diff --git a/pw_rpc/BUILD.gn b/pw_rpc/BUILD.gn
index ef1884f..8c67797 100644
--- a/pw_rpc/BUILD.gn
+++ b/pw_rpc/BUILD.gn
@@ -166,7 +166,10 @@
     ":server_test",
     ":service_test",
   ]
-  group_deps = [ "nanopb:tests" ]
+  group_deps = [
+    "nanopb:tests",
+    "raw:tests",
+  ]
 }
 
 pw_proto_library("test_protos") {
diff --git a/pw_rpc/nanopb/public/pw_rpc/internal/nanopb_method.h b/pw_rpc/nanopb/public/pw_rpc/internal/nanopb_method.h
index 3a97cff..52b8dc5 100644
--- a/pw_rpc/nanopb/public/pw_rpc/internal/nanopb_method.h
+++ b/pw_rpc/nanopb/public/pw_rpc/internal/nanopb_method.h
@@ -164,10 +164,10 @@
         id,
         ServerStreamingInvoker<AllocateSpaceFor<Request<method>>()>,
         {.server_streaming =
-             [](ServerCall& call, const void* req, BaseServerWriter& resp) {
+             [](ServerCall& call, const void* req, BaseServerWriter& writer) {
                method(call,
                       *static_cast<const Request<method>*>(req),
-                      static_cast<ServerWriter<Response<method>>&>(resp));
+                      static_cast<ServerWriter<Response<method>>&>(writer));
              }},
         request,
         response);
diff --git a/pw_rpc/public/pw_rpc/internal/base_server_writer.h b/pw_rpc/public/pw_rpc/internal/base_server_writer.h
index 5c7e4fd..ef36d38 100644
--- a/pw_rpc/public/pw_rpc/internal/base_server_writer.h
+++ b/pw_rpc/public/pw_rpc/internal/base_server_writer.h
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@
 
   const Channel& channel() const { return call_.channel(); }
 
+  constexpr const Channel::OutputBuffer& buffer() const { return response_; }
+
   std::span<std::byte> AcquirePayloadBuffer();
 
   Status ReleasePayloadBuffer(std::span<const std::byte> payload);
diff --git a/pw_rpc/public/pw_rpc/internal/channel.h b/pw_rpc/public/pw_rpc/internal/channel.h
index ba03f07..870e425 100644
--- a/pw_rpc/public/pw_rpc/internal/channel.h
+++ b/pw_rpc/public/pw_rpc/internal/channel.h
@@ -51,6 +51,11 @@
     // Returns a portion of this OutputBuffer to use as the packet payload.
     std::span<std::byte> payload(const Packet& packet) const;
 
+    bool Contains(std::span<const std::byte> buffer) const {
+      return buffer.data() >= buffer_.data() &&
+             buffer.data() + buffer.size() <= buffer_.data() + buffer_.size();
+    }
+
    private:
     friend class Channel;
 
diff --git a/pw_rpc/raw/BUILD b/pw_rpc/raw/BUILD
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d53511
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pw_rpc/raw/BUILD
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Copyright 2020 The Pigweed Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+
+load(
+    "//pw_build:pigweed.bzl",
+    "pw_cc_library",
+    "pw_cc_test",
+)
+
+package(default_visibility = ["//visibility:public"])
+
+licenses(["notice"])  # Apache License 2.0
+
+pw_cc_library(
+    name = "method",
+    srcs = [
+        "raw_method.cc",
+    ],
+    hdrs = [
+        "public/pw_rpc/internal/raw_method.h",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        "//pw_bytes",
+        "//pw_rpc:server",
+    ]
+)
+
+pw_cc_test(
+    name = "raw_method_test",
+    srcs = [
+        "raw_method_test.cc",
+    ],
+    deps = [
+        ":method",
+        "//pw_protobuf",
+        "//pw_rpc:internal_test_utils",
+    ],
+)
diff --git a/pw_rpc/raw/BUILD.gn b/pw_rpc/raw/BUILD.gn
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1bf926e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pw_rpc/raw/BUILD.gn
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+# Copyright 2020 The Pigweed Authors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+# use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+# the License at
+#
+#     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+# WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+# License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+# the License.
