diff --git a/zio-http/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyResponse.scala b/zio-http/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyResponse.scala
index 04455169a0..9e68e07a1b 100644
--- a/zio-http/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyResponse.scala
+++ b/zio-http/jvm/src/main/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyResponse.scala
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ object NettyResponse {
       onComplete.unsafe.done(Exit.succeed(ChannelState.forStatus(status)))
       Response(status, headers, Body.empty)
     } else {
+      val contentType     = headers.get(Header.ContentType)
       val responseHandler = new ClientResponseStreamHandler(onComplete, keepAlive, status)
       ctx
         .pipeline()
@@ -64,7 +65,11 @@ object NettyResponse {
           responseHandler,
         ): Unit
 
-      val data = NettyBody.fromAsync(callback => responseHandler.connect(callback), knownContentLength)
+      val data = NettyBody.fromAsync(
+        callback => responseHandler.connect(callback),
+        knownContentLength,
+        contentType.map(_.renderedValue),
+      )
       Response(status, headers, data)
     }
   }
diff --git a/zio-http/jvm/src/test/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyStreamBodySpec.scala b/zio-http/jvm/src/test/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyStreamBodySpec.scala
index ad4acef187..5b0e097866 100644
--- a/zio-http/jvm/src/test/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyStreamBodySpec.scala
+++ b/zio-http/jvm/src/test/scala/zio/http/netty/NettyStreamBodySpec.scala
@@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ import zio._
 import zio.test.TestAspect.withLiveClock
 import zio.test.{Spec, TestEnvironment, assertTrue}
 
-import zio.stream.{ZStream, ZStreamAspect}
+import zio.stream.{ZPipeline, ZStream, ZStreamAspect}
 
 import zio.http.ZClient.Config
 import zio.http._
 import zio.http.internal.HttpRunnableSpec
+import zio.http.multipart.mixed.MultipartMixed
 import zio.http.netty.NettyConfig.LeakDetectionLevel
+import zio.http.netty.NettyStreamBodySpec.app
 
 object NettyStreamBodySpec extends HttpRunnableSpec {
 
@@ -101,6 +103,82 @@ object NettyStreamBodySpec extends HttpRunnableSpec {
           )
         }
       },
+      test("properly decodes body's boundary") {
+        def trackablePart(content: String): ZIO[Any, Nothing, (MultipartMixed.Part, Promise[Nothing, Boolean])] = {
+          zio.Promise.make[Nothing, Boolean].map { p =>
+            MultipartMixed.Part(
+              Headers(Header.ContentType(MediaType.text.`plain`)),
+              ZStream(content)
+                .via(ZPipeline.utf8Encode)
+                .ensuring(p.succeed(true)),
+            ) ->
+              p
+          }
+        }
+        def trackableMultipartMixed(
+          b: Boundary,
+        )(partsContents: String*): ZIO[Any, Nothing, (MultipartMixed, Seq[Promise[Nothing, Boolean]])] = {
+          ZIO
+            .foreach(partsContents)(trackablePart)
+            .map { tps =>
+              val (parts, promisises) = tps.unzip
+              val mpm                 = MultipartMixed.fromParts(ZStream.fromIterable(parts), b, 1)
+              (mpm, promisises)
+            }
+        }
+
+        def serve(resp: Response): ZIO[Any, Throwable, RuntimeFlags] = {
+          val app = Routes(Method.GET / "it" -> handler(resp))
+          for {
+            portPromise <- Promise.make[Throwable, Int]
+            _           <- Server
+              .install(app)
+              .intoPromise(portPromise)
+              .zipRight(ZIO.never)
+              .provide(
+                ZLayer.succeed(NettyConfig.defaultWithFastShutdown.leakDetection(LeakDetectionLevel.PARANOID)),
+                ZLayer.succeed(Server.Config.default.onAnyOpenPort),
+                Server.customized,
+              )
+              .fork
+            port        <- portPromise.await
+          } yield port
+        }
+
+        for {
+          mpmAndPromises <- trackableMultipartMixed(Boundary("this_is_a_boundary"))(
+            "this is the boring part 1",
+            "and this is the boring part two",
+          )
+          (mpm, promises) = mpmAndPromises
+          resp            = Response(body =
+            Body.fromStreamChunked(mpm.source).contentType(MediaType.multipart.`mixed`, mpm.boundary),
+          )
+            .addHeader(Header.ContentType(MediaType.multipart.`mixed`, Some(mpm.boundary)))
+          port   <- serve(resp)
+          client <- ZIO.service[Client]
+          req = Request.get(s"http://localhost:$port/it")
+          actualResp   <- client(req)
+          actualMpm    <- actualResp.body.asMultipartMixed
+          partsResults <- actualMpm.parts.zipWithIndex.mapZIO { case (part, idx) =>
+            val pr = promises(idx.toInt)
+            // todo: due to server side buffering can't really expect the promises to be uncompleted BEFORE pulling on the client side
+            part.toBody.asString <*>
+              pr.isDone
+          }.runCollect
+        } yield {
+          zio.test.assertTrue {
+            actualResp.headers(Header.ContentType) == resp.headers(Header.ContentType) &&
+            actualResp.body.boundary == Some(mpm.boundary) &&
+            actualMpm.boundary == mpm.boundary &&
+            partsResults == Chunk(
+              // todo: due to server side buffering can't really expect the promises to be uncompleted BEFORE pulling on the client side
+              ("this is the boring part 1", true),
+              ("and this is the boring part two", true),
+            )
+          }
+        }
+      },
     ).provide(
       singleConnectionClient,
       Scope.default,