diff --git a/source/core/index.ts b/source/core/index.ts
index 88b886620..a46d91858 100644
--- a/source/core/index.ts
+++ b/source/core/index.ts
@@ -987,16 +987,24 @@ export default class Request extends Duplex implements RequestEvents<Request> {
 
 			let request: ClientRequest | Promise<ClientRequest>;
 
-			// This is ugly
-			const cacheRequest = cacheableStore.get((options as any).cache)!(options, async response => {
-				// TODO: Fix `cacheable-response`
-				(response as any)._readableState.autoDestroy = false;
+			// TODO: Fix `cacheable-response`. This is ugly.
+			const cacheRequest = cacheableStore.get((options as any).cache)!(options, async (response: any) => {
+				response._readableState.autoDestroy = false;
 
 				if (request) {
+					const fix = () => {
+						if (response.req) {
+							response.complete = response.req.res.complete;
+						}
+					};
+
+					response.prependOnceListener('end', fix);
+					fix();
+
 					(await request).emit('cacheableResponse', response);
 				}
 
-				resolve(response as unknown as ResponseLike);
+				resolve(response);
 			});
 
 			cacheRequest.once('error', reject);
diff --git a/test/cache.ts b/test/cache.ts
index 729f8771b..407d3a1d6 100644
--- a/test/cache.ts
+++ b/test/cache.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import {promisify} from 'util';
+import {Agent} from 'http';
 import {gzip} from 'zlib';
 import test from 'ava';
 import pEvent from 'p-event';
@@ -403,3 +404,40 @@ test('allows internal modifications', async t => {
 
 	await t.notThrowsAsync(client.get('http://example.com/test'));
 });
+
+test('response.complete is true when using keepalive agent', withServer, async (t, server, got) => {
+	const agent = {
+		http: new Agent({keepAlive: true})
+	};
+
+	const etag = 'foobar';
+
+	const payload = JSON.stringify({foo: 'bar'});
+	const compressed = await promisify(gzip)(payload);
+
+	server.get('/', (request, response) => {
+		if (request.headers['if-none-match'] === etag) {
+			response.statusCode = 304;
+			response.end();
+		} else {
+			response.setHeader('content-encoding', 'gzip');
+			response.setHeader('cache-control', 'public, max-age=60');
+			response.setHeader('etag', etag);
+			response.end(compressed);
+		}
+	});
+
+	const cache = new Map();
+
+	const first = await got({
+		cache,
+		responseType: 'json',
+		decompress: true,
+		retry: {
+			limit: 2
+		},
+		agent
+	});
+
+	t.true(first.complete);
+});