diff --git a/src/rules/requests/request-step-impls.ts b/src/rules/requests/request-step-impls.ts
index 89e04b634..6d32523fe 100644
--- a/src/rules/requests/request-step-impls.ts
+++ b/src/rules/requests/request-step-impls.ts
@@ -678,7 +678,23 @@ export class PassThroughStepImpl extends PassThroughStep {
 
             reqBodyOverride = await buildOverriddenBody(modifiedReq, headers);
 
-            if (reqBodyOverride || modifiedReq?.headers) {
+            // If the body was larger than maxBodySize, the buffered copy is empty, but the
+            // original body is still streamed upstream unchanged, so it can't be measured here.
+            const originalContentLength = getHeaderValue(clientHeaders, 'content-length');
+            const bodyWasTruncated = !reqBodyOverride &&
+                originalContentLength !== undefined &&
+                completedRequest.body.buffer.byteLength !== parseInt(originalContentLength, 10);
+
+            if (bodyWasTruncated) {
+                // Keep the original framing, unless the new headers set their own:
+                if (
+                    !isH2Downstream &&
+                    getHeaderValue(headers, 'content-length') === undefined &&
+                    !getHeaderValue(headers, 'transfer-encoding')?.includes('chunked')
+                ) {
+                    headers['content-length'] = originalContentLength;
+                }
+            } else if (reqBodyOverride || modifiedReq?.headers) {
                 // Automatically match the content-length to the body:
                 const updatedCLHeader = getRequestContentLengthAfterModification(
                     reqBodyOverride || completedRequest.body.buffer,
diff --git a/test/integration/proxying/http-proxying.spec.ts b/test/integration/proxying/http-proxying.spec.ts
index d189b32eb..db4592671 100644
--- a/test/integration/proxying/http-proxying.spec.ts
+++ b/test/integration/proxying/http-proxying.spec.ts
@@ -1329,6 +1329,32 @@ nodeOnly(() => {
                 expect(await proxiedRequestData.body.getText()).to.equal('');
             });
 
+            it("should still proxy larger request bodies if beforeRequest changes only the headers", async () => {
+                const message = "A large request body";
+
+                const remoteEndpoint = await remoteServer.forAnyRequest().thenReply(200);
+                await server.forPost(remoteServer.url).thenPassThrough({
+                    beforeRequest: (req) => ({
+                        headers: { ...req.headers, 'x-added-header': 'yes' }
+                    })
+                });
+
+                let response = await request.post({
+                    url: remoteServer.url,
+                    body: message,
+                    resolveWithFullResponse: true
+                });
+
+                expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(200);
+
+                // The body was too large to buffer, so its length can't be measured here - but
+                // the original body is still streamed upstream, with its original framing:
+                const resultingRequest = (await remoteEndpoint.getSeenRequests())[0];
+                expect(resultingRequest.headers['x-added-header']).to.equal('yes');
+                expect(resultingRequest.headers['content-length']).to.equal(message.length.toString());
+                expect(await resultingRequest.body.getText()).to.equal(message);
+            });
+
             it("should still proxy larger response bodies", async () => {
                 await remoteServer.forAnyRequest().thenReply(200, "A large response body");
                 const proxyEndpoint = await server.forGet(remoteServer.url).thenPassThrough();