diff --git a/httpx/_decoders.py b/httpx/_decoders.py
index 57c649297a..3f507c8e04 100644
--- a/httpx/_decoders.py
+++ b/httpx/_decoders.py
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ def __init__(self, chunk_size: typing.Optional[int] = None) -> None:
 
     def decode(self, content: str) -> typing.List[str]:
         if self._chunk_size is None:
-            return [content]
+            return [content] if content else []
 
         self._buffer.write(content)
         if self._buffer.tell() >= self._chunk_size:
@@ -280,7 +280,9 @@ def decode(self, text: str) -> typing.List[str]:
             text = text[:-1]
 
         if not text:
-            return []
+            # NOTE: the edge case input of empty text doesn't occur in practice,
+            # because other httpx internals filter out this value
+            return []  # pragma: no cover
 
         trailing_newline = text[-1] in NEWLINE_CHARS
         lines = text.splitlines()
diff --git a/httpx/_models.py b/httpx/_models.py
index dac177c4f6..b8617cdab5 100644
--- a/httpx/_models.py
+++ b/httpx/_models.py
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ def iter_text(
                     yield chunk
             text_content = decoder.flush()
             for chunk in chunker.decode(text_content):
-                yield chunk
+                yield chunk  # pragma: no cover
             for chunk in chunker.flush():
                 yield chunk
 
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ async def aiter_text(
                     yield chunk
             text_content = decoder.flush()
             for chunk in chunker.decode(text_content):
-                yield chunk
+                yield chunk  # pragma: no cover
             for chunk in chunker.flush():
                 yield chunk
 
diff --git a/tests/test_decoders.py b/tests/test_decoders.py
index 61c9a4acca..170a93453c 100644
--- a/tests/test_decoders.py
+++ b/tests/test_decoders.py
@@ -219,6 +219,17 @@ def test_text_decoder_empty_cases():
     assert response.text == ""
 
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    ["data", "expected"],
+    [((b"Hello,", b" world!"), ["Hello,", " world!"])],
+)
+def test_streaming_text_decoder(
+    data: typing.Iterable[bytes], expected: typing.List[str]
+) -> None:
+    response = httpx.Response(200, content=iter(data))
+    assert list(response.iter_text()) == expected
+
+
 def test_line_decoder_nl():
     response = httpx.Response(200, content=[b""])
     assert list(response.iter_lines()) == []