diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
index 4357647690beb8..6e1888c6f6dd12 100644
--- a/lib/_http_outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.setTimeout = function setTimeout(msecs, callback) {
 // it, since something else is destroying this connection anyway.
 OutgoingMessage.prototype.destroy = function destroy(error) {
   if (this.destroyed) {
-    return;
+    return this;
   }
   this.destroyed = true;
 
@@ -290,6 +290,8 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.destroy = function destroy(error) {
       socket.destroy(error);
     });
   }
+
+  return this;
 };
 
 
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-outgoing-message-destroy.js b/test/parallel/test-outgoing-message-destroy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..0ee7b5f40ef9fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-outgoing-message-destroy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Test that http.OutgoingMessage,prototype.destroy() returns `this`.
+require('../common');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http = require('http');
+const outgoingMessage = new http.OutgoingMessage();
+
+assert.strictEqual(outgoingMessage.destroyed, false);
+assert.strictEqual(outgoingMessage.destroy(), outgoingMessage);
+assert.strictEqual(outgoingMessage.destroyed, true);
+assert.strictEqual(outgoingMessage.destroy(), outgoingMessage);