diff --git a/lib/adapters/http.js b/lib/adapters/http.js
index f5e40ed..86251aa 100644
--- a/lib/adapters/http.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/http.js
@@ -116,6 +116,11 @@ module.exports = function httpAdapter(resolve, reject, config) {
         }
       });
 
+      stream.on('error', function handleStreamError(err) {
+        if (aborted) return;
+        reject(err);
+      });
+
       stream.on('end', function handleStreamEnd() {
         var responseData = Buffer.concat(responseBuffer);
         if (config.responseType !== 'arraybuffer') {
diff --git a/test/unit/adapters/http.js b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
index acd0b30..9351fcb 100644
--- a/test/unit/adapters/http.js
+++ b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
@@ -102,6 +102,18 @@ module.exports = {
     });
   },
 
+  testGunzipErrorHandling: function (test) {
+    server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+      res.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json;charset=utf-8');
+      res.setHeader('Content-Encoding', 'gzip');
+      res.end('invalid response');
+    }).listen(4444, function () {
+      axios.get('http://localhost:4444/').catch(function (error) {
+        test.done();
+      });
+    });
+  },
+
   testUTF8: function (test) {
     var str = Array(100000).join('ж');