diff --git a/lib/_http_server.js b/lib/_http_server.js
index 498800dd1ee445..2bd8bbd226d9a6 100644
--- a/lib/_http_server.js
+++ b/lib/_http_server.js
@@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ function connectionListenerInternal(server, socket) {
 
   // Override on to unconsume on `data`, `readable` listeners
   socket.on = socketOnWrap;
+  socket.setEncoding = socketSetEncoding;
 
   // We only consume the socket if it has never been consumed before.
   if (socket._handle) {
@@ -683,6 +684,10 @@ function onSocketPause() {
   }
 }
 
+function socketSetEncoding() {
+  throw new errors.Error('ERR_METHOD_NOT_IMPLEMENTED', 'setEncoding');
+}
+
 function unconsume(parser, socket) {
   if (socket._handle) {
     if (parser._consumed)