diff --git a/api/utils/grpc/stream/stream.go b/api/utils/grpc/stream/stream.go
index 7fe4694da7954..fecd9d2b7d1f6 100644
--- a/api/utils/grpc/stream/stream.go
+++ b/api/utils/grpc/stream/stream.go
@@ -47,17 +47,45 @@ type ReadWriter struct {
 	wLock  sync.Mutex
 	rLock  sync.Mutex
 	rBytes []byte
+
+	options *Options
+}
+
+// Options is NewReadWriter config options.
+type Options struct {
+	// DisableChunking disables automatic splitting of data messages
+	// that exceed MaxChunkSize during writes.
+	// This is useful when the receiver does not support chunked reads.
+	DisableChunking bool
+}
+
+// Option allows setting options as functional arguments to NewReadWriter.
+type Option func(s *Options)
+
+// WithDisabledChunking	disables automatic splitting of data messages
+// that exceed MaxChunkSize during writes.
+// This is useful when the receiver does not support chunked reads.
+func WithDisabledChunking() Option {
+	return func(s *Options) {
+		s.DisableChunking = true
+	}
 }
 
 // NewReadWriter creates a new ReadWriter that leverages the provided
 // source to retrieve data from and write data to.
-func NewReadWriter(source Source) (*ReadWriter, error) {
+func NewReadWriter(source Source, opts ...Option) (*ReadWriter, error) {
 	if source == nil {
 		return nil, trace.BadParameter("parameter source required")
 	}
 
+	options := &Options{}
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(options)
+	}
+
 	return &ReadWriter{
-		source: source,
+		source:  source,
+		options: options,
 	}, nil
 }
 
@@ -102,7 +130,7 @@ func (c *ReadWriter) Read(b []byte) (n int, err error) {
 // the grpc stream. To prevent exhausting the stream all
 // sends on the stream are limited to be at most MaxChunkSize.
 // If the data exceeds the MaxChunkSize it will be sent in
-// batches.
+// batches. This behavior can be disabled by using WithDisabledChunking.
 func (c *ReadWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	c.wLock.Lock()
 	defer c.wLock.Unlock()
@@ -110,7 +138,7 @@ func (c *ReadWriter) Write(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	var sent int
 	for len(b) > 0 {
 		chunk := b
-		if len(chunk) > MaxChunkSize {
+		if !c.options.DisableChunking && len(chunk) > MaxChunkSize {
 			chunk = chunk[:MaxChunkSize]
 		}
 
diff --git a/api/utils/grpc/stream/stream_test.go b/api/utils/grpc/stream/stream_test.go
index 35dfb7070b53c..6658e4f97daf6 100644
--- a/api/utils/grpc/stream/stream_test.go
+++ b/api/utils/grpc/stream/stream_test.go
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ func (m *mockStream) Recv() ([]byte, error) {
 	return b[:n], err
 }
 
-func newStreamPipe(t *testing.T) (*ReadWriter, net.Conn) {
+func newStreamPipe(t *testing.T, opts ...Option) (*ReadWriter, net.Conn) {
 	local, remote := net.Pipe()
 	stream := newMockStream(context.Background(), remote)
 
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ func newStreamPipe(t *testing.T) (*ReadWriter, net.Conn) {
 	require.NoError(t, remote.SetReadDeadline(timeout))
 	require.NoError(t, remote.SetWriteDeadline(timeout))
 
-	streamConn, err := NewReadWriter(stream)
+	streamConn, err := NewReadWriter(stream, opts...)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
 	return streamConn, local
@@ -122,6 +122,30 @@ func TestReadWriter_WriteChunk(t *testing.T) {
 	wg.Wait()
 }
 
+func TestReadWriter_WriteDisabledChunk(t *testing.T) {
+	streamConn, local := newStreamPipe(t, WithDisabledChunking())
+	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
+	wg.Add(2)
+
+	data := make([]byte, MaxChunkSize+1)
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		n, err := streamConn.Write(data)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Len(t, data, n)
+	}()
+	go func() {
+		defer wg.Done()
+		b := make([]byte, 2*MaxChunkSize)
+		n, err := local.Read(b)
+		assert.NoError(t, err)
+		assert.Len(t, data, n)
+		assert.Equal(t, data[:n], b[:n])
+	}()
+
+	wg.Wait()
+}
+
 func TestReadWriter_Read(t *testing.T) {
 	streamConn, local := newStreamPipe(t)
 	wg := &sync.WaitGroup{}
diff --git a/lib/teleterm/services/desktop/desktop.go b/lib/teleterm/services/desktop/desktop.go
index 2ae2e1cc065f4..57a192eb76a90 100644
--- a/lib/teleterm/services/desktop/desktop.go
+++ b/lib/teleterm/services/desktop/desktop.go
@@ -130,9 +130,12 @@ func (s *Session) Start(ctx context.Context, stream grpc.BidiStreamingServer[api
 		return trace.Wrap(err)
 	}
 
-	downstreamRW, err := streamutils.NewReadWriter(&clientStream{
-		stream: stream,
-	})
+	downstreamRW, err := streamutils.NewReadWriter(
+		&clientStream{
+			stream: stream,
+		},
+		streamutils.WithDisabledChunking(),
+	)
 	if err != nil {
 		return trace.Wrap(err)
 	}