diff --git a/bazel/repositories.bzl b/bazel/repositories.bzl
index fa70fad50c1a7..d1b09b363b1d4 100644
--- a/bazel/repositories.bzl
+++ b/bazel/repositories.bzl
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ def cc_grpc_httpjson_transcoding_dep():
     native.git_repository(
         name = "grpc_httpjson_transcoding",
         remote = "https://github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-httpjson-transcoding.git",
-        commit = "193aa283914ba701c12cfdfa5967c1c4210468e3",
+        commit = "3a90dfd2e7300e8dd60b74f0f4085f2a0bfc499e",
     )
 
 # Bazel native C++ dependencies. For the depedencies that doesn't provide autoconf/automake builds.
diff --git a/source/common/buffer/BUILD b/source/common/buffer/BUILD
index 8752531a62b83..e62353a04746c 100644
--- a/source/common/buffer/BUILD
+++ b/source/common/buffer/BUILD
@@ -17,3 +17,13 @@ envoy_cc_library(
         "//source/common/event:libevent_lib",
     ],
 )
+
+envoy_cc_library(
+    name = "zero_copy_input_stream_lib",
+    srcs = ["zero_copy_input_stream_impl.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["zero_copy_input_stream_impl.h"],
+    external_deps = ["protobuf"],
+    deps = [
+        ":buffer_lib",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/source/common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_impl.cc b/source/common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_impl.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..b16504c022bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_impl.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+#include "common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_impl.h"
+
+#include "common/buffer/buffer_impl.h"
+#include "common/common/assert.h"
+
+namespace Envoy {
+namespace Buffer {
+
+ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl::ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl() : buffer_(new Buffer::OwnedImpl) {}
+
+ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl::ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl(Buffer::InstancePtr&& buffer)
+    : buffer_(std::move(buffer)) {
+  finish();
+}
+
+void ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl::move(Buffer::Instance& instance) {
+  ASSERT(!finished_);
+
+  buffer_->move(instance);
+}
+
+bool ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl::Next(const void** data, int* size) {
+  if (position_ != 0) {
+    buffer_->drain(position_);
+    position_ = 0;
+  }
+
+  Buffer::RawSlice slice;
+  const uint64_t num_slices = buffer_->getRawSlices(&slice, 1);
+
+  if (num_slices > 0 && slice.len_ > 0) {
+    *data = slice.mem_;
+    *size = slice.len_;
+    position_ = slice.len_;
+    byte_count_ += slice.len_;
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (!finished_) {
+    *data = nullptr;
+    *size = 0;
+    return true;
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl::Skip(int) { NOT_IMPLEMENTED; }
+
+void ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl::BackUp(int count) {
+  ASSERT(count > 0);
+  ASSERT(uint64_t(count) < position_);
+
+  // Preconditions for BackUp:
+  // - The last method called must have been Next().
+  // - count must be less than or equal to the size of the last buffer returned by Next().
+  // Due to preconditions above, it is safe to just adjust position_ and byte_count_ here, and
+  // drain in Next().
+  position_ -= count;
+  byte_count_ -= count;
+}
+}
+}
diff --git a/source/common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_impl.h b/source/common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_impl.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7d374aa673399
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_impl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+
+#include "envoy/buffer/buffer.h"
+
+#include "google/protobuf/io/zero_copy_stream.h"
+
+namespace Envoy {
+
+namespace Buffer {
+
+class ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl : public virtual google::protobuf::io::ZeroCopyInputStream {
+public:
+  // Create input stream with one buffer, and finish immediately
+  ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl(Buffer::InstancePtr&& buffer);
+
+  // Create input stream with empty buffer
+  ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl();
+
+  // Add a buffer to input stream, will consume all buffer from parameter
+  // if the stream is not finished
+  void move(Buffer::Instance& instance);
+
+  // Mark the stream is finished
+  void finish() { finished_ = true; }
+
+  // google::protobuf::io::ZeroCopyInputStream
+  // See
+  // https://developers.google.com/protocol-buffers/docs/reference/cpp/google.protobuf.io.zero_copy_stream#ZeroCopyInputStream
+  // for each method details.
+
+  // Note Next() will return true with no data until more data is available if the stream is not
+  // finished. It is the caller's responsibility to finish the stream or wrap with
+  // LimitingInputStream before passing to protobuf code to avoid a spin loop.
+  virtual bool Next(const void** data, int* size) override;
+  virtual void BackUp(int count) override;
+  virtual bool Skip(int count) override; // Not implemented
+  virtual google::protobuf::int64 ByteCount() const override { return byte_count_; }
+
+protected:
+  Buffer::InstancePtr buffer_;
+  uint64_t position_{0};
+
+private:
+  bool finished_{false};
+  uint64_t byte_count_{0};
+};
+
+} // namespace Buffer
+} // namespace Envoy
diff --git a/source/common/grpc/BUILD b/source/common/grpc/BUILD
index 619b6c21dbeb0..29a1f9a1aff17 100644
--- a/source/common/grpc/BUILD
+++ b/source/common/grpc/BUILD
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ envoy_cc_library(
         ":codec_lib",
         ":common_lib",
         "//include/envoy/grpc:async_client_interface",
+        "//source/common/buffer:zero_copy_input_stream_lib",
         "//source/common/http:async_client_lib",
     ],
 )
@@ -94,6 +95,7 @@ envoy_cc_library(
         ":common_lib",
         "//include/envoy/grpc:rpc_channel_interface",
         "//include/envoy/upstream:cluster_manager_interface",
+        "//source/common/buffer:zero_copy_input_stream_lib",
         "//source/common/common:assert_lib",
         "//source/common/common:enum_to_int",
         "//source/common/common:utility_lib",
@@ -112,3 +114,13 @@ envoy_cc_library(
         "//include/envoy/config:subscription_interface",
     ],
 )
+
+envoy_cc_library(
+    name = "transcoder_input_stream_lib",
+    srcs = ["transcoder_input_stream_impl.cc"],
+    hdrs = ["transcoder_input_stream_impl.h"],
+    external_deps = ["grpc_transcoding"],
+    deps = [
+        "//source/common/buffer:zero_copy_input_stream_lib",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/source/common/grpc/async_client_impl.h b/source/common/grpc/async_client_impl.h
index 4ccd29d5a417a..2cf431b4f4864 100644
--- a/source/common/grpc/async_client_impl.h
+++ b/source/common/grpc/async_client_impl.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "envoy/grpc/async_client.h"
 
