diff --git a/sdk-http-vertx/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/http/vertx/HttpEndpointRequestHandler.java b/sdk-http-vertx/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/http/vertx/HttpEndpointRequestHandler.java
index aeff003e..1ff88269 100644
--- a/sdk-http-vertx/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/http/vertx/HttpEndpointRequestHandler.java
+++ b/sdk-http-vertx/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/http/vertx/HttpEndpointRequestHandler.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.jspecify.annotations.Nullable;
 
+/** Vert.x HttpServer handler adapter for {@link Endpoint}. See {@link #fromEndpoint(Endpoint)}. */
 public class HttpEndpointRequestHandler implements Handler<HttpServerRequest> {
 
   private static final Logger LOG = LogManager.getLogger(HttpEndpointRequestHandler.class);
diff --git a/sdk-http-vertx/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/http/vertx/RestateHttpServer.java b/sdk-http-vertx/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/http/vertx/RestateHttpServer.java
index 4dba06aa..33c41205 100644
--- a/sdk-http-vertx/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/http/vertx/RestateHttpServer.java
+++ b/sdk-http-vertx/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/http/vertx/RestateHttpServer.java
@@ -90,9 +90,7 @@ public static int listen(HttpEndpointRequestHandler requestHandler) {
 
   /** Like {@link #listen(Endpoint, int)}, with an already built request handler */
   public static int listen(HttpEndpointRequestHandler requestHandler, int port) {
-    HttpServer server = Vertx.vertx().createHttpServer(DEFAULT_OPTIONS);
-    server.requestHandler(requestHandler);
-    return handleStart(server.listen(port));
+    return handleStart(fromHandler(requestHandler).listen(port));
   }
 
   /** Create a Vert.x {@link HttpServer} from the provided endpoint. */
@@ -134,9 +132,7 @@ public static HttpServer fromEndpoint(Vertx vertx, Endpoint.Builder endpointBuil
    * HttpServerOptions}.
    */
   public static HttpServer fromEndpoint(Vertx vertx, Endpoint endpoint, HttpServerOptions options) {
-    HttpServer server = vertx.createHttpServer(options);
-    server.requestHandler(HttpEndpointRequestHandler.fromEndpoint(endpoint));
-    return server;
+    return fromHandler(vertx, HttpEndpointRequestHandler.fromEndpoint(endpoint), options);
   }
 
   /** Like {@link #fromEndpoint(Vertx, Endpoint, HttpServerOptions)} */
@@ -145,6 +141,36 @@ public static HttpServer fromEndpoint(
     return fromEndpoint(vertx, endpointBuilder.build(), options);
   }
 
+  /** Create a Vert.x {@link HttpServer} from the provided {@link HttpEndpointRequestHandler}. */
+  public static HttpServer fromHandler(HttpEndpointRequestHandler handler) {
+    return fromHandler(handler, DEFAULT_OPTIONS);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a Vert.x {@link HttpServer} from the provided {@link HttpEndpointRequestHandler}, with
+   * the given {@link HttpServerOptions}.
+   */
+  public static HttpServer fromHandler(
+      HttpEndpointRequestHandler handler, HttpServerOptions options) {
+    return fromHandler(Vertx.vertx(), handler, options);
+  }
+
+  /** Create a Vert.x {@link HttpServer} from the provided {@link HttpEndpointRequestHandler}. */
+  public static HttpServer fromHandler(Vertx vertx, HttpEndpointRequestHandler handler) {
+    return fromHandler(vertx, handler, DEFAULT_OPTIONS);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a Vert.x {@link HttpServer} from the provided {@link HttpEndpointRequestHandler}, with
+   * the given {@link HttpServerOptions}.
+   */
+  public static HttpServer fromHandler(
+      Vertx vertx, HttpEndpointRequestHandler handler, HttpServerOptions options) {
+    HttpServer server = vertx.createHttpServer(options);
+    server.requestHandler(handler);
+    return server;
+  }
+
   private static int handleStart(Future<HttpServer> fut) {
     try {
       HttpServer server = fut.toCompletionStage().toCompletableFuture().join();
diff --git a/sdk-spring-boot/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/RestateHttpEndpointBean.java b/sdk-spring-boot/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/RestateHttpEndpointBean.java
index 6757f999..32f8535f 100644
--- a/sdk-spring-boot/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/RestateHttpEndpointBean.java
+++ b/sdk-spring-boot/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/RestateHttpEndpointBean.java
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 
 import dev.restate.sdk.auth.signing.RestateRequestIdentityVerifier;
 import dev.restate.sdk.endpoint.Endpoint;
+import dev.restate.sdk.http.vertx.HttpEndpointRequestHandler;
 import dev.restate.sdk.http.vertx.RestateHttpServer;
 import io.vertx.core.http.HttpServer;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -74,7 +75,11 @@ public void afterPropertiesSet() {
           RestateRequestIdentityVerifier.fromKey(restateEndpointProperties.getIdentityKey()));
     }
 
-    this.server = RestateHttpServer.fromEndpoint(builder.build());
+    this.server =
+        RestateHttpServer.fromHandler(
+            HttpEndpointRequestHandler.fromEndpoint(
+                builder.build(),
+                this.restateHttpServerProperties.isDisableBidirectionalStreaming()));
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/sdk-spring-boot/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/RestateHttpServerProperties.java b/sdk-spring-boot/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/RestateHttpServerProperties.java
index b9a223d5..0baa78de 100644
--- a/sdk-spring-boot/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/RestateHttpServerProperties.java
+++ b/sdk-spring-boot/src/main/java/dev/restate/sdk/springboot/RestateHttpServerProperties.java
@@ -17,14 +17,30 @@
 public class RestateHttpServerProperties {
 
   private final int port;
+  private final boolean disableBidirectionalStreaming;
 
   @ConstructorBinding
-  public RestateHttpServerProperties(@Name("port") @DefaultValue(value = "9080") int port) {
+  public RestateHttpServerProperties(
+      @Name("port") @DefaultValue(value = "9080") int port,
+      @Name("disableBidirectionalStreaming") @DefaultValue(value = "false")
+          boolean disableBidirectionalStreaming) {
     this.port = port;
+    this.disableBidirectionalStreaming = disableBidirectionalStreaming;
   }
 
   /** Port to expose the HTTP server. */
   public int getPort() {
     return port;
   }
+
+  /**
+   * If true, disable bidirectional streaming with HTTP/2 requests. Restate initiates for each
+   * invocation a bidirectional streaming using HTTP/2 between restate-server and the SDK. In some
+   * network setups, for example when using a load balancers that buffer request/response,
+   * bidirectional streaming will not work correctly. Only in these scenarios, we suggest disabling
+   * bidirectional streaming.
+   */
+  public boolean isDisableBidirectionalStreaming() {
+    return disableBidirectionalStreaming;
+  }
 }