diff --git a/common/send-stream.c b/common/send-stream.c
index f87d8043..d6427588 100644
--- a/common/send-stream.c
+++ b/common/send-stream.c
@@ -35,11 +35,11 @@ struct btrfs_send_attribute {
 };
 
 struct btrfs_send_stream {
-	char read_buf[BTRFS_SEND_BUF_SIZE];
+	char *read_buf;
+	size_t read_buf_size;
 	int fd;
 
 	int cmd;
-	struct btrfs_cmd_header *cmd_hdr;
 	struct btrfs_send_attribute cmd_attrs[BTRFS_SEND_A_MAX + 1];
 	u32 version;
 
@@ -111,11 +111,12 @@ static int read_cmd(struct btrfs_send_stream *sctx)
 	u32 pos;
 	u32 crc;
 	u32 crc2;
+	struct btrfs_cmd_header *cmd_hdr;
+	size_t buf_len;
 
 	memset(sctx->cmd_attrs, 0, sizeof(sctx->cmd_attrs));
 
-	ASSERT(sizeof(*sctx->cmd_hdr) <= sizeof(sctx->read_buf));
-	ret = read_buf(sctx, sctx->read_buf, sizeof(*sctx->cmd_hdr));
+	ret = read_buf(sctx, sctx->read_buf, sizeof(*cmd_hdr));
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
 	if (ret) {
@@ -124,18 +125,26 @@ static int read_cmd(struct btrfs_send_stream *sctx)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	sctx->cmd_hdr = (struct btrfs_cmd_header *)sctx->read_buf;
-	cmd = le16_to_cpu(sctx->cmd_hdr->cmd);
-	cmd_len = le32_to_cpu(sctx->cmd_hdr->len);
+	cmd_hdr = (struct btrfs_cmd_header *)sctx->read_buf;
+	cmd_len = le32_to_cpu(cmd_hdr->len);
+	cmd = le16_to_cpu(cmd_hdr->cmd);
+	buf_len = sizeof(*cmd_hdr) + cmd_len;
+	if (sctx->read_buf_size < buf_len) {
+		void *new_read_buf;
 
-	if (cmd_len + sizeof(*sctx->cmd_hdr) >= sizeof(sctx->read_buf)) {
-		ret = -EINVAL;
-		error("command length %u too big for buffer %zu",
-				cmd_len, sizeof(sctx->read_buf));
-		goto out;
+		new_read_buf = realloc(sctx->read_buf, buf_len);
+		if (!new_read_buf) {
+			ret = -ENOMEM;
+			errno = -ret;
+			error("failed to reallocate read buffer for cmd: %m");
+			goto out;
+		}
+		sctx->read_buf = new_read_buf;
+		sctx->read_buf_size = buf_len;
+		/* We need to reset cmd_hdr after realloc of sctx->read_buf */
+		cmd_hdr = (struct btrfs_cmd_header *)sctx->read_buf;
 	}
-
-	data = sctx->read_buf + sizeof(*sctx->cmd_hdr);
+	data = sctx->read_buf + sizeof(*cmd_hdr);
 	ret = read_buf(sctx, data, cmd_len);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		goto out;
@@ -145,11 +154,12 @@ static int read_cmd(struct btrfs_send_stream *sctx)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	crc = le32_to_cpu(sctx->cmd_hdr->crc);
-	sctx->cmd_hdr->crc = 0;
+	crc = le32_to_cpu(cmd_hdr->crc);
+	/* In send, CRC is computed with header crc = 0, replicate that */
+	cmd_hdr->crc = 0;
 
 	crc2 = crc32c(0, (unsigned char*)sctx->read_buf,
-			sizeof(*sctx->cmd_hdr) + cmd_len);
+			sizeof(*cmd_hdr) + cmd_len);
 
 	if (crc != crc2) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
@@ -537,19 +547,29 @@ int btrfs_read_and_process_send_stream(int fd,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	sctx.read_buf = malloc(BTRFS_SEND_BUF_SIZE_V1);
+	if (!sctx.read_buf) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
+		errno = -ret;
+		error("unable to allocate send stream read buffer: %m");
+		goto out;
+	}
+	sctx.read_buf_size = BTRFS_SEND_BUF_SIZE_V1;
+
 	while (1) {
 		ret = read_and_process_cmd(&sctx);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			last_err = ret;
 			errors++;
 			if (max_errors > 0 && errors >= max_errors)
-				goto out;
+				break;
 		} else if (ret > 0) {
 			if (!honor_end_cmd)
 				ret = 0;
-			goto out;
+			break;
 		}
 	}
+	free(sctx.read_buf);
 
 out:
 	if (last_err && !ret)
diff --git a/kernel-shared/send.h b/kernel-shared/send.h
index 5ad090e1..06c8b918 100644
--- a/kernel-shared/send.h
+++ b/kernel-shared/send.h
@@ -25,7 +25,11 @@
 #define BTRFS_SEND_STREAM_MAGIC "btrfs-stream"
 #define BTRFS_SEND_STREAM_VERSION 1
 
-#define BTRFS_SEND_BUF_SIZE  (64 * 1024)
+/*
+ * In send stream v1, no command is larger than 64KiB. In send stream v2, no limit
+ * should be assumed.
+ */
+#define BTRFS_SEND_BUF_SIZE_V1				(64 * 1024)
 #define BTRFS_SEND_READ_SIZE (1024 * 48)
 
 enum btrfs_tlv_type {