diff --git a/lib/_http_common.js b/lib/_http_common.js
index d5e7bdedee39fb..6731f155e617c9 100644
--- a/lib/_http_common.js
+++ b/lib/_http_common.js
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ const {
 
 const kIncomingMessage = Symbol('IncomingMessage');
 const kSkipPendingData = Symbol('SkipPendingData');
+const kOnBodyChunk = Symbol('onBodyChunk');
 const kOnMessageBegin = HTTPParser.kOnMessageBegin | 0;
 const kOnHeaders = HTTPParser.kOnHeaders | 0;
 const kOnHeadersComplete = HTTPParser.kOnHeadersComplete | 0;
@@ -134,6 +135,7 @@ function parserOnBody(b) {
 
   // Pretend this was the result of a stream._read call.
   if (!stream._dumped) {
+    stream[kOnBodyChunk]?.(b);
     const ret = stream.push(b);
     if (!ret)
       readStop(this.socket);
@@ -337,6 +339,7 @@ module.exports = {
   methods,
   parsers,
   kIncomingMessage,
+  kOnBodyChunk,
   HTTPParser,
   isLenient,
   calculateLenientFlags,
diff --git a/lib/internal/inspector/network_http.js b/lib/internal/inspector/network_http.js
index 1bb08762bdb418..b5305475b80895 100644
--- a/lib/internal/inspector/network_http.js
+++ b/lib/internal/inspector/network_http.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const {
   sniffMimeType,
 } = require('internal/inspector/network');
 const { Network } = require('inspector');
-const EventEmitter = require('events');
+const { kOnBodyChunk } = require('_http_common');
 const { kEmptyObject } = require('internal/util');
 
 const kRequestUrl = Symbol('kRequestUrl');
@@ -136,8 +136,7 @@ function onClientResponseFinish({ request, response }) {
     },
   });
 
-  // Unlike response.on('data', ...), this does not put the stream into flowing mode.
-  EventEmitter.prototype.on.call(response, 'data', (chunk) => {
+  response[kOnBodyChunk] = (chunk) => {
     Network.dataReceived({
       requestId: request[kInspectorRequestId],
       timestamp: getMonotonicTime(),
@@ -145,10 +144,11 @@ function onClientResponseFinish({ request, response }) {
       encodedDataLength: chunk.byteLength,
       data: chunk,
     });
-  });
+  };
 
   // Wait until the response body is consumed by user code.
   response.once('end', () => {
+    response[kOnBodyChunk] = undefined;
     Network.loadingFinished({
       requestId: request[kInspectorRequestId],
       timestamp: getMonotonicTime(),
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-inspector-network-http.js b/test/parallel/test-inspector-network-http.js
index 88d717d83c896a..c7c2cabe15f26b 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-inspector-network-http.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-inspector-network-http.js
@@ -194,6 +194,23 @@ function verifyHttpResponse(response) {
   }));
 }
 
+function verifyHttpResponseWithEncoding(response) {
+  assert.strictEqual(response.statusCode, 200);
+  const chunks = [];
+
+  response.setEncoding('hex');
+  response.on('data', (chunk) => {
+    chunks.push(chunk);
+  });
+
+  response.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+    assert.strictEqual(
+      chunks.join(''),
+      Buffer.from('\nhello world\n').toString('hex'),
+    );
+  }));
+}
+
 function drainHttpResponse(response) {
   response.resume();
 }
@@ -342,6 +359,27 @@ async function testHttpsGet() {
   await assertResponseBody(responseReceived, '\nhello world\n');
 }
 
+async function testHttpResponseBodyWithEncoding() {
+  const url = `http://127.0.0.1:${httpServer.address().port}/hello-world`;
+  const {
+    requestWillBeSentFuture,
+    responseReceivedFuture,
+    loadingFinishedFuture,
+  } = createRequestTracker(url, getDefaultResponseExpect(url));
+
+  http.get({
+    host: '127.0.0.1',
+    port: httpServer.address().port,
+    path: '/hello-world',
+    headers: requestHeaders,
+  }, common.mustCall(verifyHttpResponseWithEncoding));
+
+  await requestWillBeSentFuture;
+  const responseReceived = await responseReceivedFuture;
+  await loadingFinishedFuture;
+  await assertResponseBody(responseReceived, '\nhello world\n');
+}
+
 async function testHttpError() {
   const url = `http://${addresses.INVALID_HOST}/`;
   const requestWillBeSentFuture = once(session, 'Network.requestWillBeSent')
@@ -389,6 +427,8 @@ const testNetworkInspection = async () => {
   session.removeAllListeners();
   await testHttpsGet();
   session.removeAllListeners();
+  await testHttpResponseBodyWithEncoding();
+  session.removeAllListeners();
   await testHttpError();
   session.removeAllListeners();
   await testHttpsError();