diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_streaming.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_streaming.py
index c459f34247f8..d841ba8d37ab 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_streaming.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/test_streaming.py
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------------
 import pytest
+from azure.core.pipeline.transport import RequestsTransport
 from azure.core import PipelineClient
 from azure.core.exceptions import DecodeError
 from azure.core.pipeline.transport import RequestsTransport
@@ -44,6 +45,20 @@ def test_decompress_plain_no_header(http_request):
     decoded = content.decode('utf-8')
     assert decoded == "test"
 
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("http_request", HTTP_REQUESTS)
+def test_compress_plain_no_header_offline(port, http_request):
+    # thanks to Daisy Cisneros for this test!
+    # expect plain text
+    request = http_request(method="GET", url="http://localhost:{}/streams/string".format(port))
+    with RequestsTransport() as sender:
+        response = sender.send(request, stream=True)
+        response.raise_for_status()
+        data = response.stream_download(sender, decompress=False)
+        content = b"".join(list(data))
+        decoded = content.decode('utf-8')
+        assert decoded == "test"
+
+@pytest.mark.live_test_only
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("http_request", HTTP_REQUESTS)
 def test_compress_plain_no_header(http_request):
     # expect plain text
diff --git a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/testserver_tests/coretestserver/coretestserver/test_routes/streams.py b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/testserver_tests/coretestserver/coretestserver/test_routes/streams.py
index b5805cb69df8..b8cc707d7cb2 100644
--- a/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/testserver_tests/coretestserver/coretestserver/test_routes/streams.py
+++ b/sdk/core/azure-core/tests/testserver_tests/coretestserver/coretestserver/test_routes/streams.py
@@ -25,6 +25,9 @@ def stream_json_error():
     yield '{"error": {"code": "BadRequest", '
     yield' "message": "You made a bad request"}}'
 
+def streaming_test():
+    yield b"test"
+    
 def stream_compressed_header_error():
     yield b'test'
 
@@ -40,7 +43,13 @@ def iterable():
 def error():
     return Response(stream_json_error(), status=400)
 
+@streams_api.route('/string', methods=['GET'])
+def string():
+    return Response(
+        streaming_test(), status=200, mimetype="text/plain"
+    )
+    
 @streams_api.route('/compressed', methods=['GET'])
 def compressed():
     return Response(stream_compressed_header_error(), status=300, headers={"Content-Encoding": "gzip"})
-    
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+