diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/HttpResponseBodyPart.java b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/HttpResponseBodyPart.java
index 0be4dedb5..8ab4c9bcc 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/HttpResponseBodyPart.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/HttpResponseBodyPart.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.asynchttpclient;
 
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 
 /**
@@ -44,6 +45,12 @@ protected HttpResponseBodyPart(boolean last) {
      */
     public abstract ByteBuffer getBodyByteBuffer();
 
+    /**
+     * @return the {@link ByteBuf} of the bytes read from the response's chunk.
+     * The {@link ByteBuf}'s capacity is equal to the number of bytes available.
+     */
+    public abstract ByteBuf getBodyByteBuf();
+
     /**
      * @return true if this is the last part.
      */
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/Response.java b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/Response.java
index 8b9c9a6f1..220d989b0 100644
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/Response.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/Response.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  */
 package org.asynchttpclient;
 
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.Cookie;
 import org.asynchttpclient.netty.NettyResponse;
@@ -61,6 +62,13 @@ public interface Response {
      */
     ByteBuffer getResponseBodyAsByteBuffer();
 
+    /**
+     * Return the entire response body as a ByteBuf.
+     *
+     * @return the entire response body as a ByteBuf.
+     */
+    ByteBuf getResponseBodyAsByteBuf();
+
     /**
      * Returns an input stream for the response body. Note that you should not try to get this more than once, and that you should not close the stream.
      *
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/EagerResponseBodyPart.java b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/EagerResponseBodyPart.java
index 44045e80b..e29bc93c9 100755
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/EagerResponseBodyPart.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/EagerResponseBodyPart.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
 import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufUtil;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import org.asynchttpclient.HttpResponseBodyPart;
 
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -53,4 +54,9 @@ public int length() {
     public ByteBuffer getBodyByteBuffer() {
         return ByteBuffer.wrap(bytes);
     }
+
+    @Override
+    public ByteBuf getBodyByteBuf() {
+        return Unpooled.wrappedBuffer(bytes);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/LazyResponseBodyPart.java b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/LazyResponseBodyPart.java
index 3732669d9..59f08dd52 100755
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/LazyResponseBodyPart.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/LazyResponseBodyPart.java
@@ -33,7 +33,8 @@ public LazyResponseBodyPart(ByteBuf buf, boolean last) {
         this.buf = buf;
     }
 
-    public ByteBuf getBuf() {
+    @Override
+    public ByteBuf getBodyByteBuf() {
         return buf;
     }
 
diff --git a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/NettyResponse.java b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/NettyResponse.java
index 179d796c1..6c9b48649 100755
--- a/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/NettyResponse.java
+++ b/client/src/main/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/NettyResponse.java
@@ -15,6 +15,9 @@
  */
 package org.asynchttpclient.netty;
 
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBufAllocator;
+import io.netty.buffer.CompositeByteBuf;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.EmptyHttpHeaders;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.ClientCookieDecoder;
@@ -192,6 +195,15 @@ public ByteBuffer getResponseBodyAsByteBuffer() {
         return target;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public ByteBuf getResponseBodyAsByteBuf() {
+        CompositeByteBuf compositeByteBuf = ByteBufAllocator.DEFAULT.compositeBuffer(bodyParts.size());
+        for (HttpResponseBodyPart part : bodyParts) {
+            compositeByteBuf.addComponent(true, part.getBodyByteBuf());
+        }
+        return compositeByteBuf;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public String getResponseBody() {
         return getResponseBody(withDefault(extractContentTypeCharsetAttribute(getContentType()), UTF_8));
diff --git a/client/src/test/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/NettyAsyncResponseTest.java b/client/src/test/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/NettyAsyncResponseTest.java
index 30eded248..caadf19b2 100644
--- a/client/src/test/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/NettyAsyncResponseTest.java
+++ b/client/src/test/java/org/asynchttpclient/netty/NettyAsyncResponseTest.java
@@ -13,15 +13,16 @@
 package org.asynchttpclient.netty;
 
 import io.github.artsok.RepeatedIfExceptionsTest;
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.netty.buffer.Unpooled;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.DefaultHttpHeaders;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaders;
 import io.netty.handler.codec.http.cookie.Cookie;
+import org.asynchttpclient.HttpResponseBodyPart;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.text.SimpleDateFormat;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.TimeZone;
+import java.util.*;
 
 import static io.netty.handler.codec.http.HttpHeaderNames.SET_COOKIE;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
@@ -73,4 +74,16 @@ public void testCookieParseWeirdExpiresValue() {
         Cookie cookie = cookies.get(0);
         assertEquals(Long.MIN_VALUE, cookie.maxAge());
     }
+
+    @RepeatedIfExceptionsTest(repeats = 5)
+    public void testGetResponseBodyAsByteBuffer() {
+        List<HttpResponseBodyPart> bodyParts = new LinkedList<>();
+        bodyParts.add(new LazyResponseBodyPart(Unpooled.wrappedBuffer("Hello ".getBytes()), false));
+        bodyParts.add(new LazyResponseBodyPart(Unpooled.wrappedBuffer("World".getBytes()), true));
+        NettyResponse response = new NettyResponse(new NettyResponseStatus(null, null, null), null, bodyParts);
+
+        ByteBuf body = response.getResponseBodyAsByteBuf();
+        assertEquals("Hello World", body.toString(StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
+        body.release();
+    }
 }