diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index 33778d5445ae4b..2134d688b967d4 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -1223,6 +1223,13 @@ added: v0.3.0
 
 See [`response.socket`][].
 
+### `response.cork()`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+See [`writable.cork()`][].
+
 ### `response.end([data[, encoding]][, callback])`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.1.90
@@ -1508,6 +1515,13 @@ response.statusMessage = 'Not found';
 After response header was sent to the client, this property indicates the
 status message which was sent out.
 
+### `response.uncork()`
+<!-- YAML
+added: REPLACEME
+-->
+
+See [`writable.uncork()`][].
+
 ### `response.writableEnded`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v12.9.0
@@ -2348,3 +2362,5 @@ not abort the request or do anything besides add a `'timeout'` event.
 [`socket.unref()`]: net.html#net_socket_unref
 [`url.parse()`]: url.html#url_url_parse_urlstring_parsequerystring_slashesdenotehost
 [`HPE_HEADER_OVERFLOW`]: errors.html#errors_hpe_header_overflow
+[`writable.cork()`]: stream.html#stream_writable_cork
+[`writable.uncork()`]: stream.html#stream_writable_uncork
diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
index 4e9efeaaf9c95d..bbcc83f89e9960 100644
--- a/lib/_http_outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ const { validateString } = require('internal/validators');
 const HIGH_WATER_MARK = getDefaultHighWaterMark();
 const { CRLF, debug } = common;
 
+const kCorked = Symbol('corked');
+
 const RE_CONN_CLOSE = /(?:^|\W)close(?:$|\W)/i;
 const RE_TE_CHUNKED = common.chunkExpression;
 
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ function OutgoingMessage() {
 
   this.finished = false;
   this._headerSent = false;
+  this[kCorked] = 0;
 
   this.socket = null;
   this.connection = null;
@@ -137,6 +140,13 @@ Object.defineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, 'writableHighWaterMark', {
   }
 });
 
+Object.defineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, 'writableCorked', {
+  get() {
+    const corked = this.socket ? this.socket.writableCorked : 0;
+    return corked + this[kCorked];
+  }
+});
+
 Object.defineProperty(OutgoingMessage.prototype, '_headers', {
   get: internalUtil.deprecate(function() {
     return this.getHeaders();
@@ -204,6 +214,21 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype._renderHeaders = function _renderHeaders() {
   return headers;
 };
 
+OutgoingMessage.prototype.cork = function() {
+  if (this.socket) {
+    this.socket.cork();
+  } else {
+    this[kCorked]++;
+  }
+};
+
+OutgoingMessage.prototype.uncork = function() {
+  if (this.socket) {
+    this.socket.uncork();
+  } else if (this[kCorked]) {
+    this[kCorked]--;
+  }
+};
 
 OutgoingMessage.prototype.setTimeout = function setTimeout(msecs, callback) {
 
@@ -694,7 +719,10 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
     return this;
   }
 
-  var uncork;
+  if (this.socket) {
+    this.socket.cork();
+  }
+
   if (chunk) {
     if (typeof chunk !== 'string' && !(chunk instanceof Buffer)) {
       throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('chunk', ['string', 'Buffer'], chunk);
@@ -705,10 +733,6 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
       else
         this._contentLength = chunk.length;
     }
-    if (this.connection) {
-      this.connection.cork();
-      uncork = true;
-    }
     write_(this, chunk, encoding, null, true);
   } else if (!this._header) {
     this._contentLength = 0;
@@ -727,8 +751,12 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
     this._send('', 'latin1', finish);
   }
 
-  if (uncork)
-    this.connection.uncork();
+  if (this.socket) {
+    // Fully uncork connection on end().
+    this.socket._writableState.corked = 1;
+    this.socket.uncork();
+  }
+  this[kCorked] = 0;
 
   this.finished = true;
 
@@ -789,6 +817,11 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype._flush = function _flush() {
 };
 
 OutgoingMessage.prototype._flushOutput = function _flushOutput(socket) {
+  while (this[kCorked]) {
+    this[kCorked]--;
+    socket.cork();
+  }
+
   const outputLength = this.outputData.length;
   if (outputLength <= 0)
     return undefined;
diff --git a/lib/internal/http2/compat.js b/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
index 96895cae0bd70a..86d60ce6435a53 100644
--- a/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
+++ b/lib/internal/http2/compat.js
@@ -503,6 +503,10 @@ class Http2ServerResponse extends Stream {
     return this[kState].statusCode;
   }
 
+  get writableCorked() {
+    return this[kStream].writableCorked;
+  }
+
   set statusCode(code) {
     code |= 0;
     if (code >= 100 && code < 200)
@@ -627,6 +631,14 @@ class Http2ServerResponse extends Stream {
     return this;
   }
 
+  cork() {
+    this[kStream].cork();
+  }
+
+  uncork() {
+    this[kStream].uncork();
+  }
+
   write(chunk, encoding, cb) {
     if (typeof encoding === 'function') {
       cb = encoding;
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-response-cork.js b/test/parallel/test-http-response-cork.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..4c85412c7bfcec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-response-cork.js
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const http = require('http');
+const assert = require('assert');
+
+const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+  let corked = false;
+  const originalWrite = res.socket.write;
+  res.socket.write = common.mustCall((...args) => {
+    assert.strictEqual(corked, false);
+    return originalWrite.call(res.socket, ...args);
+  }, 5);
+  corked = true;
+  res.cork();
+  assert.strictEqual(res.writableCorked, res.socket.writableCorked);
+  res.cork();
+  assert.strictEqual(res.writableCorked, res.socket.writableCorked);
+  res.writeHead(200, { 'a-header': 'a-header-value' });
+  res.uncork();
+  assert.strictEqual(res.writableCorked, res.socket.writableCorked);
+  corked = false;
+  res.end('asd');
+  assert.strictEqual(res.writableCorked, res.socket.writableCorked);
+});
+
+server.listen(0, () => {
+  http.get({ port: server.address().port }, (res) => {
+    res.on('data', common.mustCall());
+    res.on('end', common.mustCall(() => {
+      server.close();
+    }));
+  });
+});