diff --git a/doc/api/http.md b/doc/api/http.md
index 75c5292ab9127a..546ab616ef4468 100644
--- a/doc/api/http.md
+++ b/doc/api/http.md
@@ -646,6 +646,11 @@ is finished.
 ### `request.destroy([error])`
 <!-- YAML
 added: v0.3.0
+changes:
+  - version: REPLACEME
+    pr-url: https://github.com/nodejs/node/pull/32789
+    description: The function returns `this` for consistency with other Readable
+                 streams.
 -->
 
 * `error` {Error} Optional, an error to emit with `'error'` event.
diff --git a/lib/_http_client.js b/lib/_http_client.js
index 23e82c807fc6e0..5cafd5455bd717 100644
--- a/lib/_http_client.js
+++ b/lib/_http_client.js
@@ -349,7 +349,7 @@ ClientRequest.prototype.abort = function abort() {
 
 ClientRequest.prototype.destroy = function destroy(err) {
   if (this.destroyed) {
-    return;
+    return this;
   }
   this.destroyed = true;
 
@@ -365,6 +365,8 @@ ClientRequest.prototype.destroy = function destroy(err) {
   } else if (err) {
     this[kError] = err;
   }
+
+  return this;
 };
 
 function _destroy(req, socket, err) {
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-client-request-destroy.js b/test/parallel/test-client-request-destroy.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..2f3efcf81204b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-client-request-destroy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+'use strict';
+
+// Test that http.ClientRequest,prototype.destroy() returns `this`.
+require('../common');
+
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http = require('http');
+const clientRequest = new http.ClientRequest({ createConnection: () => {} });
+
+assert.strictEqual(clientRequest.destroyed, false);
+assert.strictEqual(clientRequest.destroy(), clientRequest);
+assert.strictEqual(clientRequest.destroyed, true);
+assert.strictEqual(clientRequest.destroy(), clientRequest);