diff --git a/src/webkit/wkPage.ts b/src/webkit/wkPage.ts
index 88146d29c2..8e3b5aac15 100644
--- a/src/webkit/wkPage.ts
+++ b/src/webkit/wkPage.ts
@@ -764,6 +764,14 @@ export class WKPage implements PageDelegate {
       return;
     const response = request.createResponse(event.response);
     this._page._frameManager.requestReceivedResponse(response);
+
+    if (response.status() === 204) {
+      this._onLoadingFailed({
+        requestId: event.requestId,
+        errorText: 'Aborted: 204 No Content',
+        timestamp: event.timestamp
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   _onLoadingFinished(event: Protocol.Network.loadingFinishedPayload) {
diff --git a/test/navigation.spec.js b/test/navigation.spec.js
index b6d00e0bbb..188300f3cf 100644
--- a/test/navigation.spec.js
+++ b/test/navigation.spec.js
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ module.exports.describe = function({testRunner, expect, playwright, MAC, WIN, FF
       });
       await page.goto(server.PREFIX + '/frames/one-frame.html');
     });
-    it.fail(WEBKIT)('should fail when server returns 204', async({page, server}) => {
+    it('should fail when server returns 204', async({page, server}) => {
       // Webkit just loads an empty page.
       server.setRoute('/empty.html', (req, res) => {
         res.statusCode = 204;
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ module.exports.describe = function({testRunner, expect, playwright, MAC, WIN, FF
       expect(error).not.toBe(null);
       if (CHROMIUM)
         expect(error.message).toContain('net::ERR_ABORTED');
+      else if (WEBKIT)
+        expect(error.message).toContain('Aborted: 204 No Content');
       else
         expect(error.message).toContain('NS_BINDING_ABORTED');
     });