+
+# gn-format disable
+import("//build_overrides/pigweed.gni")
+
+import("$dir_pw_build/target_types.gni")
+import("$dir_pw_docgen/docs.gni")
+import("$dir_pw_unit_test/test.gni")
+config("public") {
+  include_dirs = [ "public" ]
+  visibility = [ ":*" ]
+}
+
+pw_source_set("method") {
+  public_configs = [ ":public" ]
+  public = [ "public/pw_rpc/internal/raw_method.h" ]
+  sources = [ "raw_method.cc" ]
+  public_deps = [
+    "..:server",
+    dir_pw_bytes,
+  ]
+  deps = [ dir_pw_log ]
+}
+
+pw_test_group("tests") {
+  tests = [ ":raw_method_test" ]
+}
+
+pw_test("raw_method_test") {
+  deps = [
+    ":method",
+    "..:test_protos_pwpb",
+    "..:test_utils",
+    dir_pw_protobuf,
+  ]
+  sources = [ "raw_method_test.cc" ]
+}
diff --git a/pw_rpc/raw/public/pw_rpc/internal/raw_method.h b/pw_rpc/raw/public/pw_rpc/internal/raw_method.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e0a514f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pw_rpc/raw/public/pw_rpc/internal/raw_method.h
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Pigweed Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+// use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+// the License at
+//
+//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+// WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+// License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+// the License.
+#pragma once
+
+#include "pw_bytes/span.h"
+#include "pw_rpc/internal/base_server_writer.h"
+#include "pw_rpc/internal/method.h"
+#include "pw_rpc/internal/method_type.h"
+#include "pw_status/status_with_size.h"
+
+namespace pw::rpc {
+
+class RawServerWriter : public internal::BaseServerWriter {
+ public:
+  RawServerWriter() = default;
+
+  // Returns a buffer in which a response payload can be built.
+  ByteSpan PayloadBuffer() { return AcquirePayloadBuffer(); }
+
+  // Sends a response packet with the given raw payload. The payload can either
+  // be in the buffer previously acquired from PayloadBuffer(), or an arbitrary
+  // external buffer.
+  Status Write(ConstByteSpan response);
+};
+
+namespace internal {
+
+// A RawMethod is a method invoker which does not perform any automatic protobuf
+// serialization or deserialization. The implementer is given the raw binary
+// payload of incoming requests, and is responsible for encoding responses to a
+// provided buffer. This is intended for use in methods which would have large
+// protobuf data structure overhead to lower stack usage, or in methods packing
+// responses up to a channel's MTU.
+class RawMethod : public Method {
+ public:
+  template <auto method>
+  constexpr static RawMethod Unary(uint32_t id) {
+    return RawMethod(
+        id,
+        UnaryInvoker,
+        {.unary = [](ServerCall& call, ConstByteSpan req, ByteSpan res) {
+          return method(call, req, res);
+        }});
+  }
+
+  template <auto method>
+  constexpr static RawMethod ServerStreaming(uint32_t id) {
+    return RawMethod(id,
+                     ServerStreamingInvoker,
+                     Function{.server_streaming = [](ServerCall& call,
+                                                     ConstByteSpan req,
+                                                     BaseServerWriter& writer) {
+                       method(call, req, static_cast<RawServerWriter&>(writer));
+                     }});
+  }
+
+ private:
+  using UnaryFunction = StatusWithSize (*)(ServerCall&,
+                                           ConstByteSpan,
+                                           ByteSpan);
+
+  using ServerStreamingFunction = void (*)(ServerCall&,
+                                           ConstByteSpan,
+                                           BaseServerWriter&);
+  union Function {
+    UnaryFunction unary;
+    ServerStreamingFunction server_streaming;
+    // TODO(frolv): Support client and bidirectional streaming.
