diff --git a/lib/core/client.js b/lib/core/client.js
index 22aac49feb5..525a4b7845f 100644
--- a/lib/core/client.js
+++ b/lib/core/client.js
@@ -555,7 +555,7 @@ class Parser extends HTTPParser {
 
     try {
       if (request.onBody(chunk, offset, length) === false) {
-        socket.pause()
+        socket[kPause]()
       }
     } catch (err) {
       util.destroy(socket, err)
@@ -630,7 +630,7 @@ class Parser extends HTTPParser {
         util.destroy(socket, new InformationalError('reset'))
       }
     } else {
-      socket.resume()
+      socket[kResume]()
       resume(client)
     }
   }
@@ -779,8 +779,8 @@ function connect (client) {
     parser.consume(socket._handle._externalStream)
   }
 
-  socket[kPause] = socket.pause.bind(socket)
-  socket[kResume] = socket.resume.bind(socket)
+  socket[kPause] = socketPause.bind(socket)
+  socket[kResume] = socketResume.bind(socket)
   socket[kError] = null
   socket[kParser] = parser
   socket[kClient] = client
@@ -794,6 +794,22 @@ function connect (client) {
     .on('close', onSocketClose)
 }
 
+function socketPause () {
+  // TODO: Pause parser.
+  if (this._handle && this._handle.reading) {
+    this._handle.reading = false
+    this._handle.readStop()
+  }
+}
+
+function socketResume () {
+  // TODO: Resume parser.
+  if (this._handle && !this._handle.reading) {
+    this._handle.reading = true
+    this._handle.readStart()
+  }
+}
+
 function emitDrain (client) {
   client[kNeedDrain] = 0
   client.emit('drain')
diff --git a/test/socket-back-pressure.js b/test/socket-back-pressure.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d0710607a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/socket-back-pressure.js
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+'use strict'
+
+const { Client } = require('..')
+const { createServer } = require('http')
+const { Readable } = require('stream')
+const { test } = require('tap')
+
+test('socket back-pressure', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+
+  const server = createServer()
+
+  let body
+
+  server.on('request', (req, res) => {
+    let bytesWritten = 0
+    const buf = Buffer.allocUnsafe(16384)
+    new Readable({
+      read () {
+        bytesWritten += buf.length
+        this.push(buf)
+        if (bytesWritten >= 1e6) {
+          this.push(null)
+        }
+      }
+    }).on('end', () => {
+      t.ok(body._readableState.length < body._readableState.highWaterMark)
+    }).pipe(res)
+  })
+
+  server.listen(0, () => {
+    const client = new Client(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`, {
+      pipelining: 1
+    })
+
+    client.request({ path: '/', method: 'GET', opaque: 'asd' }, (err, data) => {
+      t.error(err)
+      body = data.body
+        .resume()
+        .on('data', () => {
+          data.body.pause()
+        })
+    })
+  })
+})