+#include "common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_impl.h"
 #include "common/common/enum_to_int.h"
 #include "common/common/linked_object.h"
 #include "common/grpc/codec.h"
@@ -110,14 +111,12 @@ class AsyncClientStreamImpl : public AsyncClientStream<RequestType>,
       return;
     }
 
-    for (const auto& frame : decoded_frames_) {
+    for (auto& frame : decoded_frames_) {
       std::unique_ptr<ResponseType> response(new ResponseType());
-      // TODO(htuch): We can avoid linearizing the buffer here when Buffer::Instance implements
-      // protobuf ZeroCopyInputStream.
       // TODO(htuch): Need to add support for compressed responses as well here.
-      if (frame.flags_ != GRPC_FH_DEFAULT ||
-          !response->ParseFromArray(frame.data_->linearize(frame.data_->length()),
-                                    frame.data_->length())) {
+      Buffer::ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl stream(std::move(frame.data_));
+
+      if (frame.flags_ != GRPC_FH_DEFAULT || !response->ParseFromZeroCopyStream(&stream)) {
         streamError(Status::GrpcStatus::Internal);
         return;
       }
diff --git a/source/common/grpc/rpc_channel_impl.cc b/source/common/grpc/rpc_channel_impl.cc
index c53e5ea610479..fae7fae9a77a5 100644
--- a/source/common/grpc/rpc_channel_impl.cc
+++ b/source/common/grpc/rpc_channel_impl.cc
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <cstdint>
 #include <string>
 
+#include "common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_impl.h"
 #include "common/common/enum_to_int.h"
 #include "common/common/utility.h"
 #include "common/grpc/common.h"
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ void RpcChannelImpl::onSuccess(Http::MessagePtr&& http_response) {
     }
 
     http_response->body()->drain(5);
-    if (!grpc_response_->ParseFromString(http_response->bodyAsString())) {
+    Buffer::ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl stream(std::move(http_response->body()));
+    if (!grpc_response_->ParseFromZeroCopyStream(&stream)) {
       throw Exception(Optional<uint64_t>(), "bad serialized body");
     }
 
