diff --git a/src/network/response-stream.ts b/src/network/response-stream.ts
index 3e46985f..22a264ef 100644
--- a/src/network/response-stream.ts
+++ b/src/network/response-stream.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ import type { BothValueHeaders } from '../@types';
 import { type ILogger, NO_OP, parseHeaders } from '../core';
 import { getString } from './utils';
 
+// header or data crlf
+const crlfBuffer = Buffer.from('\r\n');
+
 const endChunked = '0\r\n\r\n';
 const headerEnd = '\r\n\r\n';
 const endStatusSeparator = '\r\n';
@@ -55,11 +58,8 @@ export class ServerlessStreamResponse extends ServerResponse {
     this.chunkedEncoding = true;
 
     let internalWritable: Writable | null = null;
-    let isFirstCall = true;
-    // this ignore is used because I need to ignore these write calls:
-    // https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/lib/_http_outgoing.js#L934-L935
-    // https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/main/lib/_http_outgoing.js#L937
-    let writesToIgnore = 0;
+    let firstCrlfBufferEncountered = false;
+    let chunkEncountered = false;
 
     const socket: Partial<Socket> & { _writableState: any } = {
       _writableState: {},
@@ -86,23 +86,7 @@ export class ServerlessStreamResponse extends ServerResponse {
           encoding,
         }));
 
-        if (!isFirstCall && internalWritable) {
-          if (data === endChunked) {
-            internalWritable.end(cb);
-
-            return true;
-          }
-
-          if (writesToIgnore > 0) {
-            writesToIgnore--;
-            return true;
-          }
-
-          internalWritable.write(data, cb);
-          writesToIgnore = 3;
-        } else if (isFirstCall) {
-          isFirstCall = false;
-
+        if (!internalWritable) {
           const stringData = getString(data);
           const endStatusIndex = stringData.indexOf(endStatusSeparator);
           const status = +stringData.slice(0, endStatusIndex).split(' ')[1];
@@ -120,14 +104,54 @@ export class ServerlessStreamResponse extends ServerResponse {
             }),
           );
 
-          writesToIgnore = 1;
           internalWritable = onReceiveHeaders(status, headers);
 
           // If we get an endChunked right after header which means the response body is empty, we need to immediately end the writable
           if (stringData.substring(endHeaderIndex + 4) === endChunked)
             internalWritable.end();
+
+          return true;
+        }
+
+        // node sends the last chunk crlf as a string:
+        // https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v22.8.0/lib/_http_outgoing.js#L1131
+        if (data === endChunked) {
+          internalWritable.end(cb);
+          return true;
+        }
+
+        // check for header or data crlf
+        // node sends the header and data crlf as a buffer
+        // below code is aligned to following node implementation of the HTTP/1.1 chunked transfer coding:
+        // https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/v22.8.0/lib/_http_outgoing.js#L1012-L1015
+        // for reference: https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc9112#section-7
+        if (Buffer.isBuffer(data) && crlfBuffer.equals(data)) {
+          const isHeaderCrlf = !firstCrlfBufferEncountered;
+          if (isHeaderCrlf) {
+            firstCrlfBufferEncountered = true;
+            return true;
+          }
+
+          const isDataCrlf = firstCrlfBufferEncountered && chunkEncountered;
+          if (isDataCrlf) {
+            // done with chunk
+            firstCrlfBufferEncountered = false;
+            chunkEncountered = false;
+            return true;
+          }
+
+          // the crlf *is* the chunk
+        }
+
+        const isContentLength = !firstCrlfBufferEncountered;
+        if (isContentLength) {
+          // discard content length
+          return true;
         }
 
+        // write chunk
+        chunkEncountered = true;
+        internalWritable.write(data, cb);
         return true;
       },
     };
diff --git a/test/handlers/aws-stream.handler.spec.ts b/test/handlers/aws-stream.handler.spec.ts
index af871d4b..c289676a 100644
--- a/test/handlers/aws-stream.handler.spec.ts
+++ b/test/handlers/aws-stream.handler.spec.ts
@@ -83,6 +83,46 @@ describe('AwsStreamHandler', () => {
     expect(Buffer.byteLength(finalBuffer)).toBe(Buffer.byteLength(file));
   });
 
+  it('should return the correct bytes of chunked stream with eagerly flushed headers', async () => {
+    const app = express();
+    const file = readFileSync(join(__dirname, 'bitcoin.pdf'));
+
+    app.get('/', (_, res) => {
+      const readable = createReadStream(join(__dirname, 'bitcoin.pdf'));
+
+      res.statusCode = 200;
+      res.setHeader('content-type', 'application/pdf');
+      res.flushHeaders();
+      readable.pipe(res);
+    });
+
+    const expressFramework = new ExpressFramework();
+
+    const handler = awsStreamHandler.getHandler(
+      app,
+      expressFramework,
+      adapters,
+      resolver,
+      binarySettings,
+      respondWithErrors,
+      logger,
+    );
+
+    const event = createApiGatewayV2('GET', '/', {}, { test: 'true' });
+    const context = { test: Symbol('unique') };
+
+    const writable = new WritableMock();
+
+    await handler(event, writable, context);
+
+    expect(getCurrentInvoke()).toHaveProperty('event', event);
+    expect(getCurrentInvoke()).toHaveProperty('context', context);
+
+    const finalBuffer = Buffer.concat(writable.data);
+
+    expect(Buffer.byteLength(finalBuffer)).toBe(Buffer.byteLength(file));
+  });
+
   it('should return the correct bytes of json', async () => {
     const app = express();