diff --git a/examples/online_serving/openai_chat_completion_client.py b/examples/online_serving/openai_chat_completion_client.py
index 74e0c045d6214..bf99777d56974 100644
--- a/examples/online_serving/openai_chat_completion_client.py
+++ b/examples/online_serving/openai_chat_completion_client.py
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 NOTE: start a supported chat completion model server with `vllm serve`, e.g.
     vllm serve meta-llama/Llama-2-7b-chat-hf
 """
+
+import argparse
+
 from openai import OpenAI
 
 # Modify OpenAI's API key and API base to use vLLM's API server.
@@ -24,7 +27,15 @@ messages = [{
 }]
 
 
-def main():
+def parse_args():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Client for vLLM API server")
+    parser.add_argument("--stream",
+                        action="store_true",
+                        help="Enable streaming response")
+    return parser.parse_args()
+
+
+def main(args):
     client = OpenAI(
         # defaults to os.environ.get("OPENAI_API_KEY")
         api_key=openai_api_key,
@@ -34,16 +45,23 @@ def main():
     models = client.models.list()
     model = models.data[0].id
 
+    # Chat Completion API
     chat_completion = client.chat.completions.create(
         messages=messages,
         model=model,
+        stream=args.stream,
     )
 
     print("-" * 50)
     print("Chat completion results:")
-    print(chat_completion)
+    if args.stream:
+        for c in chat_completion:
+            print(c)
+    else:
+        print(chat_completion)
     print("-" * 50)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
-    main()
+    args = parse_args()
+    main(args)