diff --git a/c_src/decoder.c b/c_src/decoder.c
index 45ea329..c02b18d 100644
--- a/c_src/decoder.c
+++ b/c_src/decoder.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ typedef struct {
     ERL_NIF_TERM    arg;
     ErlNifBinary    bin;
 
+    size_t          bytes_per_iter;
     int             is_partial;
 
     char*           p;
@@ -74,6 +75,7 @@ dec_new(ErlNifEnv* env)
 
     d->atoms = st;
 
+    d->bytes_per_iter = DEFAULT_BYTES_PER_ITER;
     d->is_partial = 0;
 
     d->p = NULL;
@@ -639,8 +641,10 @@ decode_init(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const ERL_NIF_TERM argv[])
     Decoder* d;
     jiffy_st* st = (jiffy_st*) enif_priv_data(env);
     ERL_NIF_TERM tmp_argv[4];
+    ERL_NIF_TERM opts;
+    ERL_NIF_TERM val;
 
-    if(argc != 1) {
+    if(argc != 2) {
         return enif_make_badarg(env);
     }
 
@@ -656,6 +660,19 @@ decode_init(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const ERL_NIF_TERM argv[])
 
     enif_release_resource(d);
 
+    opts = argv[1];
+    if(!enif_is_list(env, opts)) {
+        return enif_make_badarg(env);
+    }
+
+    while(enif_get_list_cell(env, opts, &val, &opts)) {
+        if(get_bytes_per_iter(env, val, &(d->bytes_per_iter))) {
+            continue;
+        } else {
+            return enif_make_badarg(env);
+        }
+    }
+
     return decode_iter(env, 4, tmp_argv);
 }
 
@@ -671,6 +688,7 @@ decode_iter(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const ERL_NIF_TERM argv[])
     ERL_NIF_TERM curr;
     ERL_NIF_TERM val;
     ERL_NIF_TERM ret;
+    size_t start;
 
     if(argc != 4) {
         return enif_make_badarg(env);
@@ -689,8 +707,19 @@ decode_iter(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const ERL_NIF_TERM argv[])
     curr = argv[3];
 
     //fprintf(stderr, "Parsing:\r\n");
+    start = d->i;
     while(d->i < bin.size) {
         //fprintf(stderr, "state: %d\r\n", dec_curr(d));
+        if(should_yield(d->i - start, d->bytes_per_iter)) {
+            consume_timeslice(env, d->i - start, d->bytes_per_iter);
+            return enif_make_tuple4(
+                    env,
+                    st->atom_iter,
+                    argv[1],
+                    objs,
+                    curr
+                );
+        }
         switch(dec_curr(d)) {
             case st_value:
                 switch(d->p[d->i]) {
@@ -971,5 +1000,6 @@ decode_iter(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const ERL_NIF_TERM argv[])
     }
 
 done:
+    consume_timeslice(env, d->i - start, d->bytes_per_iter);
     return ret;
 }
diff --git a/c_src/jiffy.c b/c_src/jiffy.c
index 0d84dcf..d8b11c3 100644
--- a/c_src/jiffy.c
+++ b/c_src/jiffy.c
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ load(ErlNifEnv* env, void** priv, ERL_NIF_TERM info)
     st->atom_uescape = make_atom(env, "uescape");
     st->atom_pretty = make_atom(env, "pretty");
     st->atom_force_utf8 = make_atom(env, "force_utf8");
+    st->atom_iter = make_atom(env, "iter");
+    st->atom_bytes_per_iter = make_atom(env, "bytes_per_iter");
 
     // Markers used in encoding
     st->ref_object = make_atom(env, "$object_ref$");
@@ -72,7 +74,7 @@ unload(ErlNifEnv* env, void* priv)
 
 static ErlNifFunc funcs[] =
 {
-    {"nif_decode_init", 1, decode_init},
+    {"nif_decode_init", 2, decode_init},
     {"nif_decode_iter", 4, decode_iter},
     {"nif_encode_init", 2, encode_init},
     {"nif_encode_iter", 3, encode_iter}
diff --git a/c_src/jiffy.h b/c_src/jiffy.h
index 97863be..b0cc75d 100644
--- a/c_src/jiffy.h
+++ b/c_src/jiffy.h
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #include "erl_nif.h"
 
+#define DEFAULT_BYTES_PER_ITER 2048
+
 typedef struct {
     ERL_NIF_TERM    atom_ok;
     ERL_NIF_TERM    atom_error;
@@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ typedef struct {
     ERL_NIF_TERM    atom_uescape;
     ERL_NIF_TERM    atom_pretty;
     ERL_NIF_TERM    atom_force_utf8;
+    ERL_NIF_TERM    atom_iter;
+    ERL_NIF_TERM    atom_bytes_per_iter;
 