+  };
+
+  constexpr RawMethod(uint32_t id, Invoker invoker, Function function)
+      : Method(id, invoker), function_(function) {}
+
+  static void UnaryInvoker(const Method& method,
+                           ServerCall& call,
+                           const Packet& request) {
+    static_cast<const RawMethod&>(method).CallUnary(call, request);
+  }
+
+  static void ServerStreamingInvoker(const Method& method,
+                                     ServerCall& call,
+                                     const Packet& request) {
+    static_cast<const RawMethod&>(method).CallServerStreaming(call, request);
+  }
+
+  void CallUnary(ServerCall& call, const Packet& request) const;
+  void CallServerStreaming(ServerCall& call, const Packet& request) const;
+
+  // Stores the user-defined RPC in a generic wrapper.
+  Function function_;
+};
+
+}  // namespace internal
+}  // namespace pw::rpc
diff --git a/pw_rpc/raw/raw_method.cc b/pw_rpc/raw/raw_method.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b2075f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pw_rpc/raw/raw_method.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Pigweed Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+// use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+// the License at
+//
+//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+// WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+// License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+// the License.
+
+#include "pw_rpc/internal/raw_method.h"
+
+#include <cstring>
+
+#include "pw_log/log.h"
+#include "pw_rpc/internal/packet.h"
+
+namespace pw::rpc {
+
+Status RawServerWriter::Write(ConstByteSpan response) {
+  if (buffer().Contains(response)) {
+    return ReleasePayloadBuffer(response);
+  }
+
+  std::span<std::byte> buffer = AcquirePayloadBuffer();
+
+  if (response.size() > buffer.size()) {
+    ReleasePayloadBuffer({});
+    return Status::OutOfRange();
+  }
+
+  std::memcpy(buffer.data(), response.data(), response.size());
+  return ReleasePayloadBuffer(buffer.first(response.size()));
+}
+
+namespace internal {
+
+void RawMethod::CallUnary(ServerCall& call, const Packet& request) const {
+  Channel::OutputBuffer response_buffer = call.channel().AcquireBuffer();
+  std::span payload_buffer = response_buffer.payload(request);
+
+  StatusWithSize sws = function_.unary(call, request.payload(), payload_buffer);
+  Packet response = Packet::Response(request);
+
+  response.set_payload(payload_buffer.first(sws.size()));
+  response.set_status(sws.status());
+  if (call.channel().Send(response_buffer, response).ok()) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  PW_LOG_WARN("Failed to send response packet for channel %u",
+              unsigned(call.channel().id()));
+  call.channel().Send(response_buffer,
+                      Packet::ServerError(request, Status::Internal()));
+}
+
+void RawMethod::CallServerStreaming(ServerCall& call,
+                                    const Packet& request) const {
+  internal::BaseServerWriter server_writer(call);
+  function_.server_streaming(call, request.payload(), server_writer);
+}
+
+}  // namespace internal
+}  // namespace pw::rpc
diff --git a/pw_rpc/raw/raw_method_test.cc b/pw_rpc/raw/raw_method_test.cc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a96f931
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pw_rpc/raw/raw_method_test.cc
@@ -0,0 +1,215 @@
+// Copyright 2020 The Pigweed Authors
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not
+// use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of
+// the License at
+//
+//     https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+// WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+// License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under
+// the License.
