diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/CHANGELOG.md
index e4812500c7..1251c607ac 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ CHANGELOG
 -----
 
  * added `AsyncDecoratorTrait` to ease processing responses without breaking async
+ * added support for pausing responses with a new `pause_handler` callable exposed as an info item
 
 5.1.0
 -----
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Internal/CurlClientState.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Internal/CurlClientState.php
index 1c2e6c8eed..7e612da96c 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Internal/CurlClientState.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Internal/CurlClientState.php
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@ final class CurlClientState extends ClientState
     public $pushedResponses = [];
     /** @var DnsCache */
     public $dnsCache;
+    /** @var float[] */
+    public $pauseExpiries = [];
+    public $execCounter = PHP_INT_MIN;
 
     public function __construct()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Internal/NativeClientState.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Internal/NativeClientState.php
index 2a47dbcca0..658fdcd97e 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Internal/NativeClientState.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Internal/NativeClientState.php
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ final class NativeClientState extends ClientState
     public $dnsCache = [];
     /** @var bool */
     public $sleep = false;
+    /** @var int[] */
+    public $hosts = [];
 
     public function __construct()
     {
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/AmpResponse.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/AmpResponse.php
index aea245d77d..6ee3d47d5b 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/AmpResponse.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/AmpResponse.php
@@ -92,6 +92,28 @@ final class AmpResponse implements ResponseInterface
             return self::generateResponse($request, $multi, $id, $info, $headers, $canceller, $options, $onProgress, $handle, $logger);
         });
 
+        $info['pause_handler'] = static function (float $duration) use ($id, &$delay) {
+            if (null !== $delay) {
+                Loop::cancel($delay);
+                $delay = null;
+            }
+
+            if (0 < $duration) {
+                $duration += microtime(true);
+                Loop::disable($id);
+                $delay = Loop::defer(static function () use ($duration, $id, &$delay) {
+                    if (0 < $duration -= microtime(true)) {
+                        $delay = Loop::delay(ceil(1000 * $duration), static function () use ($id) { Loop::enable($id); });
+                    } else {
+                        $delay = null;
+                        Loop::enable($id);
+                    }
+                });
+            } else {
+                Loop::enable($id);
+            }
+        };
+
         $multi->openHandles[$id] = $id;
         ++$multi->responseCount;
     }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php
index ff273de995..a4cbc5d2d3 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/CurlResponse.php
@@ -89,6 +89,26 @@ final class CurlResponse implements ResponseInterface
             return;
         }
 
+        $execCounter = $multi->execCounter;
+        $this->info['pause_handler'] = static function (float $duration) use ($ch, $multi, $execCounter) {
+            if (0 < $duration) {
+                if ($execCounter === $multi->execCounter) {
+                    $multi->execCounter = !\is_float($execCounter) ? 1 + $execCounter : PHP_INT_MIN;
+                    curl_multi_exec($multi->handle, $execCounter);
+                }
+
+                $lastExpiry = end($multi->pauseExpiries);
+                $multi->pauseExpiries[(int) $ch] = $duration += microtime(true);
+                if (false !== $lastExpiry && $lastExpiry > $duration) {
+                    asort($multi->pauseExpiries);
+                }
+                curl_pause($ch, CURLPAUSE_ALL);
+            } else {
+                unset($multi->pauseExpiries[(int) $ch]);
+                curl_pause($ch, CURLPAUSE_CONT);
+            }
+        };
+
         $this->inflate = !isset($options['normalized_headers']['accept-encoding']);
         curl_pause($ch, CURLPAUSE_CONT);
 
@@ -206,7 +226,7 @@ final class CurlResponse implements ResponseInterface
     private function close(): void
     {
         $this->inflate = null;
-        unset($this->multi->openHandles[$this->id], $this->multi->handlesActivity[$this->id]);
+        unset($this->multi->pauseExpiries[$this->id], $this->multi->openHandles[$this->id], $this->multi->handlesActivity[$this->id]);
         curl_setopt($this->handle, CURLOPT_PRIVATE, '_0');
 
         if (self::$performing) {
@@ -261,6 +281,7 @@ final class CurlResponse implements ResponseInterface
 
         try {
             self::$performing = true;
+            ++$multi->execCounter;
             $active = 0;
             while (CURLM_CALL_MULTI_PERFORM === curl_multi_exec($multi->handle, $active));
 
