diff --git a/docs/sanic/streaming.md b/docs/sanic/streaming.md
index 53eebad7..769d269d 100644
--- a/docs/sanic/streaming.md
+++ b/docs/sanic/streaming.md
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ async def handler(request):
 
 
 @bp.put('/bp_stream', stream=True)
-async def bp_handler(request):
+async def bp_put_handler(request):
     result = ''
     while True:
         body = await request.stream.read()
@@ -52,6 +52,19 @@ async def bp_handler(request):
     return text(result)
 
 
+# You can also use `bp.add_route()` with stream argument
+async def bp_post_handler(request):
+    result = ''
+    while True:
+        body = await request.stream.read()
+        if body is None:
+            break
+        result += body.decode('utf-8').replace('1', 'A')
+    return text(result)
+
+bp.add_route(bp_post_handler, '/bp_stream', methods=['POST'], stream=True)
+
+
 async def post_handler(request):
     result = ''
     while True:
diff --git a/sanic/blueprints.py b/sanic/blueprints.py
index 5945c3ae..f2575e57 100644
--- a/sanic/blueprints.py
+++ b/sanic/blueprints.py
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ class Blueprint:
         strict_slashes=None,
         version=None,
         name=None,
+        stream=False,
     ):
         """Create a blueprint route from a function.
 
@@ -224,6 +225,7 @@ class Blueprint:
             training */*
         :param version: Blueprint Version
         :param name: user defined route name for url_for
+        :param stream: boolean specifying if the handler is a stream handler
         :return: function or class instance
         """
         # Handle HTTPMethodView differently
@@ -246,6 +248,7 @@ class Blueprint:
             methods=methods,
             host=host,
             strict_slashes=strict_slashes,
+            stream=stream,
             version=version,
             name=name,
         )(handler)
diff --git a/sanic/response.py b/sanic/response.py
index 7b245a82..43e24877 100644
--- a/sanic/response.py
+++ b/sanic/response.py
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ class StreamingHTTPResponse(BaseHTTPResponse):
 
         headers = self._parse_headers()
 
-        if self.status is 200:
+        if self.status == 200:
             status = b"OK"
         else:
             status = STATUS_CODES.get(self.status)
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ class HTTPResponse(BaseHTTPResponse):
 
         headers = self._parse_headers()
 
-        if self.status is 200:
+        if self.status == 200:
             status = b"OK"
         else:
             status = STATUS_CODES.get(self.status, b"UNKNOWN RESPONSE")
diff --git a/tests/test_request_stream.py b/tests/test_request_stream.py
index bf8bf7d4..42f2852c 100644
--- a/tests/test_request_stream.py
+++ b/tests/test_request_stream.py
@@ -270,6 +270,18 @@ def test_request_stream_blueprint(app):
 
         return stream(streaming)
 
+    async def post_add_route(request):
+        assert isinstance(request.stream, StreamBuffer)
+
+        async def streaming(response):
+            while True:
+                body = await request.stream.read()
+                if body is None:
+                    break
+                await response.write(body.decode("utf-8"))
+        return stream(streaming)
+
+    bp.add_route(post_add_route, '/post/add_route', methods=['POST'], stream=True)
     app.blueprint(bp)
 
     assert app.is_request_stream is True
@@ -314,6 +326,10 @@ def test_request_stream_blueprint(app):
     assert response.status == 200
     assert response.text == data
 
+    request, response = app.test_client.post("/post/add_route", data=data)
+    assert response.status == 200
+    assert response.text == data
+
 
 def test_request_stream_composition_view(app):
     """for self.is_request_stream = True"""