diff --git a/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.ts b/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.ts
index 0386b5011023..4f7dbc4cf0c8 100644
--- a/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { getTransformedHeaders } from "./get-transformed-headers";
 import { setConnectionTimeout } from "./set-connection-timeout";
 import { setSocketTimeout } from "./set-socket-timeout";
 import { writeRequestBody } from "./write-request-body";
+import { setSocketKeepAlive } from "./set-socket-keep-alive";
 
 /**
  * Represents the http options that can be passed to a node http client.
@@ -151,6 +152,17 @@ export class NodeHttpHandler implements HttpHandler {
         };
       }
 
+      // Workaround for bug report in Node.js https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/47137
+      const httpAgent = nodeHttpsOptions.agent;
+      if (typeof httpAgent === "object" && "keepAlive" in httpAgent) {
+        setSocketKeepAlive(req, {
+          // @ts-expect-error keepAlive is not public on httpAgent.
+          keepAlive: (httpAgent as hAgent).keepAlive,
+          // @ts-expect-error keepAliveMsecs is not public on httpAgent.
+          keepAliveMsecs: (httpAgent as hAgent).keepAliveMsecs,
+        });
+      }
+
       writeRequestBody(req, request);
     });
   }
diff --git a/packages/node-http-handler/src/set-socket-keep-alive.spec.ts b/packages/node-http-handler/src/set-socket-keep-alive.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..27502d51ed0e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-http-handler/src/set-socket-keep-alive.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+import { EventEmitter } from "events";
+import { ClientRequest } from "http";
+import { Socket } from "net";
+
+import { setSocketKeepAlive } from "./set-socket-keep-alive";
+
+describe("setSocketKeepAlive", () => {
+  let request: ClientRequest;
+  let socket: Socket;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    request = new EventEmitter() as ClientRequest;
+    socket = new Socket();
+  });
+
+  it("should set keepAlive to true", () => {
+    setSocketKeepAlive(request, { keepAlive: true });
+
+    const setKeepAliveSpy = jest.spyOn(socket, "setKeepAlive");
+    request.emit("socket", socket);
+
+    expect(setKeepAliveSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(setKeepAliveSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true, 0);
+  });
+
+  it("should set keepAlive to true with custom initialDelay", () => {
+    const initialDelay = 5 * 1000;
+    setSocketKeepAlive(request, { keepAlive: true, keepAliveMsecs: initialDelay });
+
+    const setKeepAliveSpy = jest.spyOn(socket, "setKeepAlive");
+    request.emit("socket", socket);
+
+    expect(setKeepAliveSpy).toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(setKeepAliveSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(true, initialDelay);
+  });
+
+  it("should not set keepAlive at all when keepAlive is false", () => {
+    setSocketKeepAlive(request, { keepAlive: false });
+
+    const setKeepAliveSpy = jest.spyOn(socket, "setKeepAlive");
+    request.emit("socket", socket);
+
+    expect(setKeepAliveSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+});
+
diff --git a/packages/node-http-handler/src/set-socket-keep-alive.ts b/packages/node-http-handler/src/set-socket-keep-alive.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..4ae9c079efe1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/node-http-handler/src/set-socket-keep-alive.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import { ClientRequest } from "http";
+
+export interface SocketKeepAliveOptions {
+  keepAlive: boolean;
+  keepAliveMsecs?: number;
+}
+
+export const setSocketKeepAlive = (request: ClientRequest, { keepAlive, keepAliveMsecs }: SocketKeepAliveOptions) => {
+  if (keepAlive !== true) {
+    return;
+  }
+
+  request.on("socket", (socket) => {
+    socket.setKeepAlive(keepAlive, keepAliveMsecs || 0);
+  });
+};