+
+#include "pw_rpc/internal/raw_method.h"
+
+#include <array>
+
+#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include "pw_bytes/array.h"
+#include "pw_protobuf/decoder.h"
+#include "pw_protobuf/encoder.h"
+#include "pw_rpc/server_context.h"
+#include "pw_rpc/service.h"
+#include "pw_rpc_private/internal_test_utils.h"
+#include "pw_rpc_test_protos/test.pwpb.h"
+
+namespace pw::rpc::internal {
+namespace {
+
+template <typename Implementation>
+class FakeGeneratedService : public Service {
+ public:
+  constexpr FakeGeneratedService(uint32_t id) : Service(id, kMethods) {}
+
+  static StatusWithSize Invoke_DoNothing(ServerCall& call,
+                                         ConstByteSpan request,
+                                         ByteSpan response) {
+    return static_cast<Implementation&>(call.service())
+        .DoNothing(call.context(), request, response);
+  }
+
+  static StatusWithSize Invoke_AddFive(ServerCall& call,
+                                       ConstByteSpan request,
+                                       ByteSpan response) {
+    return static_cast<Implementation&>(call.service())
+        .AddFive(call.context(), request, response);
+  }
+
+  static void Invoke_StartStream(ServerCall& call,
+                                 ConstByteSpan request,
+                                 RawServerWriter& writer) {
+    static_cast<Implementation&>(call.service())
+        .StartStream(call.context(), request, writer);
+  }
+
+  static constexpr std::array<RawMethod, 3> kMethods = {
+      RawMethod::Unary<Invoke_DoNothing>(10u),
+      RawMethod::Unary<Invoke_AddFive>(11u),
+      RawMethod::ServerStreaming<Invoke_StartStream>(12u),
+  };
+};
+
+struct {
+  int64_t integer;
+  uint32_t status_code;
+} last_request;
+RawServerWriter last_writer;
+
+class FakeGeneratedServiceImpl
+    : public FakeGeneratedService<FakeGeneratedServiceImpl> {
+ public:
+  FakeGeneratedServiceImpl(uint32_t id) : FakeGeneratedService(id) {}
+
+  StatusWithSize DoNothing(ServerContext&, ConstByteSpan, ByteSpan) {
+    return StatusWithSize::Unknown();
+  }
+
+  StatusWithSize AddFive(ServerContext&,
+                         ConstByteSpan request,
+                         ByteSpan response) {
+    DecodeRawTestRequest(request);
+
+    protobuf::NestedEncoder encoder(response);
+    test::TestResponse::Encoder test_response(&encoder);
+    test_response.WriteValue(last_request.integer + 5);
+    ConstByteSpan payload;
+    encoder.Encode(&payload);
+
+    return StatusWithSize::Unauthenticated(payload.size());
+  }
+
+  void StartStream(ServerContext&,
+                   ConstByteSpan request,
+                   RawServerWriter& writer) {
+    DecodeRawTestRequest(request);
+    last_writer = std::move(writer);
+  }
+
+ private:
+  void DecodeRawTestRequest(ConstByteSpan request) {
+    protobuf::Decoder decoder(request);
+
+    while (decoder.Next().ok()) {
+      test::TestRequest::Fields field =
+          static_cast<test::TestRequest::Fields>(decoder.FieldNumber());
+
+      switch (field) {
+        case test::TestRequest::Fields::INTEGER:
+          decoder.ReadInt64(&last_request.integer);
+          break;
+        case test::TestRequest::Fields::STATUS_CODE:
+          decoder.ReadUint32(&last_request.status_code);
+          break;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+};
+
+TEST(RawMethod, UnaryRpc_SendsResponse) {
+  std::byte buffer[16];
+  protobuf::NestedEncoder encoder(buffer);
+  test::TestRequest::Encoder test_request(&encoder);
+  test_request.WriteInteger(456);
+  test_request.WriteStatusCode(7);
+
