diff --git a/python/llm/src/bigdl/llm/langchain/llms/transformersllm.py b/python/llm/src/bigdl/llm/langchain/llms/transformersllm.py
index ade3cd01..6b5385a8 100644
--- a/python/llm/src/bigdl/llm/langchain/llms/transformersllm.py
+++ b/python/llm/src/bigdl/llm/langchain/llms/transformersllm.py
@@ -76,6 +76,8 @@ class TransformersLLM(LLM):
     """BigDL-LLM Transformer-INT4 model."""
     tokenizer: Any  #: :meta private:
     """Huggingface tokenizer model."""
+    streaming: bool = True
+    """Whether to stream the results, token by token."""
 
     class Config:
         """Configuration for this pydantic object."""
@@ -196,11 +198,32 @@ class TransformersLLM(LLM):
         run_manager: Optional[CallbackManagerForLLMRun] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> str:
-        input_ids = self.tokenizer.encode(prompt, return_tensors="pt")
-        output = self.model.generate(input_ids, **kwargs)
-        text = self.tokenizer.decode(output[0], skip_special_tokens=True)[len(prompt) :]
-        if stop is not None:
-            # This is a bit hacky, but I can't figure out a better way to enforce
-            # stop tokens when making calls to huggingface_hub.
-            text = enforce_stop_tokens(text, stop)
-        return text
+        if self.streaming:
+            from transformers import TextStreamer
+            input_ids = self.tokenizer.encode(prompt, return_tensors="pt")
+            streamer = TextStreamer(self.tokenizer, skip_prompt=True, skip_special_tokens=True)
+            if stop is not None:
+                from transformers.generation.stopping_criteria import StoppingCriteriaList
+                from transformers.tools.agents import StopSequenceCriteria
+                # stop generation when stop words are encountered
+                # TODO: stop generation when the following one is stop word
+                stopping_criteria = StoppingCriteriaList([StopSequenceCriteria(stop,
+                                                                               self.tokenizer)])
+            else:
+                stopping_criteria = None
+            output = self.model.generate(input_ids, streamer=streamer,
+                                         stopping_criteria=stopping_criteria, **kwargs)
+            text = self.tokenizer.decode(output[0], skip_special_tokens=True)
+            return text
+        else:
+            input_ids = self.tokenizer.encode(prompt, return_tensors="pt")
+            if stop is not None:
+                from transformers.generation.stopping_criteria import StoppingCriteriaList
+                from transformers.tools.agents import StopSequenceCriteria
+                stopping_criteria = StoppingCriteriaList([StopSequenceCriteria(stop,
+                                                                               self.tokenizer)])
+            else:
+                stopping_criteria = None
+            output = self.model.generate(input_ids, stopping_criteria=stopping_criteria, **kwargs)
+            text = self.tokenizer.decode(output[0], skip_special_tokens=True)[len(prompt) :]
+            return text