diff --git a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java
index 21ff671c..ddf425fd 100644
--- a/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java
+++ b/src/java/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockInputStream.java
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
 import java.util.zip.Checksum;
 
 import net.jpountz.util.SafeUtils;
-import net.jpountz.util.Utils;
 import net.jpountz.xxhash.StreamingXXHash32;
 import net.jpountz.xxhash.XXHash32;
 import net.jpountz.xxhash.XXHashFactory;
@@ -44,6 +43,7 @@ public final class LZ4BlockInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
 
   private final LZ4FastDecompressor decompressor;
   private final Checksum checksum;
+  private final boolean stopOnEmptyBlock;
   private byte[] buffer;
   private byte[] compressedBuffer;
   private int originalLen;
@@ -53,17 +53,19 @@ public final class LZ4BlockInputStream extends FilterInputStream {
   /**
    * Create a new {@link InputStream}.
    *
-   * @param in            the {@link InputStream} to poll
-   * @param decompressor  the {@link LZ4FastDecompressor decompressor} instance to
-   *                      use
-   * @param checksum      the {@link Checksum} instance to use, must be
-   *                      equivalent to the instance which has been used to
-   *                      write the stream
+   * @param in                the {@link InputStream} to poll
+   * @param decompressor      the {@link LZ4FastDecompressor decompressor} instance to
+   *                          use
+   * @param checksum          the {@link Checksum} instance to use, must be
+   *                          equivalent to the instance which has been used to
+   *                          write the stream
+   * @param stopOnEmptyBlock  whether read is stopped on an empty block
    */
-  public LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream in, LZ4FastDecompressor decompressor, Checksum checksum) {
+  public LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream in, LZ4FastDecompressor decompressor, Checksum checksum, boolean stopOnEmptyBlock) {
     super(in);
     this.decompressor = decompressor;
     this.checksum = checksum;
+    this.stopOnEmptyBlock = stopOnEmptyBlock;
     this.buffer = new byte[0];
     this.compressedBuffer = new byte[HEADER_LENGTH];
     o = originalLen = 0;
@@ -75,8 +77,26 @@ public LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream in, LZ4FastDecompressor decompressor, Che
    * @see #LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream, LZ4FastDecompressor, Checksum)
    * @see StreamingXXHash32#asChecksum()
    */
+  public LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream in, LZ4FastDecompressor decompressor, Checksum checksum) {
+    this(in, decompressor, checksum, true);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new instance using {@link XXHash32} for checksuming.
+   * @see #LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream, LZ4FastDecompressor, Checksum, boolean)
+   * @see StreamingXXHash32#asChecksum()
+   */
   public LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream in, LZ4FastDecompressor decompressor) {
-    this(in, decompressor, XXHashFactory.fastestInstance().newStreamingHash32(DEFAULT_SEED).asChecksum());
+    this(in, decompressor, XXHashFactory.fastestInstance().newStreamingHash32(DEFAULT_SEED).asChecksum(), true);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Create a new instance using {@link XXHash32} for checksuming.
+   * @see #LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream, LZ4FastDecompressor, Checksum, boolean)
+   * @see StreamingXXHash32#asChecksum()
+   */
+  public LZ4BlockInputStream(InputStream in, boolean stopOnEmptyBlock) {
+    this(in, LZ4Factory.fastestInstance().fastDecompressor(), XXHashFactory.fastestInstance().newStreamingHash32(DEFAULT_SEED).asChecksum(), stopOnEmptyBlock);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -147,7 +167,16 @@ public long skip(long n) throws IOException {
   }
 
   private void refill() throws IOException {
-    readFully(compressedBuffer, HEADER_LENGTH);
+    try {
+      readFully(compressedBuffer, HEADER_LENGTH);
+    } catch (EOFException e) {
+      if (!stopOnEmptyBlock) {
+        finished = true;
+      } else {
+       throw e;
+      }
+      return;
+    }
     for (int i = 0; i < MAGIC_LENGTH; ++i) {
       if (compressedBuffer[i] != MAGIC[i]) {
         throw new IOException("Stream is corrupted");
@@ -175,7 +204,11 @@ private void refill() throws IOException {
       if (check != 0) {
         throw new IOException("Stream is corrupted");
       }
-      finished = true;
+      if (!stopOnEmptyBlock) {
+        refill();
+      } else {
+        finished = true;
+      }
       return;
     }
     if (buffer.length < originalLen) {
diff --git a/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockStreamingTest.java b/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockStreamingTest.java
index 3bb491da..903fceb9 100644
--- a/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockStreamingTest.java
+++ b/src/test/net/jpountz/lz4/LZ4BlockStreamingTest.java
@@ -293,4 +293,57 @@ public void testDoubleClose() throws IOException {
     in.close();
     in.close();
   }
+
+  private static int readFully(InputStream in, byte[] b) throws IOException {
+    int total;
+    int result;
+    for (total = 0; total < b.length; total += result) {
+      result = in.read(b, total, b.length - total);
+      if(result == -1) {
+        break;
+      }
+    }
+    return total;
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void testConcatenationOfSerializedStreams() throws IOException {
+    final byte[] testBytes1 = randomArray(64, 256);
+    final byte[] testBytes2 = randomArray(64, 256);
+    byte[] expected = new byte[128];
+    System.arraycopy(testBytes1, 0, expected, 0, 64);
+    System.arraycopy(testBytes2, 0, expected, 64, 64);
+
+    ByteArrayOutputStream bytes1os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    LZ4BlockOutputStream out1 = new LZ4BlockOutputStream(bytes1os);
+    out1.write(testBytes1);
+    out1.close();
+
+    ByteArrayOutputStream bytes2os = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+    LZ4BlockOutputStream out2 = new LZ4BlockOutputStream(bytes2os);
+    out2.write(testBytes2);
+    out2.close();
+
+    byte[] bytes1 = bytes1os.toByteArray();
+    byte[] bytes2 = bytes2os.toByteArray();
+    byte[] concatenatedBytes = new byte[bytes1.length + bytes2.length];
+    System.arraycopy(bytes1, 0, concatenatedBytes, 0, bytes1.length);
+    System.arraycopy(bytes2, 0, concatenatedBytes, bytes1.length, bytes2.length);
+
+    // In a default behaviour, we can read the first block of the concatenated bytes only
+    LZ4BlockInputStream in1 = new LZ4BlockInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(concatenatedBytes));
+    byte[] actual1 = new byte[128];
+    assertEquals(64, readFully(in1, actual1));
+    assertEquals(-1, in1.read());
+    in1.close();
+
+    // Check if we can read concatenated byte stream
+    LZ4BlockInputStream in2 = new LZ4BlockInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(concatenatedBytes), false);
+    byte[] actual2 = new byte[128];
+    assertEquals(128, readFully(in2, actual2));
+    assertEquals(-1, in2.read());
+    in2.close();
+
+    assertArrayEquals(expected, actual2);
+  }
 }