diff --git a/lib/api/api-request.js b/lib/api/api-request.js
index f70f351f2dc..e13c6ec7f90 100644
--- a/lib/api/api-request.js
+++ b/lib/api/api-request.js
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class RequestHandler extends AsyncResource {
       throw err
     }
 
+    this.method = method
     this.responseHeaders = responseHeaders || null
     this.opaque = opaque || null
     this.callback = callback
@@ -110,8 +111,15 @@ class RequestHandler extends AsyncResource {
 
     const parsedHeaders = responseHeaders === 'raw' ? util.parseHeaders(rawHeaders) : headers
     const contentType = parsedHeaders['content-type']
-    const contentLength = parsedHeaders['content-length']
-    const body = new Readable({ resume, abort, contentType, contentLength, highWaterMark })
+    const body = new Readable({
+      resume,
+      abort,
+      contentType,
+      contentLength: this.method !== 'HEAD' && parsedHeaders['content-length']
+        ? Number(parsedHeaders['content-length'])
+        : null,
+      highWaterMark
+    })
 
     if (this.removeAbortListener) {
       // TODO (fix): 'close' is sufficient but breaks tests.
diff --git a/test/client-request.js b/test/client-request.js
index 2bd38201a72..8cbad5ccb48 100644
--- a/test/client-request.js
+++ b/test/client-request.js
@@ -14,6 +14,39 @@ const { promisify } = require('node:util')
 const { NotSupportedError, InvalidArgumentError } = require('../lib/core/errors')
 const { parseFormDataString } = require('./utils/formdata')
 
+test('request dump head', async (t) => {
+  t = tspl(t, { plan: 3 })
+
+  const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+    res.setHeader('content-length', 5 * 100)
+    res.flushHeaders()
+    res.write('hello'.repeat(100))
+  })
+  after(() => server.close())
+
+  server.listen(0, () => {
+    const client = new Client(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`)
+    after(() => client.destroy())
+
+    let dumped = false
+    client.on('disconnect', () => {
+      t.strictEqual(dumped, true)
+    })
+    client.request({
+      path: '/',
+      method: 'HEAD'
+    }, (err, { body }) => {
+      t.ifError(err)
+      body.dump({ limit: 1 }).then(() => {
+        dumped = true
+        t.ok(true, 'pass')
+      })
+    })
+  })
+
+  await t.completed
+})
+
 test('request dump big', async (t) => {
   t = tspl(t, { plan: 3 })