diff --git a/src/betterproto/__init__.py b/src/betterproto/__init__.py
index bfda1c0bb..9e363f0a3 100644
--- a/src/betterproto/__init__.py
+++ b/src/betterproto/__init__.py
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from _typeshed import ReadableBuffer
+    from _typeshed import (
+        ReadableBuffer,
+        WriteableBuffer,
+    )
 
 
 # Proto 3 data types
@@ -127,6 +130,9 @@
 WIRE_FIXED_64_TYPES = [TYPE_DOUBLE, TYPE_FIXED64, TYPE_SFIXED64]
 WIRE_LEN_DELIM_TYPES = [TYPE_STRING, TYPE_BYTES, TYPE_MESSAGE, TYPE_MAP]
 
+# Indicator of message delimitation in streams
+SIZE_DELIMITED = -1
+
 
 # Protobuf datetimes start at the Unix Epoch in 1970 in UTC.
 def datetime_default_gen() -> datetime:
@@ -322,7 +328,7 @@ def _pack_fmt(proto_type: str) -> str:
     }[proto_type]
 
 
-def dump_varint(value: int, stream: BinaryIO) -> None:
+def dump_varint(value: int, stream: "WriteableBuffer") -> None:
     """Encodes a single varint and dumps it into the provided stream."""
     if value < -(1 << 63):
         raise ValueError(
@@ -531,7 +537,7 @@ def _dump_float(value: float) -> Union[float, str]:
     return value
 
 
-def load_varint(stream: BinaryIO) -> Tuple[int, bytes]:
+def load_varint(stream: "ReadableBuffer") -> Tuple[int, bytes]:
     """
     Load a single varint value from a stream. Returns the value and the raw bytes read.
     """
@@ -569,7 +575,7 @@ class ParsedField:
     raw: bytes
 
 
-def load_fields(stream: BinaryIO) -> Generator[ParsedField, None, None]:
+def load_fields(stream: "ReadableBuffer") -> Generator[ParsedField, None, None]:
     while True:
         try:
             num_wire, raw = load_varint(stream)
@@ -881,7 +887,7 @@ def _betterproto(self) -> ProtoClassMetadata:
             self.__class__._betterproto_meta = meta  # type: ignore
         return meta
 
-    def dump(self, stream: BinaryIO) -> None:
+    def dump(self, stream: "WriteableBuffer", delimit: bool = False) -> None:
         """
         Dumps the binary encoded Protobuf message to the stream.
 
@@ -889,7 +895,11 @@ def dump(self, stream: BinaryIO) -> None:
         -----------
         stream: :class:`BinaryIO`
             The stream to dump the message to.
+        delimit:
+            Whether to prefix the message with a varint declaring its size.
         """
+        if delimit == SIZE_DELIMITED:
+            dump_varint(len(self), stream)
 
         for field_name, meta in self._betterproto.meta_by_field_name.items():
             try:
@@ -1207,7 +1217,11 @@ def _include_default_value_for_oneof(
             meta.group is not None and self._group_current.get(meta.group) == field_name
         )
 
-    def load(self: T, stream: BinaryIO, size: Optional[int] = None) -> T:
+    def load(
+        self: T,
+        stream: "ReadableBuffer",
+        size: Optional[int] = None,
+    ) -> T:
         """
         Load the binary encoded Protobuf from a stream into this message instance. This
         returns the instance itself and is therefore assignable and chainable.
@@ -1219,12 +1233,17 @@ def load(self: T, stream: BinaryIO, size: Optional[int] = None) -> T:
         size: :class:`Optional[int]`
             The size of the message in the stream.
             Reads stream until EOF if ``None`` is given.
+            Reads based on a size delimiter prefix varint if SIZE_DELIMITED is given.
 
         Returns
         --------
         :class:`Message`
             The initialized message.
         """
+        # If the message is delimited, parse the message delimiter
+        if size == SIZE_DELIMITED:
+            size, _ = load_varint(stream)
+
         # Got some data over the wire
         self._serialized_on_wire = True
         proto_meta = self._betterproto
@@ -1297,7 +1316,7 @@ def load(self: T, stream: BinaryIO, size: Optional[int] = None) -> T:
 
         return self
 
-    def parse(self: T, data: "ReadableBuffer") -> T:
+    def parse(self: T, data: bytes) -> T:
         """
         Parse the binary encoded Protobuf into this message instance. This
         returns the instance itself and is therefore assignable and chainable.
diff --git a/tests/streams/delimited_messages.in b/tests/streams/delimited_messages.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5993ac6f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/streams/delimited_messages.in
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
•šï:bTesting
•šï:bTesting
+
 

\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_streams.py b/tests/test_streams.py
index a1c2bbd98..f41ac45ec 100644
--- a/tests/test_streams.py
+++ b/tests/test_streams.py
@@ -127,6 +127,18 @@ def test_message_dump_file_multiple(tmp_path):
         assert test_stream.read() == exp_stream.read()
 
 
+def test_message_dump_delimited(tmp_path):
+    with open(tmp_path / "message_dump_delimited.out", "wb") as stream:
+        oneof_example.dump(stream, betterproto.SIZE_DELIMITED)
+        oneof_example.dump(stream, betterproto.SIZE_DELIMITED)
+        nested_example.dump(stream, betterproto.SIZE_DELIMITED)
+
+    with open(tmp_path / "message_dump_delimited.out", "rb") as test_stream, open(
+        streams_path / "delimited_messages.in", "rb"
+    ) as exp_stream:
+        assert test_stream.read() == exp_stream.read()
+
+
 def test_message_len():
     assert len_oneof == len(bytes(oneof_example))
     assert len(nested_example) == len(bytes(nested_example))
@@ -155,7 +167,15 @@ def test_message_load_too_small():
         oneof.Test().load(stream, len_oneof - 1)
 
 
-def test_message_too_large():
+def test_message_load_delimited():
+    with open(streams_path / "delimited_messages.in", "rb") as stream:
+        assert oneof.Test().load(stream, betterproto.SIZE_DELIMITED) == oneof_example
+        assert oneof.Test().load(stream, betterproto.SIZE_DELIMITED) == oneof_example
+        assert nested.Test().load(stream, betterproto.SIZE_DELIMITED) == nested_example
+        assert stream.read(1) == b""
+
+
+def test_message_load_too_large():
     with open(
         streams_path / "message_dump_file_single.expected", "rb"
     ) as stream, pytest.raises(ValueError):