diff --git a/lib/core/request.js b/lib/core/request.js
index 2a13b0549a8..bbbac106833 100644
--- a/lib/core/request.js
+++ b/lib/core/request.js
@@ -80,13 +80,12 @@ class Request {
       this.body = null
     } else if (util.isStream(body)) {
       this.body = body
-    } else if (body instanceof DataView) {
-      // TODO: Why is DataView special?
-      this.body = body.buffer.byteLength ? Buffer.from(body.buffer) : null
-    } else if (body instanceof ArrayBuffer || ArrayBuffer.isView(body)) {
-      this.body = body.byteLength ? Buffer.from(body) : null
     } else if (util.isBuffer(body)) {
       this.body = body.byteLength ? body : null
+    } else if (ArrayBuffer.isView(body)) {
+      this.body = body.buffer.byteLength ? Buffer.from(body.buffer, body.byteOffset, body.byteLength) : null
+    } else if (body instanceof ArrayBuffer) {
+      this.body = body.byteLength ? Buffer.from(body) : null
     } else if (typeof body === 'string') {
       this.body = body.length ? Buffer.from(body) : null
     } else if (util.isFormDataLike(body) || util.isIterable(body) || util.isBlobLike(body)) {
diff --git a/test/client-request.js b/test/client-request.js
index bce9644f106..74976bb5925 100644
--- a/test/client-request.js
+++ b/test/client-request.js
@@ -727,3 +727,212 @@ test('request with FormData body on node < 16', { skip: nodeMajor >= 16 }, async
     body: fd
   }), errors.InvalidArgumentError)
 })
+
+test('request post body Buffer from string', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const requestBody = Buffer.from('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
+
+  const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    let ret = ''
+    for await (const chunk of req) {
+      ret += chunk
+    }
+    t.equal(ret, 'abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
+    res.end()
+  })
+  t.teardown(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  server.listen(0, async () => {
+    const client = new Client(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`)
+    t.teardown(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+    const { body } = await client.request({
+      path: '/',
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: requestBody,
+      maxRedirections: 2
+    })
+    await body.text()
+    t.pass()
+  })
+})
+
+test('request post body Buffer from buffer', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const fullBuffer = new TextEncoder().encode('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
+  const requestBody = Buffer.from(fullBuffer.buffer, 8, 16)
+
+  const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    let ret = ''
+    for await (const chunk of req) {
+      ret += chunk
+    }
+    t.equal(ret, 'ijklmnopqrstuvwx')
+    res.end()
+  })
+  t.teardown(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  server.listen(0, async () => {
+    const client = new Client(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`)
+    t.teardown(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+    const { body } = await client.request({
+      path: '/',
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: requestBody,
+      maxRedirections: 2
+    })
+    await body.text()
+    t.pass()
+  })
+})
+
+test('request post body Uint8Array', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const fullBuffer = new TextEncoder().encode('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
+  const requestBody = new Uint8Array(fullBuffer.buffer, 8, 16)
+
+  const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    let ret = ''
+    for await (const chunk of req) {
+      ret += chunk
+    }
+    t.equal(ret, 'ijklmnopqrstuvwx')
+    res.end()
+  })
+  t.teardown(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  server.listen(0, async () => {
+    const client = new Client(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`)
+    t.teardown(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+    const { body } = await client.request({
+      path: '/',
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: requestBody,
+      maxRedirections: 2
+    })
+    await body.text()
+    t.pass()
+  })
+})
+
+test('request post body Uint32Array', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const fullBuffer = new TextEncoder().encode('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
+  const requestBody = new Uint32Array(fullBuffer.buffer, 8, 4)
+
+  const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    let ret = ''
+    for await (const chunk of req) {
+      ret += chunk
+    }
+    t.equal(ret, 'ijklmnopqrstuvwx')
+    res.end()
+  })
+  t.teardown(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  server.listen(0, async () => {
+    const client = new Client(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`)
+    t.teardown(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+    const { body } = await client.request({
+      path: '/',
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: requestBody,
+      maxRedirections: 2
+    })
+    await body.text()
+    t.pass()
+  })
+})
+
+test('request post body Float64Array', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const fullBuffer = new TextEncoder().encode('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
+  const requestBody = new Float64Array(fullBuffer.buffer, 8, 2)
+
+  const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    let ret = ''
+    for await (const chunk of req) {
+      ret += chunk
+    }
+    t.equal(ret, 'ijklmnopqrstuvwx')
+    res.end()
+  })
+  t.teardown(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  server.listen(0, async () => {
+    const client = new Client(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`)
+    t.teardown(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+    const { body } = await client.request({
+      path: '/',
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: requestBody,
+      maxRedirections: 2
+    })
+    await body.text()
+    t.pass()
+  })
+})
+
+test('request post body BigUint64Array', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const fullBuffer = new TextEncoder().encode('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
+  const requestBody = new BigUint64Array(fullBuffer.buffer, 8, 2)
+
+  const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    let ret = ''
+    for await (const chunk of req) {
+      ret += chunk
+    }
+    t.equal(ret, 'ijklmnopqrstuvwx')
+    res.end()
+  })
+  t.teardown(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  server.listen(0, async () => {
+    const client = new Client(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`)
+    t.teardown(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+    const { body } = await client.request({
+      path: '/',
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: requestBody,
+      maxRedirections: 2
+    })
+    await body.text()
+    t.pass()
+  })
+})
+
+test('request post body DataView', (t) => {
+  t.plan(2)
+  const fullBuffer = new TextEncoder().encode('abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz')
+  const requestBody = new DataView(fullBuffer.buffer, 8, 16)
+
+  const server = createServer(async (req, res) => {
+    let ret = ''
+    for await (const chunk of req) {
+      ret += chunk
+    }
+    t.equal(ret, 'ijklmnopqrstuvwx')
+    res.end()
+  })
+  t.teardown(server.close.bind(server))
+
+  server.listen(0, async () => {
+    const client = new Client(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`)
+    t.teardown(client.destroy.bind(client))
+
+    const { body } = await client.request({
+      path: '/',
+      method: 'POST',
+      body: requestBody,
+      maxRedirections: 2
+    })
+    await body.text()
+    t.pass()
+  })
+})