diff --git a/lib/adapters/http.js b/lib/adapters/http.js
index 85f3061..dbb2ae1 100755
--- a/lib/adapters/http.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/http.js
@@ -60,8 +60,10 @@ module.exports = function httpAdapter(config) {
       done();
       resolvePromise(value);
     };
+    var rejected = false;
     var reject = function reject(value) {
       done();
+      rejected = true;
       rejectPromise(value);
     };
     var data = config.data;
@@ -269,12 +271,22 @@ module.exports = function httpAdapter(config) {
 
           // make sure the content length is not over the maxContentLength if specified
           if (config.maxContentLength > -1 && totalResponseBytes > config.maxContentLength) {
+            // stream.destoy() emit aborted event before calling reject() on Node.js v16
+            rejected = true;
             stream.destroy();
             reject(createError('maxContentLength size of ' + config.maxContentLength + ' exceeded',
               config, null, lastRequest));
           }
         });
 
+        stream.on('aborted', function handlerStreamAborted() {
+          if (rejected) {
+            return;
+          }
+          stream.destroy();
+          reject(createError('error request aborted', config, 'ERR_REQUEST_ABORTED', lastRequest));
+        });
+
         stream.on('error', function handleStreamError(err) {
           if (req.aborted) return;
           reject(enhanceError(err, config, null, lastRequest));
diff --git a/test/unit/adapters/http.js b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
index c413b56..4a92589 100644
--- a/test/unit/adapters/http.js
+++ b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
@@ -1003,5 +1003,36 @@ describe('supports http with nodejs', function () {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should throw an error if http server that aborts a chunked request', function (done) {
+    server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+      res.writeHead(200, { 'Content-Type': 'text/plain' });
+      res.write('chunk 1');
+      setTimeout(function () {
+        res.write('chunk 2');
+      }, 100);
+      setTimeout(function() {
+        res.destroy();
+      }, 200);
+    }).listen(4444, function () {
+      var success = false, failure = false;
+      var error;
+
+      axios.get('http://localhost:4444/aborted', {
+        timeout: 500
+      }).then(function (res) {
+        success = true;
+      }).catch(function (err) {
+        error = err;
+        failure = true;
+      }).finally(function () {
+        assert.strictEqual(success, false, 'request should not succeed');
+        assert.strictEqual(failure, true, 'request should fail');
+        assert.strictEqual(error.code, 'ERR_REQUEST_ABORTED');
+        assert.strictEqual(error.message, 'error request aborted');
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
 });