(w ResponseWriter, err error) (int, error) {
 	return w.WriteResponse(Response{Err: err})
 }
 
-type jsonResponseWriter struct {
-	Pretty bool
+// responseWriter is an implementation of ResponseWriter.
+type responseWriter struct {
+	formatter interface {
+		WriteResponse(resp Response) (int, error)
+	}
 	http.ResponseWriter
 }
 
-func (w *jsonResponseWriter) WriteResponse(resp Response) (n int, err error) {
+// WriteResponse writes the response using the formatter.
+func (w *responseWriter) WriteResponse(resp Response) (int, error) {
+	return w.formatter.WriteResponse(resp)
+}
+
+// Flush flushes the ResponseWriter if it has a Flush() method.
+func (w *responseWriter) Flush() {
+	if w, ok := w.ResponseWriter.(http.Flusher); ok {
+		w.Flush()
+	}
+}
+
+// CloseNotify calls CloseNotify on the underlying http.ResponseWriter if it
+// exists. Otherwise, it returns a nil channel that will never notify.
+func (w *responseWriter) CloseNotify() <-chan bool {
+	if notifier, ok := w.ResponseWriter.(http.CloseNotifier); ok {
+		return notifier.CloseNotify()
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+type jsonFormatter struct {
+	io.Writer
+	Pretty bool
+}
+
+func (w *jsonFormatter) WriteResponse(resp Response) (n int, err error) {
 	var b []byte
 	if w.Pretty {
 		b, err = json.MarshalIndent(resp, "", "    ")
@@ -55,10 +86,3 @@ func (w *jsonResponseWriter) WriteResponse(resp Response) (n int, err error) {
 	n++
 	return n, err
 }
-
-// Flush flushes the ResponseWriter if it has a Flush() method.
-func (w *jsonResponseWriter) Flush() {
-	if w, ok := w.ResponseWriter.(http.Flusher); ok {
-		w.Flush()
-	}
-}