diff --git a/ext/gd/gd.c b/ext/gd/gd.c
index 48f594663b3e..a6d51ccbce81 100644
--- a/ext/gd/gd.c
+++ b/ext/gd/gd.c
@@ -4440,21 +4440,39 @@ static void _php_image_output_ctxfree(struct gdIOCtx *ctx) /* {{{ */
 	efree(ctx);
 } /* }}} */
 
+typedef struct {
+	gdIOCtx ctx;
+	size_t buf_len;
+	unsigned char buf[8192];
+} php_gd_stream_ctx;
+
+static void _php_image_stream_flush(php_gd_stream_ctx *stream_ctx) /* {{{ */
+{
+	if (stream_ctx->buf_len) {
+		php_stream_write((php_stream *) stream_ctx->ctx.data, (char *) stream_ctx->buf, stream_ctx->buf_len);
+		stream_ctx->buf_len = 0;
+	}
+} /* }}} */
+
 static void _php_image_stream_putc(struct gdIOCtx *ctx, int c) /* {{{ */ {
-	char ch = (char) c;
-	php_stream * stream = (php_stream *)ctx->data;
-	php_stream_write(stream, &ch, 1);
+	php_gd_stream_ctx *stream_ctx = (php_gd_stream_ctx *) ctx;
+	if (stream_ctx->buf_len == sizeof(stream_ctx->buf)) {
+		_php_image_stream_flush(stream_ctx);
+	}
+	stream_ctx->buf[stream_ctx->buf_len++] = (unsigned char) c;
 } /* }}} */
 
 static int _php_image_stream_putbuf(struct gdIOCtx *ctx, const void* buf, int l) /* {{{ */
 {
 	php_stream * stream = (php_stream *)ctx->data;
+	_php_image_stream_flush((php_gd_stream_ctx *) ctx);
 	return php_stream_write(stream, (void *)buf, l);
 } /* }}} */
 
 static void _php_image_stream_ctxfree(struct gdIOCtx *ctx) /* {{{ */
 {
 	if(ctx->data) {
+		_php_image_stream_flush((php_gd_stream_ctx *) ctx);
 		ctx->data = NULL;
 	}
 	efree(ctx);
@@ -4463,6 +4481,7 @@ static void _php_image_stream_ctxfree(struct gdIOCtx *ctx) /* {{{ */
 static void _php_image_stream_ctxfreeandclose(struct gdIOCtx *ctx) /* {{{ */
 {
 	if(ctx->data) {
+		_php_image_stream_flush((php_gd_stream_ctx *) ctx);
 		php_stream_close((php_stream *) ctx->data);
 		ctx->data = NULL;
 	}
@@ -4470,7 +4489,8 @@ static void _php_image_stream_ctxfreeandclose(struct gdIOCtx *ctx) /* {{{ */
 } /* }}} */
 
 static gdIOCtx *create_stream_context(php_stream *stream, int close_stream) {
-	gdIOCtx *ctx = ecalloc(1, sizeof(gdIOCtx));
+	php_gd_stream_ctx *stream_ctx = ecalloc(1, sizeof(php_gd_stream_ctx));
+	gdIOCtx *ctx = &stream_ctx->ctx;
 
 	ctx->putC = _php_image_stream_putc;
 	ctx->putBuf = _php_image_stream_putbuf;
diff --git a/ext/gd/tests/gh23457.phpt b/ext/gd/tests/gh23457.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..77a3a61900d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/gd/tests/gh23457.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+--TEST--
+GH-23457 (imagebmp() writes to the stream one byte at a time)
+--EXTENSIONS--
+gd
+--FILE--
+<?php
+class write_counter
+{
+    public $context;
+
+    public static int $writes = 0;
+
+    public function stream_open(string $path, string $mode, int $options, ?string &$opened_path): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public function stream_write(string $data): int
+    {
+        self::$writes++;
+        return strlen($data);
+    }
+
+    public function stream_close(): void
+    {
+    }
+}
+
+stream_wrapper_register('gh23457', write_counter::class);
+
+$im = imagecreatetruecolor(200, 200);
+var_dump(imagebmp($im, 'gh23457://image.bmp'));
+var_dump(write_counter::$writes < 100);
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+bool(true)
+bool(true)