@@ -303,7 +324,29 @@ final class CurlResponse implements ResponseInterface
             $timeout = min($timeout, 0.01);
         }
 
-        return curl_multi_select($multi->handle, $timeout);
+        if ($multi->pauseExpiries) {
+            $now = microtime(true);
+
+            foreach ($multi->pauseExpiries as $id => $pauseExpiry) {
+                if ($now < $pauseExpiry) {
+                    $timeout = min($timeout, $pauseExpiry - $now);
+                    break;
+                }
+
+                unset($multi->pauseExpiries[$id]);
+                curl_pause($multi->openHandles[$id][0], CURLPAUSE_CONT);
+            }
+        }
+
+        if (0 !== $selected = curl_multi_select($multi->handle, $timeout)) {
+            return $selected;
+        }
+
+        if ($multi->pauseExpiries && 0 < $timeout -= microtime(true) - $now) {
+            usleep(1E6 * $timeout);
+        }
+
+        return 0;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/NativeResponse.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/NativeResponse.php
index 8c98a2ffbb..226274d135 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/NativeResponse.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Response/NativeResponse.php
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ final class NativeResponse implements ResponseInterface
     private $multi;
     private $debugBuffer;
     private $shouldBuffer;
+    private $pauseExpiry = 0;
 
     /**
      * @internal
@@ -65,6 +66,11 @@ final class NativeResponse implements ResponseInterface
         $this->initializer = static function (self $response) {
             return null === $response->remaining;
         };
+
+        $pauseExpiry = &$this->pauseExpiry;
+        $info['pause_handler'] = static function (float $duration) use (&$pauseExpiry) {
+            $pauseExpiry = 0 < $duration ? microtime(true) + $duration : 0;
+        };
     }
 
     /**
@@ -184,7 +190,9 @@ final class NativeResponse implements ResponseInterface
             return;
         }
 
-        $this->multi->openHandles[$this->id] = [$h, $this->buffer, $this->onProgress, &$this->remaining, &$this->info];
+        $host = parse_url($this->info['redirect_url'] ?? $this->url, PHP_URL_HOST);
+        $this->multi->openHandles[$this->id] = [&$this->pauseExpiry, $h, $this->buffer, $this->onProgress, &$this->remaining, &$this->info, $host];
+        $this->multi->hosts[$host] = 1 + ($this->multi->hosts[$host] ?? 0);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -192,6 +200,9 @@ final class NativeResponse implements ResponseInterface
      */
     private function close(): void
     {
+        if (null !== ($host = $this->multi->openHandles[$this->id][6] ?? null) && 0 >= --$this->multi->hosts[$host]) {
+            unset($this->multi->hosts[$host]);
+        }
         unset($this->multi->openHandles[$this->id], $this->multi->handlesActivity[$this->id]);
         $this->handle = $this->buffer = $this->inflate = $this->onProgress = null;
     }
@@ -221,10 +232,18 @@ final class NativeResponse implements ResponseInterface
      */
     private static function perform(ClientState $multi, array &$responses = null): void
     {
-        foreach ($multi->openHandles as $i => [$h, $buffer, $onProgress]) {
+        foreach ($multi->openHandles as $i => [$pauseExpiry, $h, $buffer, $onProgress]) {
+            if ($pauseExpiry) {
+                if (microtime(true) < $pauseExpiry) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                $multi->openHandles[$i][0] = 0;
+            }
+
             $hasActivity = false;
-            $remaining = &$multi->openHandles[$i][3];
-            $info = &$multi->openHandles[$i][4];
+            $remaining = &$multi->openHandles[$i][4];
+            $info = &$multi->openHandles[$i][5];
             $e = null;
 
             // Read incoming buffer and write it to the dechunk one
@@ -285,6 +304,9 @@ final class NativeResponse implements ResponseInterface
 
                 $multi->handlesActivity[$i][] = null;
                 $multi->handlesActivity[$i][] = $e;
+                if (null !== ($host = $multi->openHandles[$i][6] ?? null) && 0 >= --$multi->hosts[$host]) {
+                    unset($multi->hosts[$host]);
+                }
                 unset($multi->openHandles[$i]);
                 $multi->sleep = false;
             }
@@ -294,25 +316,22 @@ final class NativeResponse implements ResponseInterface
             return;
         }
 