     ERL_NIF_TERM    ref_object;
     ERL_NIF_TERM    ref_array;
@@ -30,6 +34,9 @@ typedef struct {
 ERL_NIF_TERM make_atom(ErlNifEnv* env, const char* name);
 ERL_NIF_TERM make_ok(jiffy_st* st, ErlNifEnv* env, ERL_NIF_TERM data);
 ERL_NIF_TERM make_error(jiffy_st* st, ErlNifEnv* env, const char* error);
+int get_bytes_per_iter(ErlNifEnv* env, ERL_NIF_TERM val, size_t* bpi);
+int should_yield(size_t used, size_t limit);
+int consume_timeslice(ErlNifEnv* env, size_t used, size_t limit);
 
 ERL_NIF_TERM decode_init(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const ERL_NIF_TERM argv[]);
 ERL_NIF_TERM decode_iter(ErlNifEnv* env, int argc, const ERL_NIF_TERM argv[]);
diff --git a/c_src/util.c b/c_src/util.c
index f1be3ec..5420f81 100644
--- a/c_src/util.c
+++ b/c_src/util.c
@@ -24,3 +24,59 @@ make_error(jiffy_st* st, ErlNifEnv* env, const char* error)
 {
     return enif_make_tuple2(env, st->atom_error, make_atom(env, error));
 }
+
+int
+get_bytes_per_iter(ErlNifEnv* env, ERL_NIF_TERM val, size_t* bpi)
+{
+    jiffy_st* st = (jiffy_st*) enif_priv_data(env);
+    const ERL_NIF_TERM* tuple;
+    int arity;
+
+    if(!enif_get_tuple(env, val, &arity, &tuple)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if(arity != 2) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if(enif_compare(tuple[0], st->atom_bytes_per_iter) != 0) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    if(!enif_get_uint64(env, tuple[1], bpi)) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+int
+should_yield(size_t used, size_t limit)
+{
+    if(limit == 0 || used < limit) {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    return 1;
+}
+
+int
+consume_timeslice(ErlNifEnv* env, size_t used, size_t limit)
+{
+#if(ERL_NIF_MAJOR_VERSION >= 2 && ERL_NIF_MINOR_VERSION >= 4)
+    double u = (double) used;
+    double l = (double) limit;
+    int perc = (int) (100.0 * (u / l));
+
+    if(perc < 1) {
+        perc = 1;
+    } else if(perc > 100) {
+        perc = 100;
+    }
+
+    return enif_consume_timeslice(env, perc);
+#else
+    return 0;
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/src/jiffy.erl b/src/jiffy.erl
index cc756ba..7dd0c4a 100644
--- a/src/jiffy.erl
+++ b/src/jiffy.erl
@@ -2,22 +2,29 @@
 % See the LICENSE file for more information.
 
 -module(jiffy).
--export([decode/1, encode/1, encode/2]).
+-export([decode/1, decode/2, encode/1, encode/2]).
 -define(NOT_LOADED, not_loaded(?LINE)).
 
 -on_load(init/0).
 
-decode(Data) when is_binary(Data) ->
-    case nif_decode_init(Data) of
+
+decode(Data) ->
+    decode(Data, []).
+
+
+decode(Data, Opts) when is_binary(Data), is_list(Opts) ->
+    case nif_decode_init(Data, Opts) of
         {error, _} = Error ->
             throw(Error);
         {partial, EJson} ->
             finish_decode(EJson);
+        {iter, Decoder, Objs, Curr} ->
+            decode_loop(Data, Decoder, Objs, Curr);
         EJson ->
             EJson
     end;
-decode(Data) when is_list(Data) ->
-    decode(iolist_to_binary(Data)).
+decode(Data, Opts) when is_list(Data) ->
+    decode(iolist_to_binary(Data), Opts).
 
 
 encode(Data) ->
@@ -96,12 +103,24 @@ init() ->
     erlang:load_nif(filename:join(PrivDir, "jiffy"), 0).
 
 
+decode_loop(Data, Decoder, Objs, Curr) ->
+    case nif_decode_iter(Data, Decoder, Objs, Curr) of
+        {error, _} = Error ->
+            throw(Error);
+        {partial, EJson} ->
+            finish_decode(EJson);
+        {iter, NewDecoder, NewObjs, NewCurr} ->
+            decode_loop(Data, NewDecoder, NewObjs, NewCurr);
+        EJson ->
+            EJson
+    end.
+
+
 not_loaded(Line) ->
     erlang:nif_error({not_loaded, [{module, ?MODULE}, {line, Line}]}).
 
-nif_decode_init(_Data) ->
-    ?NOT_LOADED,
-    nif_decode_iter(w, x, y, z).
+nif_decode_init(_Data, _Opts) ->
+    ?NOT_LOADED.
 
 nif_decode_iter(_Data, _Decoder, _, _) ->
     ?NOT_LOADED.