diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 6e20f906..104064b6 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -81,8 +81,6 @@ function compression (options) {
 
   var shouldCache = opts.cache || function () { return true }
 
-  var dummyBrotliFlush = function () { }
-
   return function compression (req, res, next) {
     var ended = false
     var length
@@ -239,8 +237,6 @@ function compression (options) {
         switch (method) {
           case 'br':
             stream = iltorb.compressStream(brotliOpts)
-            // brotli has no flush method. add a dummy flush method here.
-            stream.flush = dummyBrotliFlush
             break
           case 'gzip':
             stream = zlib.createGzip(zlibOpts)
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4bc9db05..2d614a53 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
     "bytes": "2.5.0",
     "compressible": "2.0.10",
     "debug": "2.6.3",
-    "iltorb": "1.0.13",
+    "iltorb": "2.0.2",
     "lru-cache": "4.0.2",
     "multipipe": "1.0.2",
     "node-zopfli": "2.0.2",
diff --git a/test/compression.js b/test/compression.js
index 85e47343..e6979e8f 100644
--- a/test/compression.js
+++ b/test/compression.js
@@ -527,17 +527,6 @@ describe('compression()', function () {
         done()
       })
     })
-
-    it('should not throw if flush() is called', function (done) {
-      var server = createServer({ threshold: 0 }, function (req, res) {
-        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
-        res.write('hello, ')
-        res.flush()
-        res.end('world')
-      })
-
-      brotliRequest(server).expect('Content-Encoding', 'br', done)
-    })
   })
 
   describe('when caching is turned on', function () {
@@ -813,6 +802,37 @@ describe('compression()', function () {
       .end()
     })
 
+    it('should flush the response for brotli', function (done) {
+      var chunks = 0
+      var resp
+      var server = createServer({ threshold: 0 }, function (req, res) {
+        resp = res
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+        res.setHeader('Content-Length', '2048')
+        write()
+      })
+
+      function write () {
+        chunks++
+        if (chunks === 2) return resp.end()
+        if (chunks > 2) return chunks--
+        resp.write(new Buffer(1024))
+        resp.flush()
+      }
+
+      brotliRequest(server)
+      .request()
+      .on('response', function (res) {
+        assert.equal(res.headers['content-encoding'], 'br')
+        res.on('data', write)
+        res.on('end', function () {
+          assert.equal(chunks, 2)
+          done()
+        })
+      })
+      .end()
+    })
+
     it('should flush small chunks for gzip', function (done) {
       var chunks = 0
       var resp
@@ -872,6 +892,36 @@ describe('compression()', function () {
       })
       .end()
     })
+
+    it('should flush small chunks for brotli', function (done) {
+      var chunks = 0
+      var resp
+      var server = createServer({ threshold: 0 }, function (req, res) {
+        resp = res
+        res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
+        write()
+      })
+
+      function write () {
+        chunks++
+        if (chunks === 20) return resp.end()
+        if (chunks > 20) return chunks--
+        resp.write('..')
+        resp.flush()
+      }
+
+      brotliRequest(server)
+      .request()
+      .on('response', function (res) {
+        assert.equal(res.headers['content-encoding'], 'br')
+        res.on('data', write)
+        res.on('end', function () {
+          assert.equal(chunks, 20)
+          done()
+        })
+      })
+      .end()
+    })
   })
 })