diff --git a/source/common/grpc/transcoder_input_stream_impl.cc b/source/common/grpc/transcoder_input_stream_impl.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..39bb832dfb715
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/common/grpc/transcoder_input_stream_impl.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "common/grpc/transcoder_input_stream_impl.h"
+
+namespace Envoy {
+namespace Grpc {
+
+int64_t TranscoderInputStreamImpl::BytesAvailable() const { return buffer_->length() - position_; }
+
+} // namespace Grpc
+} // namespace Envoy
diff --git a/source/common/grpc/transcoder_input_stream_impl.h b/source/common/grpc/transcoder_input_stream_impl.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..7b8eafd8ef10a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/common/grpc/transcoder_input_stream_impl.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_impl.h"
+
+#include "grpc_transcoding/transcoder_input_stream.h"
+
+namespace Envoy {
+namespace Grpc {
+
+class TranscoderInputStreamImpl : public Buffer::ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl,
+                                  public google::grpc::transcoding::TranscoderInputStream {
+public:
+  // TranscoderInputStream
+  virtual int64_t BytesAvailable() const override;
+};
+
+} // namespace Grpc
+} // namespace Envoy
diff --git a/test/common/buffer/BUILD b/test/common/buffer/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..aaedc4f077f72
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common/buffer/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+licenses(["notice"])  # Apache 2
+
+load(
+    "//bazel:envoy_build_system.bzl",
+    "envoy_cc_test",
+    "envoy_package",
+)
+
+envoy_package()
+
+envoy_cc_test(
+    name = "zero_copy_input_stream_test",
+    srcs = ["zero_copy_input_stream_test.cc"],
+    deps = [
+        "//source/common/buffer:zero_copy_input_stream_lib",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/test/common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_test.cc b/test/common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..a7780c2e0e95d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#include "common/buffer/buffer_impl.h"
+#include "common/buffer/zero_copy_input_stream_impl.h"
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace Envoy {
+namespace Buffer {
+namespace {
+
+class ZeroCopyInputStreamTest : public testing::Test {
+public:
+  ZeroCopyInputStreamTest() {
+    Buffer::OwnedImpl buffer{"abcd"};
+    stream_.move(buffer);
+  }
+
+  std::string slice_data_{"abcd"};
+  ZeroCopyInputStreamImpl stream_;
+
+  const void* data_;
+  int size_;
+};
+
+TEST_F(ZeroCopyInputStreamTest, Move) {
+  Buffer::OwnedImpl buffer{"abcd"};
+  stream_.move(buffer);
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, buffer.length());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ZeroCopyInputStreamTest, Next) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(stream_.Next(&data_, &size_));
+  EXPECT_EQ(4, size_);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, memcmp(slice_data_.data(), data_, size_));
+}
+
+TEST_F(ZeroCopyInputStreamTest, TwoSlices) {
+  Buffer::OwnedImpl buffer("efgh");
+
+  stream_.move(buffer);
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(stream_.Next(&data_, &size_));
+  EXPECT_EQ(4, size_);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, memcmp(slice_data_.data(), data_, size_));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(stream_.Next(&data_, &size_));
+  EXPECT_EQ(4, size_);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, memcmp("efgh", data_, size_));
+}
+
+TEST_F(ZeroCopyInputStreamTest, BackUp) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(stream_.Next(&data_, &size_));
+  EXPECT_EQ(4, size_);
+
+  stream_.BackUp(3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(1, stream_.ByteCount());
+
+  EXPECT_TRUE(stream_.Next(&data_, &size_));
+  EXPECT_EQ(3, size_);
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, memcmp("bcd", data_, size_));
+  EXPECT_EQ(4, stream_.ByteCount());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ZeroCopyInputStreamTest, ByteCount) {
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, stream_.ByteCount());
+  EXPECT_TRUE(stream_.Next(&data_, &size_));
+  EXPECT_EQ(4, stream_.ByteCount());
+}
+
+TEST_F(ZeroCopyInputStreamTest, Finish) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(stream_.Next(&data_, &size_));
+  EXPECT_TRUE(stream_.Next(&data_, &size_));
+  EXPECT_EQ(0, size_);
+  stream_.finish();
+  EXPECT_FALSE(stream_.Next(&data_, &size_));
+}
+
+} // namespace
+} // namespace Buffer
+} // namespace Envoy
diff --git a/test/common/grpc/BUILD b/test/common/grpc/BUILD
index 87d9a155b2c27..1734329e998e9 100644
--- a/test/common/grpc/BUILD
+++ b/test/common/grpc/BUILD
@@ -95,3 +95,12 @@ envoy_cc_test(
         "//test/test_common:utility_lib",
     ],
 )
+
+envoy_cc_test(
+    name = "transcoder_input_stream_test",
+    srcs = ["transcoder_input_stream_test.cc"],
+    deps = [
+        "//source/common/buffer:buffer_lib",
+        "//source/common/grpc:transcoder_input_stream_lib",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/test/common/grpc/transcoder_input_stream_test.cc b/test/common/grpc/transcoder_input_stream_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..dcfaf21d29e8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/common/grpc/transcoder_input_stream_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+#include "common/buffer/buffer_impl.h"
+#include "common/grpc/transcoder_input_stream_impl.h"
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+
+namespace Envoy {
+namespace Grpc {
+namespace {
+
+class TranscoderInputStreamTest : public testing::Test {
+public:
+  TranscoderInputStreamTest() {
+    Buffer::OwnedImpl buffer{"abcd"};
+    stream_.move(buffer);
+  }
+
+  std::string slice_data_{"abcd"};
+  TranscoderInputStreamImpl stream_;
+
+  const void* data_;
+  int size_;
+};
+
+TEST_F(TranscoderInputStreamTest, BytesAvailable) {
+  Buffer::OwnedImpl buffer{"abcd"};
+
+  stream_.move(buffer);
+  EXPECT_EQ(8, stream_.BytesAvailable());
+}
+
+TEST_F(TranscoderInputStreamTest, TwoSlices) {
+  Buffer::OwnedImpl buffer("efghi");
+
+  stream_.move(buffer);
+  EXPECT_EQ(9, stream_.BytesAvailable());
+}
+
+TEST_F(TranscoderInputStreamTest, BackUp) {
+  EXPECT_TRUE(stream_.Next(&data_, &size_));
+  EXPECT_EQ(4, size_);
+
+  stream_.BackUp(3);
+  EXPECT_EQ(3, stream_.BytesAvailable());
+}
+
+} // namespace
+} // namespace Grpc
+} // namespace Envoy