diff --git a/actix-http/src/body.rs b/actix-http/src/body.rs
index 850f97ee4..387237730 100644
--- a/actix-http/src/body.rs
+++ b/actix-http/src/body.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::{fmt, mem};
 
 use bytes::{Bytes, BytesMut};
 use futures_core::Stream;
+use futures_util::ready;
 use pin_project::{pin_project, project};
 
 use crate::error::Error;
@@ -389,12 +390,19 @@ where
         BodySize::Stream
     }
 
+    /// Attempts to pull out the next value of the underlying [`Stream`].
+    ///
+    /// Empty values are skipped to prevent [`BodyStream`]'s transmission being
+    /// ended on a zero-length chunk, but rather proceed until the underlying
+    /// [`Stream`] ends.
     fn poll_next(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Result<Bytes, Error>>> {
-        unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(self) }
-            .project()
-            .stream
-            .poll_next(cx)
-            .map(|res| res.map(|res| res.map_err(std::convert::Into::into)))
+        let mut stream = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(self) }.project().stream;
+        loop {
+            return Poll::Ready(match ready!(stream.as_mut().poll_next(cx)) {
+                Some(Ok(ref bytes)) if bytes.is_empty() => continue,
+                opt => opt.map(|res| res.map_err(Into::into)),
+            });
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -424,17 +432,27 @@ where
         BodySize::Sized64(self.size)
     }
 
+    /// Attempts to pull out the next value of the underlying [`Stream`].
+    ///
+    /// Empty values are skipped to prevent [`SizedStream`]'s transmission being
+    /// ended on a zero-length chunk, but rather proceed until the underlying
+    /// [`Stream`] ends.
     fn poll_next(&mut self, cx: &mut Context<'_>) -> Poll<Option<Result<Bytes, Error>>> {
-        unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(self) }
-            .project()
-            .stream
-            .poll_next(cx)
+        let mut stream = unsafe { Pin::new_unchecked(self) }.project().stream;
+        loop {
+            return Poll::Ready(match ready!(stream.as_mut().poll_next(cx)) {
+                Some(Ok(ref bytes)) if bytes.is_empty() => continue,
+                val => val,
+            });
+        }
     }
 }
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
+    use bytes::BufMut;
+    use futures::stream;
     use futures_util::future::poll_fn;
 
     impl Body {
@@ -589,4 +607,45 @@ mod tests {
             BodySize::Sized(25)
         );
     }
+
+    mod body_stream {
+        use super::*;
+
+        #[actix_rt::test]
+        async fn skips_empty_chunks() {
+            let body = BodyStream::new(stream::iter(
+                ["1", "", "2"]
+                    .iter()
+                    .map(|&v| Ok(Bytes::from(v)) as Result<Bytes, ()>),
+            ));
+            assert_eq!(read_all(body).await.unwrap(), Bytes::from("12"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    mod sized_stream {
+        use super::*;
+
+        #[actix_rt::test]
+        async fn skips_empty_chunks() {
+            let body = SizedStream::new(
+                2,
+                stream::iter(
+                    ["1", "", "2"]
+                        .iter()
+                        .map(|&v| Ok(Bytes::from(v))),
+                ),
+            );
+            assert_eq!(read_all(body).await.unwrap(), Bytes::from("12"));
+        }
+    }
+
+    async fn read_all<B: MessageBody>(mut body: B) -> Result<Bytes, Error> {
+        use futures::StreamExt as _;
+
+        let mut bytes = BytesMut::new();
+        while let Some(b) = stream::poll_fn(|cx| body.poll_next(cx)).next().await {
+            bytes.put(b?);
+        }
+        Ok(bytes.freeze())
+    }
 }