diff --git a/lib/interceptor/decompress.js b/lib/interceptor/decompress.js
index 295390ad9ce..31ae959845f 100644
--- a/lib/interceptor/decompress.js
+++ b/lib/interceptor/decompress.js
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ function createDecompressInterceptor (options = {}) {
 
   return (dispatch) => {
     return (opts, handler) => {
+      if (opts.method === 'HEAD') {
+        return dispatch(opts, handler)
+      }
+
       const decompressHandler = new DecompressHandler(handler, options)
       return dispatch(opts, decompressHandler)
     }
diff --git a/test/interceptors/decompress.js b/test/interceptors/decompress.js
index 21a55c7bc7e..fa86341f717 100644
--- a/test/interceptors/decompress.js
+++ b/test/interceptors/decompress.js
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 const { test, after } = require('node:test')
 const { createServer } = require('node:http')
 const { once } = require('node:events')
-const { createGzip, createDeflate, createBrotliCompress, createZstdCompress } = require('node:zlib')
+const { createGzip, createDeflate, createBrotliCompress, createZstdCompress, gzipSync } = require('node:zlib')
 const { tspl } = require('@matteo.collina/tspl')
 
-const { Client, getGlobalDispatcher, setGlobalDispatcher, request } = require('../..')
+const { Client, getGlobalDispatcher, setGlobalDispatcher, request, interceptors } = require('../..')
 const createDecompressInterceptor = require('../../lib/interceptor/decompress')
 
 test('should decompress gzip response', async t => {
@@ -51,6 +51,46 @@ test('should decompress gzip response', async t => {
   await t.completed
 })
 
+test('should preserve representation headers and empty body for HEAD responses', async t => {
+  const compressedRepresentation = gzipSync('HEAD response representation')
+  const server = createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true }, (req, res) => {
+    res.writeHead(200, {
+      'Content-Type': 'text/plain',
+      'Content-Encoding': 'gzip',
+      'Content-Length': compressedRepresentation.length
+    })
+    res.end()
+  })
+
+  server.listen(0)
+  await once(server, 'listening')
+
+  const client = new Client(
+    `http://localhost:${server.address().port}`
+  ).compose(interceptors.decompress())
+
+  after(async () => {
+    await client.close()
+    server.close()
+    await once(server, 'close')
+  })
+
+  t = tspl(t, { plan: 4 })
+
+  const response = await client.request({
+    method: 'HEAD',
+    path: '/'
+  })
+  const body = await response.body.text()
+
+  t.equal(response.statusCode, 200)
+  t.equal(response.headers['content-encoding'], 'gzip')
+  t.equal(response.headers['content-length'], `${compressedRepresentation.length}`)
+  t.equal(body, '')
+
+  await t.completed
+})
+
 test('should decompress deflate response', async t => {
   t = tspl(t, { plan: 3 })