diff --git a/pkg/api/globalquery/client/client.go b/pkg/api/globalquery/client/client.go
index 28377608..237ff0f8 100644
--- a/pkg/api/globalquery/client/client.go
+++ b/pkg/api/globalquery/client/client.go
@@ -1,13 +1,16 @@
 package client
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"net/http"
 
 	"github.com/els0r/goProbe/pkg/api"
 	"github.com/els0r/goProbe/pkg/api/client"
 	"github.com/els0r/goProbe/pkg/query"
 	"github.com/els0r/goProbe/pkg/results"
 	"github.com/fako1024/httpc"
+	jsoniter "github.com/json-iterator/go"
 )
 
 // Client denotes a global query client
@@ -47,7 +50,7 @@ func (c *Client) Query(ctx context.Context, args *query.Args) (*results.Result,
 	var res = new(results.Result)
 
 	req := c.Modify(ctx,
-		httpc.NewWithClient("POST", c.NewURL(api.QueryRoute), c.Client()).
+		httpc.NewWithClient(http.MethodPost, c.NewURL(api.QueryRoute), c.Client()).
 			EncodeJSON(queryArgs).
 			ParseJSON(res),
 	)
@@ -59,3 +62,46 @@ func (c *Client) Query(ctx context.Context, args *query.Args) (*results.Result,
 
 	return res, nil
 }
+
+// QuerySSE performs the global query and returns its result, while consuming updates
+// to partial results
+func (c *Client) QuerySSE(ctx context.Context, args *query.Args, onUpdate, onFinish func(*results.Result) error) (*results.Result, error) {
+	// use a copy of the arguments, since some fields are modified by the client
+	queryArgs := *args
+
+	// whatever happens, the results are expected to be returned in json
+	queryArgs.Format = "json"
+
+	if queryArgs.Caller == "" {
+		queryArgs.Caller = clientName
+	}
+
+	var res = new(results.Result)
+
+	buf := &bytes.Buffer{}
+
+	err := jsoniter.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(queryArgs)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	streamCtx, cancel := context.WithCancel(ctx)
+	defer cancel()
+
+	req, err := http.NewRequestWithContext(ctx, http.MethodPost, c.NewURL(api.SSEQueryRoute), buf)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	req.Header.Set("Cache-Control", "no-cache")
+	req.Header.Set("Accept", "text/event-stream")
+	req.Header.Set("Connection", "keep-alive")
+
+	resp, err := c.Client().Do(req)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
+	// parse events
+
+	return res, nil
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/globalquery/client/stream.go b/pkg/api/globalquery/client/stream.go
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..94b4289c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/api/globalquery/client/stream.go
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+package client
+
+import (
+	"bufio"
+	"io"
+)
+
+type eventStream struct {
+	scanner     *bufio.Scanner
+	wordScanner *bufio.Scanner
+	bufSize     int
+}
+
+func newEventStream(r io.Reader) *eventStream {
+	s := bufio.NewScanner(r)
+	wordScanner := bufio.NewScanner(r)
+	return &eventStream{scanner: s, wordScanner: wordScanner}
+}
+
+func (e *eventStream) setBuffer(size int) *eventStream {
+	e.scanner.Buffer(make([]byte, size), bufio.MaxScanTokenSize)
+	return e
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/query_api_ops.go b/pkg/api/query_api_ops.go
index 3bfd3bae..61efde5b 100644
--- a/pkg/api/query_api_ops.go
+++ b/pkg/api/query_api_ops.go
@@ -70,14 +70,24 @@ func registerDistributedQueryAPI(a huma.API, caller string, qr *distributed.Quer
 			Tags:        queryTags,
 		},
 		map[string]any{
-			"queryError":    &query.DetailError{},
-			"partialResult": &PartialResult{},
-			"finalResult":   &FinalResult{},
+			string(StreamEventQueryError):    &query.DetailError{},
+			string(StreamEventPartialResult): &PartialResult{},
+			string(StreamEventFinalResult):   &FinalResult{},
 		},
 		getSSEBodyQueryRunnerHandler(caller, qr),
 	)
 }
 
+// StreamEventType describes the type of server sent event
+type StreamEventType string
+
+// Different event types that the query server sends
+const (
+	StreamEventQueryError    StreamEventType = "queryError"
+	StreamEventPartialResult StreamEventType = "partialResult"
+	StreamEventFinalResult   StreamEventType = "finalResult"
+)
+
 // ArgsBodyInput stores the query args to be validated in the body
 type ArgsInput struct {
 	Body *query.Args