diff --git a/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/resources/SqlStatementResource.java b/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/resources/SqlStatementResource.java
index 60f9f3db947..409aec7f5a9 100644
--- a/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/resources/SqlStatementResource.java
+++ b/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/main/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/resources/SqlStatementResource.java
@@ -773,7 +773,7 @@ public class SqlStatementResource
   ) throws IOException
   {
     try {
-      try (final ResultFormat.Writer writer = ResultFormat.OBJECT.createFormatter(os, jsonMapper)) {
+      try (final ResultFormat.Writer writer = ResultFormat.OBJECTLINES.createFormatter(os, jsonMapper)) {
         Yielder<Object[]> yielder = results.get();
         List<ColumnNameAndTypes> rowSignature = signature.get();
         writer.writeResponseStart();
diff --git a/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/SqlMSQStatementResourcePostTest.java b/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/SqlMSQStatementResourcePostTest.java
index 385b3a89b6b..b7421739d1a 100644
--- a/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/SqlMSQStatementResourcePostTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/SqlMSQStatementResourcePostTest.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 package org.apache.druid.msq.sql;
 
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import org.apache.calcite.sql.type.SqlTypeName;
@@ -49,8 +50,10 @@ import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.StreamingOutput;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -315,26 +318,52 @@ public class SqlMSQStatementResourcePostTest extends MSQTestBase
         SqlStatementResourceTest.makeOkRequest()
     ).getEntity();
 
+    assertExpectedResults(
+        "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"\"}\n"
+        + "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"10.1\"}\n"
+        + "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"2\"}\n"
+        + "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"1\"}\n"
+        + "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"def\"}\n"
+        + "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"abc\"}\n"
+        + "\n",
+        resource.doGetResults(
+            sqlStatementResult.getQueryId(),
+            null,
+            SqlStatementResourceTest.makeOkRequest()
+        ),
+        objectMapper);
 
-    List<Map<String, Object>> rows = new ArrayList<>();
-    rows.add(ImmutableMap.of("cnt", 1, "dim1", ""));
-    rows.add(ImmutableMap.of("cnt", 1, "dim1", "10.1"));
-    rows.add(ImmutableMap.of("cnt", 1, "dim1", "2"));
-    rows.add(ImmutableMap.of("cnt", 1, "dim1", "1"));
-    rows.add(ImmutableMap.of("cnt", 1, "dim1", "def"));
-    rows.add(ImmutableMap.of("cnt", 1, "dim1", "abc"));
+    assertExpectedResults(
+        "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"\"}\n"
+        + "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"10.1\"}\n"
+        + "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"2\"}\n"
+        + "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"1\"}\n"
+        + "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"def\"}\n"
+        + "{\"cnt\":1,\"dim1\":\"abc\"}\n"
+        + "\n",
+        resource.doGetResults(
+            sqlStatementResult.getQueryId(),
+            0L,
+            SqlStatementResourceTest.makeOkRequest()
+        ),
+        objectMapper);
+  }
 
-    Assert.assertEquals(rows, SqlStatementResourceTest.getResultRowsFromResponse(resource.doGetResults(
-        sqlStatementResult.getQueryId(),
-        null,
-        SqlStatementResourceTest.makeOkRequest()
-    )));
+  private void assertExpectedResults(String expectedResult, Response resultsResponse, ObjectMapper objectMapper) throws IOException
+  {
+    byte[] bytes = responseToByteArray(resultsResponse, objectMapper);
+    Assert.assertEquals(expectedResult, new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+  }
 
-    Assert.assertEquals(rows, SqlStatementResourceTest.getResultRowsFromResponse(resource.doGetResults(
-        sqlStatementResult.getQueryId(),
-        0L,
-        SqlStatementResourceTest.makeOkRequest()
-    )));
+  public static byte[] responseToByteArray(Response resp, ObjectMapper objectMapper) throws IOException
+  {
+    if (resp.getEntity() instanceof StreamingOutput) {
+      ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+      ((StreamingOutput) resp.getEntity()).write(baos);
+      return baos.toByteArray();
+    } else {
+      return objectMapper.writeValueAsBytes(resp.getEntity());
+    }
   }
 
   @Test
diff --git a/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/SqlStatementResourceTest.java b/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/SqlStatementResourceTest.java
index 0315eaa874b..2ff3f643f6c 100644
--- a/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/SqlStatementResourceTest.java
+++ b/extensions-core/multi-stage-query/src/test/java/org/apache/druid/msq/sql/SqlStatementResourceTest.java
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayDeque;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -747,33 +746,32 @@ public class SqlStatementResourceTest extends MSQTestBase
     Response resultsResponse = resource.doGetResults(FINISHED_SELECT_MSQ_QUERY, 0L, makeOkRequest());
     Assert.assertEquals(Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(), resultsResponse.getStatus());
 
-    List<Map<String, Object>> rows = new ArrayList<>();
-    rows.add(ROW1);
-    rows.add(ROW2);
+    String expectedResult = "{\"_time\":123,\"alias\":\"foo\",\"market\":\"bar\"}\n"
+                            + "{\"_time\":234,\"alias\":\"foo1\",\"market\":\"bar1\"}\n\n";
 
-    Assert.assertEquals(rows, getResultRowsFromResponse(resultsResponse));
+    assertExpectedResults(expectedResult, resultsResponse);
 
     Assert.assertEquals(
         Response.Status.OK.getStatusCode(),
         resource.deleteQuery(FINISHED_SELECT_MSQ_QUERY, makeOkRequest()).getStatus()
     );
 
-    Assert.assertEquals(
-        rows,
-        getResultRowsFromResponse(resource.doGetResults(
+    assertExpectedResults(
+        expectedResult,
+        resource.doGetResults(
             FINISHED_SELECT_MSQ_QUERY,
             0L,
             makeOkRequest()
-        ))
+        )
     );
 
-    Assert.assertEquals(
-        rows,
-        getResultRowsFromResponse(resource.doGetResults(
+    assertExpectedResults(
+        expectedResult,
+        resource.doGetResults(
             FINISHED_SELECT_MSQ_QUERY,
             null,
             makeOkRequest()
-        ))
+        )
     );
 
     Assert.assertEquals(
@@ -782,6 +780,12 @@ public class SqlStatementResourceTest extends MSQTestBase
     );
   }
 
+  private void assertExpectedResults(String expectedResult, Response resultsResponse) throws IOException
+  {
+    byte[] bytes = SqlResourceTest.responseToByteArray(resultsResponse);
+    Assert.assertEquals(expectedResult, new String(bytes, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void testFailedMSQQuery()
   {