+  const RawMethod& method = std::get<1>(FakeGeneratedServiceImpl::kMethods);
+  ServerContextForTest<FakeGeneratedServiceImpl> context(method);
+  method.Invoke(context.get(), context.packet(encoder.Encode().value()));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(last_request.integer, 456);
+  EXPECT_EQ(last_request.status_code, 7u);
+
+  const Packet& response = context.output().sent_packet();
+  EXPECT_EQ(response.status(), Status::Unauthenticated());
+
+  protobuf::Decoder decoder(response.payload());
+  ASSERT_TRUE(decoder.Next().ok());
+  int64_t value;
+  EXPECT_EQ(decoder.ReadInt64(&value), Status::Ok());
+  EXPECT_EQ(value, 461);
+}
+
+TEST(RawMethod, ServerStreamingRpc_SendsNothingWhenInitiallyCalled) {
+  std::byte buffer[16];
+  protobuf::NestedEncoder encoder(buffer);
+  test::TestRequest::Encoder test_request(&encoder);
+  test_request.WriteInteger(777);
+  test_request.WriteStatusCode(2);
+
+  const RawMethod& method = std::get<2>(FakeGeneratedServiceImpl::kMethods);
+  ServerContextForTest<FakeGeneratedServiceImpl> context(method);
+
+  method.Invoke(context.get(), context.packet(encoder.Encode().value()));
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(0u, context.output().packet_count());
+  EXPECT_EQ(777, last_request.integer);
+  EXPECT_EQ(2u, last_request.status_code);
+  EXPECT_TRUE(last_writer.open());
+  last_writer.Finish();
+}
+
+TEST(RawServerWriter, Write_SendsPreviouslyAcquiredBuffer) {
+  const RawMethod& method = std::get<2>(FakeGeneratedServiceImpl::kMethods);
+  ServerContextForTest<FakeGeneratedServiceImpl> context(method);
+
+  method.Invoke(context.get(), context.packet({}));
+
+  auto buffer = last_writer.PayloadBuffer();
+
+  constexpr auto data = bytes::Array<0x0d, 0x06, 0xf0, 0x0d>();
+  std::memcpy(buffer.data(), data.data(), data.size());
+
+  EXPECT_EQ(last_writer.Write(buffer.first(data.size())), Status::Ok());
+
+  const internal::Packet& packet = context.output().sent_packet();
+  EXPECT_EQ(packet.type(), internal::PacketType::RESPONSE);
+  EXPECT_EQ(packet.channel_id(), context.kChannelId);
+  EXPECT_EQ(packet.service_id(), context.kServiceId);
+  EXPECT_EQ(packet.method_id(), context.get().method().id());
+  EXPECT_EQ(std::memcmp(packet.payload().data(), data.data(), data.size()), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(packet.status(), Status::Ok());
+}
+
+TEST(RawServerWriter, Write_SendsExternalBuffer) {
+  const RawMethod& method = std::get<2>(FakeGeneratedServiceImpl::kMethods);
+  ServerContextForTest<FakeGeneratedServiceImpl> context(method);
+
+  method.Invoke(context.get(), context.packet({}));
+
+  constexpr auto data = bytes::Array<0x0d, 0x06, 0xf0, 0x0d>();
+  EXPECT_EQ(last_writer.Write(data), Status::Ok());
+
+  const internal::Packet& packet = context.output().sent_packet();
+  EXPECT_EQ(packet.type(), internal::PacketType::RESPONSE);
+  EXPECT_EQ(packet.channel_id(), context.kChannelId);
+  EXPECT_EQ(packet.service_id(), context.kServiceId);
+  EXPECT_EQ(packet.method_id(), context.get().method().id());
+  EXPECT_EQ(std::memcmp(packet.payload().data(), data.data(), data.size()), 0);
+  EXPECT_EQ(packet.status(), Status::Ok());
+}
+
+TEST(RawServerWriter, Write_BufferTooSmall_ReturnsOutOfRange) {
+  const RawMethod& method = std::get<2>(FakeGeneratedServiceImpl::kMethods);
+  ServerContextForTest<FakeGeneratedServiceImpl, 16> context(method);
+
+  method.Invoke(context.get(), context.packet({}));
+
+  constexpr auto data =
+      bytes::Array<0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16>();
+  EXPECT_EQ(last_writer.Write(data), Status::OutOfRange());
+}
+
+}  // namespace
+}  // namespace pw::rpc::internal