diff --git a/docs/api/Dispatcher.md b/docs/api/Dispatcher.md
index 466e6bd2eed..00a02f72ad0 100644
--- a/docs/api/Dispatcher.md
+++ b/docs/api/Dispatcher.md
@@ -436,6 +436,10 @@ The `RequestOptions.method` property should not be value `'CONNECT'`.
 - `body`
 - `bodyUsed`
 
+`body` contains the following additional extentions:
+
+- `dump({ limit: Integer })`, dump the response by reading up to `limit` bytes without killing the socket (optional) - Default: 262144.
+
 #### Example 1 - Basic GET Request
 
 ```js
diff --git a/lib/api/readable.js b/lib/api/readable.js
index 0580f421e5b..e9db983d502 100644
--- a/lib/api/readable.js
+++ b/lib/api/readable.js
@@ -144,6 +144,20 @@ module.exports = class BodyReadable extends Readable {
     }
     return this[kBody]
   }
+
+  async dump(opts) {
+    let limit = opts && Number.isFinite(opts.limit) ? opts.limit : 262144
+    try {
+      for await (const chunk of this) {
+        limit -= Buffer.byteLength(chunk)
+        if (limit < 0) {
+          return
+        }
+      }
+    } catch {
+      // Do nothing...
+    }
+  }
 }
 
 // https://streams.spec.whatwg.org/#readablestream-locked
diff --git a/test/client-request.js b/test/client-request.js
index ebb105e42f8..1fa7943a759 100644
--- a/test/client-request.js
+++ b/test/client-request.js
@@ -12,6 +12,36 @@ const { NotSupportedError } = require('../lib/core/errors')
 
 const nodeMajor = Number(process.versions.node.split('.')[0])
 
+test('request dump', (t) => {
+  t.plan(3)
+
+  const signal = new EE()
+  const server = createServer((req, res) => {
+    res.end('hello')
+  })
+  t.teardown(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  server.listen(0, () => {
+    const client = new Client(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`)
+    t.teardown(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+    let dumped = false
+    client.on('disconnect', () => {
+      t.equal(dumped, true)
+    })
+    client.request({
+      path: '/',
+      method: 'GET'
+    }, (err, { body }) => {
+      t.error(err)
+      body.dump().then(() => {
+        dumped = true
+        t.pass()
+      })
+    })
+  })
+})
+
 test('request abort before headers', (t) => {
   t.plan(6)