diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index 6fb5dd65cb368c..782b8e9714fe81 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -430,25 +430,13 @@ function socketCloseListener() {
   req.destroyed = true;
   if (res) {
     // Socket closed before we emitted 'end' below.
-    // TOOD(ronag): res.destroy(err)
     if (!res.complete) {
-      res.aborted = true;
-      res.emit('aborted');
-      if (res.listenerCount('error') > 0) {
-        res.emit('error', connResetException('aborted'));
-      }
+      res.destroy(connResetException('aborted'));
     }
     req._closed = true;
     req.emit('close');
     if (!res.aborted && res.readable) {
-      res.on('end', function() {
-        this.destroyed = true;
-        this.emit('close');
-      });
       res.push(null);
-    } else {
-      res.destroyed = true;
-      res.emit('close');
     }
   } else {
     if (!req.socket._hadError) {
@@ -697,7 +685,6 @@ function responseKeepAlive(req) {
 
   req.destroyed = true;
   if (req.res) {
-    req.res.destroyed = true;
     // Detach socket from IncomingMessage to avoid destroying the freed
     // socket in IncomingMessage.destroy().
     req.res.socket = null;
@@ -752,10 +739,6 @@ function requestOnPrefinish() {
 function emitFreeNT(req) {
   req._closed = true;
   req.emit('close');
-  if (req.res) {
-    req.res.emit('close');
-  }
-
   if (req.socket) {
     req.socket.emit('free');
   }
diff --git a/lib/_http_incoming.js b/lib/_http_incoming.js
index 7943c69f54d911..22ab591b7ad78c 100644
--- a/lib/_http_incoming.js
+++ b/lib/_http_incoming.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ const {
   Symbol
 } = primordials;
 
-const Stream = require('stream');
+const { Readable, finished } = require('stream');
 
 const kHeaders = Symbol('kHeaders');
 const kHeadersCount = Symbol('kHeadersCount');
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ function IncomingMessage(socket) {
     };
   }
 
-  Stream.Readable.call(this, { autoDestroy: false, ...streamOptions });
+  Readable.call(this, streamOptions);
 
   this._readableState.readingMore = true;
 
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ function IncomingMessage(socket) {
   // read by the user, so there's no point continuing to handle it.
   this._dumped = false;
 }
-ObjectSetPrototypeOf(IncomingMessage.prototype, Stream.Readable.prototype);
-ObjectSetPrototypeOf(IncomingMessage, Stream.Readable);
+ObjectSetPrototypeOf(IncomingMessage.prototype, Readable.prototype);
+ObjectSetPrototypeOf(IncomingMessage, Readable);
 
 ObjectDefineProperty(IncomingMessage.prototype, 'connection', {
   get: function() {
@@ -160,18 +160,30 @@ IncomingMessage.prototype._read = function _read(n) {
     readStart(this.socket);
 };
 
-
 // It's possible that the socket will be destroyed, and removed from
 // any messages, before ever calling this.  In that case, just skip
 // it, since something else is destroying this connection anyway.
-IncomingMessage.prototype.destroy = function destroy(error) {
-  // TODO(ronag): Implement in terms of _destroy
-  this.destroyed = true;
-  if (this.socket)
-    this.socket.destroy(error);
-  return this;
-};
+IncomingMessage.prototype._destroy = function _destroy(err, cb) {
+  if (!this.readableEnded || !this.complete) {
+    this.aborted = true;
+    this.emit('aborted');
+  }
 
+  // If aborted and the underlying socket is not already destroyed,
+  // destroy it.
+  // We have to check if the socket is already destroyed because finished
+  // does not call the callback when this methdod is invoked from `_http_client`
+  // in `test/parallel/test-http-client-spurious-aborted.js`
+  if (this.socket && !this.socket.destroyed && this.aborted) {
+    this.socket.destroy(err);
+    const cleanup = finished(this.socket, (e) => {
+      cleanup();
+      onError(this, e || err, cb);
+    });
+  } else {
+    onError(this, err, cb);
+  }
+};
 
 IncomingMessage.prototype._addHeaderLines = _addHeaderLines;
 function _addHeaderLines(headers, n) {
@@ -349,6 +361,16 @@ IncomingMessage.prototype._dump = function _dump() {
   }
 };
 
+function onError(self, error, cb) {
+  // This is to keep backward compatible behavior.
+  // An error is emitted only if there are listeners attached to the event.
+  if (self.listenerCount('error') === 0) {
+    cb();
+  } else {
+    cb(error);
+  }
+}
+
 module.exports = {
   IncomingMessage,
   readStart,
diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 419b08a7a0986d..8cd10bb3a00194 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -575,14 +575,7 @@ function socketOnClose(socket, state) {
 function abortIncoming(incoming) {
   while (incoming.length) {
     const req = incoming.shift();
-    // TODO(ronag): req.destroy(err)
-    req.aborted = true;
-    req.destroyed = true;
-    req.emit('aborted');
-    if (req.listenerCount('error') > 0) {
-      req.emit('error', connResetException('aborted'));
-    }
-    req.emit('close');
+    req.destroy(connResetException('aborted'));
   }
   // Abort socket._httpMessage ?
 }
@@ -741,14 +734,9 @@ function clearIncoming(req) {
   if (parser && parser.incoming === req) {
     if (req.readableEnded) {
       parser.incoming = null;
-      req.destroyed = true;
-      req.emit('close');
     } else {
       req.on('end', clearIncoming);
     }
-  } else {
-    req.destroyed = true;
-    req.emit('close');
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-client-incomingmessage-destroy.js b/test/parallel/test-http-client-incomingmessage-destroy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a0823d37786365
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-client-incomingmessage-destroy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const { createServer, get } = require('http');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const server = createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+  res.writeHead(200);
+  res.write('Part of res.');
+}));
+
+function onUncaught(error) {
+  assert.strictEqual(error.message, 'Destroy test');
+  server.close();
+}
+
+process.on('uncaughtException', common.mustCall(onUncaught));
+
+server.listen(0, () => {
+  get({
+    port: server.address().port
+  }, common.mustCall((res) => {
+    res.destroy(new Error('Destroy test'));
+  }));
+});
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-server-incomingmessage-destroy.js b/test/parallel/test-http-server-incomingmessage-destroy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..cfe7e4feecba45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-server-incomingmessage-destroy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const common = require('../common');
+const { createServer, get } = require('http');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const server = createServer(common.mustCall((req, res) => {
+  req.destroy(new Error('Destroy test'));
+}));
+
+function onUncaught(error) {}
+
+process.on('uncaughtException', common.mustNotCall(onUncaught));
+
+server.listen(0, common.mustCall(() => {
+  get({
+    port: server.address().port
+  }, (res) => {
+    res.resume();
+  }).on('error', (error) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(error.message, 'socket hang up');
+    assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'ECONNRESET');
+    server.close();
+  });
+}));