diff --git a/packages/bun-uws/src/HttpResponse.h b/packages/bun-uws/src/HttpResponse.h
index 99618dd72b8..91469110c7a 100644
--- a/packages/bun-uws/src/HttpResponse.h
+++ b/packages/bun-uws/src/HttpResponse.h
@@ -154,6 +154,19 @@ struct HttpResponse : public AsyncSocket<SSL> {
                 }
             } else {
                 this->uncork();
+                /* After uncorking, check if we should close this connection.
+                 * This handles the case where writeHead corked the socket outside
+                 * the uWS request handler (async response), so the close check
+                 * in HttpContext's onData handler never runs for this response. */
+                if (httpResponseData->state & HttpResponseData<SSL>::HTTP_CONNECTION_CLOSE) {
+                    if ((httpResponseData->state & HttpResponseData<SSL>::HTTP_RESPONSE_PENDING) == 0) {
+                        if (((AsyncSocket<SSL> *) this)->getBufferedAmount() == 0) {
+                            ((AsyncSocket<SSL> *) this)->shutdown();
+                            ((AsyncSocket<SSL> *) this)->close();
+                            return true;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             }
 
             /* tryEnd can never fail when in chunked mode, since we do not have tryWrite (yet), only write */
@@ -219,6 +232,19 @@ struct HttpResponse : public AsyncSocket<SSL> {
                     }
                 }  else {
                     this->uncork();
+                    /* After uncorking, check if we should close this connection.
+                     * Same fix as the chunked path above. */
+                    if (httpResponseData->state & HttpResponseData<SSL>::HTTP_CONNECTION_CLOSE) {
+                        if ((httpResponseData->state & HttpResponseData<SSL>::HTTP_RESPONSE_PENDING) == 0) {
+                            if (((AsyncSocket<SSL> *) this)->getBufferedAmount() == 0) {
+                                ((AsyncSocket<SSL> *) this)->shutdown();
+                                ((AsyncSocket<SSL> *) this)->close();
+                                /* Return immediately after close to prevent
+                                 * use-after-free on the freed socket. */
+                                return true;
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/test/js/node/http/node-http-async-chunked-close.test.ts b/test/js/node/http/node-http-async-chunked-close.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d38a171729
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/js/node/http/node-http-async-chunked-close.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import { test, expect } from "bun:test";
+import * as http from "node:http";
+import * as net from "node:net";
+
+test("http.Server closes connection after async chunked response with Connection: close", async () => {
+  // Server that responds asynchronously with chunked encoding
+  const server = http.createServer((req, res) => {
+    setTimeout(() => {
+      res.writeHead(200, { "Content-Type": "text/plain" });
+      res.write("chunk1");
+      res.write("chunk2");
+      res.write("chunk3");
+      res.end();
+    }, 10);
+  });
+
+  await new Promise<void>(resolve => server.listen(0, "127.0.0.1", resolve));
+  const port = (server.address() as net.AddressInfo).port;
+
+  try {
+    const result = await new Promise<{ pass: boolean; body: string }>(resolve => {
+      const socket = net.createConnection(port, "127.0.0.1", () => {
+        socket.write("GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: test\r\nConnection: close\r\n\r\n");
+      });
+
+      const chunks: Buffer[] = [];
+      socket.on("data", c => chunks.push(c));
+      socket.on("error", err => {
+        resolve({ pass: false, body: `Connection error: ${err.message}` });
+        socket.destroy();
+      });
+      socket.on("end", () => {
+        resolve({ pass: true, body: Buffer.concat(chunks).toString() });
+      });
+      socket.setTimeout(3000, () => {
+        resolve({ pass: false, body: Buffer.concat(chunks).toString() });
+        socket.destroy();
+      });
+    });
+
+    expect(result.body).toContain("chunk1");
+    expect(result.body).toContain("chunk2");
+    expect(result.body).toContain("chunk3");
+    expect(result.pass).toBe(true);
+  } finally {
+    server.close();
+  }
+});