diff --git a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyBodyWriter.scala b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyBodyWriter.scala
index b6e34896b2..1fd1b23501 100644
--- a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyBodyWriter.scala
+++ b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyBodyWriter.scala
@@ -29,7 +29,9 @@ import io.netty.channel._
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.{DefaultHttpContent, LastHttpContent}
 object NettyBodyWriter {
 
-  def writeAndFlush(body: Body, ctx: ChannelHandlerContext)(implicit trace: Trace): Option[Task[Unit]] =
+  def writeAndFlush(body: Body, contentLength: Option[Long], ctx: ChannelHandlerContext)(implicit
+    trace: Trace,
+  ): Option[Task[Unit]] =
     body match {
       case body: ByteBufBody                  =>
         ctx.write(body.byteBuf)
@@ -66,27 +68,45 @@ object NettyBodyWriter {
         None
       case StreamBody(stream, _, _)           =>
         Some(
-          stream.chunks
-            .runFoldZIO(Option.empty[Chunk[Byte]]) {
-              case (Some(previous), current) =>
+          contentLength match {
+            case Some(length) =>
+              stream.chunks
+                .runFoldZIO(length) { (remaining, bytes) =>
+                  remaining - bytes.size match {
+                    case 0L =>
+                      NettyFutureExecutor.executed {
+                        // Flushes the last body content and LastHttpContent together to avoid race conditions.
+                        ctx.write(new DefaultHttpContent(Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(bytes.toArray)))
+                        ctx.writeAndFlush(LastHttpContent.EMPTY_LAST_CONTENT)
+                      }.as(0L)
+
+                    case n =>
+                      NettyFutureExecutor.executed {
+                        ctx.writeAndFlush(new DefaultHttpContent(Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(bytes.toArray)))
+                      }.as(n)
+                  }
+                }
+                .flatMap {
+                  case 0L        => ZIO.unit
+                  case remaining =>
+                    val actualLength = length - remaining
+                    ZIO.logWarning(s"Expected Content-Length of $length, but sent $actualLength bytes") *>
+                      NettyFutureExecutor.executed {
+                        ctx.writeAndFlush(LastHttpContent.EMPTY_LAST_CONTENT)
+                      }
+                }
+
+            case None =>
+              stream.chunks.mapZIO { bytes =>
                 NettyFutureExecutor.executed {
-                  ctx.writeAndFlush(new DefaultHttpContent(Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(previous.toArray)))
-                } *>
-                  ZIO.succeed(Some(current))
-              case (_, current)              =>
-                ZIO.succeed(Some(current))
-            }
-            .flatMap { maybeLastChunk =>
-              // last chunk is handled separately to avoid fiber interrupt before EMPTY_LAST_CONTENT is sent
-              ZIO.attempt(
-                maybeLastChunk.foreach { lastChunk =>
-                  ctx.write(new DefaultHttpContent(Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(lastChunk.toArray)))
-                },
-              ) *>
+                  ctx.writeAndFlush(new DefaultHttpContent(Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(bytes.toArray)))
+                }
+              }.runDrain.zipRight {
                 NettyFutureExecutor.executed {
                   ctx.writeAndFlush(LastHttpContent.EMPTY_LAST_CONTENT)
                 }
-            },
+              }
+          },
         )
       case ChunkBody(data, _, _)              =>
         ctx.write(Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(data.toArray))
diff --git a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/client/ClientInboundHandler.scala b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/client/ClientInboundHandler.scala
index 4f57b773c1..a4ee256aa9 100644
--- a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/client/ClientInboundHandler.scala
+++ b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/client/ClientInboundHandler.scala
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ final class ClientInboundHandler(
         ctx.writeAndFlush(fullRequest)
       case _: HttpRequest               =>
         ctx.write(jReq)
-        NettyBodyWriter.writeAndFlush(req.body, ctx).foreach { effect =>
+        NettyBodyWriter.writeAndFlush(req.body, None, ctx).foreach { effect =>
           rtm.run(ctx, NettyRuntime.noopEnsuring)(effect)(Unsafe.unsafe, trace)
         }
     }
diff --git a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/server/ServerInboundHandler.scala b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/server/ServerInboundHandler.scala
index 5df9e87a94..f44c549d6a 100644
--- a/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/server/ServerInboundHandler.scala
+++ b/zio-http/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/server/ServerInboundHandler.scala
@@ -172,9 +172,13 @@ private[zio] final case class ServerInboundHandler(
         val jResponse = NettyResponseEncoder.encode(ctx, response, runtime)
         // setServerTime(time, response, jResponse)
         ctx.writeAndFlush(jResponse)
-        if (!jResponse.isInstanceOf[FullHttpResponse])
-          NettyBodyWriter.writeAndFlush(response.body, ctx)
-        else
+        if (!jResponse.isInstanceOf[FullHttpResponse]) {
+          val contentLength = jResponse.headers.get(HttpHeaderNames.CONTENT_LENGTH) match {
+            case null  => None
+            case value => Some(value.toLong)
+          }
+          NettyBodyWriter.writeAndFlush(response.body, contentLength, ctx)
+        } else
           None
     }
   }
diff --git a/zio-http/src/test/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyStreamBodySpec.scala b/zio-http/src/test/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyStreamBodySpec.scala
index fc53412848..11a93802d2 100644
--- a/zio-http/src/test/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyStreamBodySpec.scala
+++ b/zio-http/src/test/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyStreamBodySpec.scala
@@ -76,13 +76,9 @@ object NettyStreamBodySpec extends HttpRunnableSpec {
           )
           client                   <- ZIO.service[Client]
           firstResponse            <- makeRequest(client, port)
-          firstResponseBodyReceive <- firstResponse.body.asStream.chunks
-            .map(chunk => new String(chunk.toArray))
-            .mapZIO { chunk =>
-              atLeastOneChunkReceived.succeed(()) *> ZIO.succeed(chunk)
-            }
-            .runCollect
-            .fork
+          firstResponseBodyReceive <- firstResponse.body.asStream.chunks.mapZIO { chunk =>
+            atLeastOneChunkReceived.succeed(()).as(chunk.asString)
+          }.runCollect.fork
           _                        <- firstResponseQueue.offerAll(message.getBytes.toList)
           _                        <- atLeastOneChunkReceived.await
           // saying that there will be no more data in the first response stream
@@ -93,8 +89,8 @@ object NettyStreamBodySpec extends HttpRunnableSpec {
           // java.lang.IllegalStateException: unexpected message type: LastHttpContent"
           // exception will be thrown
           secondResponse           <- makeRequest(client, port)
-          secondResponseBody <- secondResponse.body.asStream.chunks.map(chunk => new String(chunk.toArray)).runCollect
-          firstResponseBody  <- firstResponseBodyReceive.join
+          secondResponseBody       <- secondResponse.body.asStream.chunks.map(_.asString).runCollect
+          firstResponseBody        <- firstResponseBodyReceive.join
           value =
             firstResponse.status == Status.Ok &&
               // since response has not chunked transfer encoding header we can't guarantee that