diff --git a/src/HttpServer.php b/src/HttpServer.php
index d5f947d5..95ccc5ff 100644
--- a/src/HttpServer.php
+++ b/src/HttpServer.php
@@ -247,6 +247,14 @@ public function __construct($requestHandlerOrLoop)
 
         $middleware = \array_merge($middleware, $requestHandlers);
 
+        /**
+         * Filter out any configuration middleware, no need to run requests through something that isn't
+         * doing anything with the request.
+         */
+        $middleware = \array_filter($middleware, function ($handler) {
+            return !($handler instanceof StreamingRequestMiddleware);
+        });
+
         $this->streamingServer = new StreamingServer($loop, new MiddlewareRunner($middleware));
 
         $that = $this;
diff --git a/tests/HttpServerTest.php b/tests/HttpServerTest.php
index 9a0a789a..9200aa66 100644
--- a/tests/HttpServerTest.php
+++ b/tests/HttpServerTest.php
@@ -431,4 +431,27 @@ public function testConstructServerWithMemoryLimitDoesLimitConcurrency()
         $this->assertTrue(is_array($middleware));
         $this->assertInstanceOf('React\Http\Middleware\LimitConcurrentRequestsMiddleware', $middleware[0]);
     }
+
+    public function testConstructFiltersOutConfigurationMiddlewareBefore()
+    {
+        $http = new HttpServer(new StreamingRequestMiddleware(), function () { });
+
+        $ref = new \ReflectionProperty($http, 'streamingServer');
+        $ref->setAccessible(true);
+
+        $streamingServer = $ref->getValue($http);
+
+        $ref = new \ReflectionProperty($streamingServer, 'callback');
+        $ref->setAccessible(true);
+
+        $middlewareRunner = $ref->getValue($streamingServer);
+
+        $ref = new \ReflectionProperty($middlewareRunner, 'middleware');
+        $ref->setAccessible(true);
+
+        $middleware = $ref->getValue($middlewareRunner);
+
+        $this->assertTrue(is_array($middleware));
+        $this->assertCount(1, $middleware);
+    }
 }