-        // Create empty activity lists to tell ResponseTrait::stream() we still have pending requests
+        $maxHosts = $multi->maxHostConnections;
+
         foreach ($responses as $i => $response) {
-            if (null === $response->remaining && null !== $response->buffer) {
-                $multi->handlesActivity[$i] = [];
+            if (null !== $response->remaining || null === $response->buffer) {
+                continue;
             }
-        }
 
-        if (\count($multi->openHandles) >= $multi->maxHostConnections) {
-            return;
-        }
-
-        // Open the next pending request - this is a blocking operation so we do only one of them
-        foreach ($responses as $i => $response) {
-            if (null === $response->remaining && null !== $response->buffer) {
+            if ($response->pauseExpiry && microtime(true) < $response->pauseExpiry) {
+                // Create empty open handles to tell we still have pending requests
+                $multi->openHandles[$i] = [INF, null, null, null];
+            } elseif ($maxHosts && $maxHosts > ($multi->hosts[parse_url($response->url, PHP_URL_HOST)] ?? 0)) {
+                // Open the next pending request - this is a blocking operation so we do only one of them
                 $response->open();
                 $multi->sleep = false;
                 self::perform($multi);
-
-                break;
+                $maxHosts = 0;
             }
         }
     }
@@ -324,9 +343,32 @@ final class NativeResponse implements ResponseInterface
      */
     private static function select(ClientState $multi, float $timeout): int
     {
-        $_ = [];
-        $handles = array_column($multi->openHandles, 0);
+        if (!$multi->sleep = !$multi->sleep) {
+            return -1;
+        }
 
-        return (!$multi->sleep = !$multi->sleep) ? -1 : stream_select($handles, $_, $_, (int) $timeout, (int) (1E6 * ($timeout - (int) $timeout)));
+        $_ = $handles = [];
+        $now = null;
+
+        foreach ($multi->openHandles as [$pauseExpiry, $h]) {
+            if (null === $h) {
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            if ($pauseExpiry && ($now ?? $now = microtime(true)) < $pauseExpiry) {
+                $timeout = min($timeout, $pauseExpiry - $now);
+                continue;
+            }
+
+            $handles[] = $h;
+        }
+
+        if (!$handles) {
+            usleep(1E6 * $timeout);
+
+            return 0;
+        }
+
+        return stream_select($handles, $_, $_, (int) $timeout, (int) (1E6 * ($timeout - (int) $timeout)));
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/HttpClientTestCase.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/HttpClientTestCase.php
index f8a84ea4bc..bc3fe67662 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/HttpClientTestCase.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/HttpClientTestCase.php
@@ -176,6 +176,30 @@ abstract class HttpClientTestCase extends BaseHttpClientTestCase
         $this->assertSame($expected, $logger->logs);
     }
 
+    public function testPause()
+    {
+        $client = $this->getHttpClient(__FUNCTION__);
+        $response = $client->request('GET', 'http://localhost:8057/');
+
+        $time = microtime(true);
+        $response->getInfo('pause_handler')(0.5);
+        $this->assertSame(200, $response->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertTrue(0.5 <= microtime(true) - $time);
+
+        $response = $client->request('GET', 'http://localhost:8057/');
+
+        $time = microtime(true);
+        $response->getInfo('pause_handler')(1);
+
+        foreach ($client->stream($response, 0.5) as $chunk) {
+            $this->assertTrue($chunk->isTimeout());
+            $response->cancel();
+        }
+        $response = null;
+        $this->assertTrue(1.0 > microtime(true) - $time);
+        $this->assertTrue(0.5 <= microtime(true) - $time);
+    }
+
     public function testHttp2PushVulcainWithUnusedResponse()
     {
         $client = $this->getHttpClient(__FUNCTION__);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/MockHttpClientTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/MockHttpClientTest.php
index 56b7232bc4..8717d33f9a 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/MockHttpClientTest.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Tests/MockHttpClientTest.php
@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ class MockHttpClientTest extends HttpClientTestCase
                 $this->markTestSkipped("MockHttpClient doesn't timeout on destruct");
                 break;
 
+            case 'testPause':
+                $this->markTestSkipped("MockHttpClient doesn't support pauses by default");
+                break;
+
             case 'testGetRequest':
                 array_unshift($headers, 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK');
                 $responses[] = new MockResponse($body, ['response_headers' => $headers]);