diff --git a/lib/webmock/http_lib_adapters/async_http_client_adapter.rb b/lib/webmock/http_lib_adapters/async_http_client_adapter.rb
index db30ab93..b63cd474 100644
--- a/lib/webmock/http_lib_adapters/async_http_client_adapter.rb
+++ b/lib/webmock/http_lib_adapters/async_http_client_adapter.rb
@@ -203,8 +203,18 @@ def webmock_responses
             @webmock_responses ||= {}
           end
 
+          def strip_header?(key:, value:)
+            # WebMock's internal processing will not handle the body
+            # correctly if the header indicates that it is chunked, unless
+            # we also create all the chunks.
+            # It's far easier just to remove the header.
+            key =~ /transfer-encoding/i && value =~/chunked/i
+          end
+
           def build_response(webmock_response)
             headers = (webmock_response.headers || {}).each_with_object([]) do |(k, value), o|
+              next if strip_header?(key: k, value: value)
+
               Array(value).each do |v|
                 o.push [k, v]
               end
diff --git a/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec.rb b/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec.rb
index 6196657b..8c930d32 100644
--- a/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/acceptance/async_http_client/async_http_client_spec.rb
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@
       )
     end
 
+    it 'works with responses that use chunked transfer encoding' do
+      stub_request(:get, "www.example.com").to_return(body: "abc", headers: { 'Transfer-Encoding' => 'chunked' })
+      expect(http_request(:get, "http://www.example.com").body).to eq("abc")
+    end
+
     it 'works with to_timeout' do
       stub_request(:get, 'http://www.example.com').to_timeout
       expect { make_request(:get, 'http://www.example.com') }.to raise_error Async::TimeoutError