diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
--- a/ChangeLog.md
+++ b/ChangeLog.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 1.1.17
+
+* Speed up `sinkHandle` by not flushing after every output operation.
+  [#322](https://github.com/snoyberg/conduit/issues/322)
+
 ## 1.1.16
 
 * Add `Data.Conduit.Foldl` adapter module for the `foldl`
diff --git a/Data/Conduit/Binary.hs b/Data/Conduit/Binary.hs
--- a/Data/Conduit/Binary.hs
+++ b/Data/Conduit/Binary.hs
@@ -167,9 +167,7 @@
 sinkHandle :: MonadIO m
            => IO.Handle
            -> Consumer S.ByteString m ()
-sinkHandle h = awaitForever $ \bs -> liftIO $ do
-    S.hPut h bs
-    IO.hFlush h
+sinkHandle h = awaitForever (liftIO . S.hPut h)
 
 -- | An alternative to 'sinkHandle'.
 -- Instead of taking a pre-opened 'IO.Handle', it takes an action that opens
diff --git a/conduit-extra.cabal b/conduit-extra.cabal
--- a/conduit-extra.cabal
+++ b/conduit-extra.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 Name:                conduit-extra
-Version:             1.1.16
+Version:             1.1.17
 Synopsis:            Batteries included conduit: adapters for common libraries.
 Description:
     The conduit package itself maintains relative small dependencies. The purpose of this package is to collect commonly used utility functions wrapping other library dependencies, without depending on heavier-weight dependencies. The basic idea is that this package should only depend on haskell-platform packages and conduit.