diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 60ab4ca..39bfe04 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -155,6 +155,7 @@ function normalizeParams (params, callback) {
   }
 
   const compression = params.headers['Content-Encoding'] === 'gzip'
+  const type = params.headers['Content-Type'] || ''
 
   if (isStream(params.body)) {
     normalized.body = ''
@@ -163,7 +164,9 @@ function normalizeParams (params, callback) {
     stream.on('error', err => callback(err, null))
     stream.on('data', chunk => { normalized.body += chunk })
     stream.on('end', () => {
-      normalized.body = JSON.parse(normalized.body)
+      normalized.body = type.includes('x-ndjson')
+        ? normalized.body.split(/\n|\n\r/).filter(Boolean).map(l => JSON.parse(l))
+        : JSON.parse(normalized.body)
       callback(null, normalized)
     })
   } else if (params.body) {
@@ -173,11 +176,16 @@ function normalizeParams (params, callback) {
         if (err) {
           return callback(err, null)
         }
-        normalized.body = JSON.parse(buffer)
+        buffer = buffer.toString()
+        normalized.body = type.includes('x-ndjson')
+          ? buffer.split(/\n|\n\r/).filter(Boolean).map(l => JSON.parse(l))
+          : JSON.parse(buffer)
         callback(null, normalized)
       })
     } else {
-      normalized.body = JSON.parse(params.body)
+      normalized.body = type.includes('x-ndjson')
+        ? params.body.split(/\n|\n\r/).filter(Boolean).map(l => JSON.parse(l))
+        : JSON.parse(params.body)
       setImmediate(callback, null, normalized)
     }
   } else {
diff --git a/test.js b/test.js
index f4773b5..bf30a74 100644
--- a/test.js
+++ b/test.js
@@ -664,3 +664,117 @@ test('Define multiple paths and method at once', async t => {
   t.deepEqual(response.body, { status: 'ok' })
   t.is(response.statusCode, 200)
 })
+
+test('ndjson API support', async t => {
+  const mock = new Mock()
+  const client = new Client({
+    node: 'http://localhost:9200',
+    Connection: mock.getConnection()
+  })
+
+  mock.add({
+    method: 'POST',
+    path: '/_bulk'
+  }, params => {
+    t.deepEqual(params.body, [
+      { foo: 'bar' },
+      { baz: 'fa\nz' }
+    ])
+    return { status: 'ok' }
+  })
+
+  const response = await client.bulk({
+    body: [
+      { foo: 'bar' },
+      { baz: 'fa\nz' }
+    ]
+  })
+  t.deepEqual(response.body, { status: 'ok' })
+  t.is(response.statusCode, 200)
+})
+
+test('ndjson API support (with compression)', async t => {
+  const mock = new Mock()
+  const client = new Client({
+    node: 'http://localhost:9200',
+    Connection: mock.getConnection(),
+    compression: 'gzip'
+  })
+
+  mock.add({
+    method: 'POST',
+    path: '/_bulk'
+  }, params => {
+    t.deepEqual(params.body, [
+      { foo: 'bar' },
+      { baz: 'fa\nz' }
+    ])
+    return { status: 'ok' }
+  })
+
+  const response = await client.bulk({
+    body: [
+      { foo: 'bar' },
+      { baz: 'fa\nz' }
+    ]
+  })
+  t.deepEqual(response.body, { status: 'ok' })
+  t.is(response.statusCode, 200)
+})
+
+test('ndjson API support (as stream)', async t => {
+  const mock = new Mock()
+  const client = new Client({
+    node: 'http://localhost:9200',
+    Connection: mock.getConnection()
+  })
+
+  mock.add({
+    method: 'POST',
+    path: '/_bulk'
+  }, params => {
+    t.deepEqual(params.body, [
+      { foo: 'bar' },
+      { baz: 'fa\nz' }
+    ])
+    return { status: 'ok' }
+  })
+
+  const response = await client.bulk({
+    body: intoStream(client.serializer.ndserialize([
+      { foo: 'bar' },
+      { baz: 'fa\nz' }
+    ]))
+  })
+  t.deepEqual(response.body, { status: 'ok' })
+  t.is(response.statusCode, 200)
+})
+
+test('ndjson API support (as stream with compression)', async t => {
+  const mock = new Mock()
+  const client = new Client({
+    node: 'http://localhost:9200',
+    Connection: mock.getConnection(),
+    compression: 'gzip'
+  })
+
+  mock.add({
+    method: 'POST',
+    path: '/_bulk'
+  }, params => {
+    t.deepEqual(params.body, [
+      { foo: 'bar' },
+      { baz: 'fa\nz' }
+    ])
+    return { status: 'ok' }
+  })
+
+  const response = await client.bulk({
+    body: intoStream(client.serializer.ndserialize([
+      { foo: 'bar' },
+      { baz: 'fa\nz' }
+    ]))
+  })
+  t.deepEqual(response.body, { status: 'ok' })
+  t.is(response.statusCode, 200)
+})