diff --git a/proxy/http2/Http2ConnectionState.cc b/proxy/http2/Http2ConnectionState.cc
index fecb360efc4..fa8992ba3c0 100644
--- a/proxy/http2/Http2ConnectionState.cc
+++ b/proxy/http2/Http2ConnectionState.cc
@@ -1471,6 +1471,7 @@ Http2ConnectionState::send_a_data_frame(Http2Stream *stream, size_t &payload_len
   // OK if there is no body yet. Otherwise continue on to send a DATA frame and delete the stream
   if (!stream->is_body_done() && payload_length == 0) {
     Http2StreamDebug(this->ua_session, stream->get_id(), "No payload");
+    stream->signal_more_data_needed(); // Tell cacheVC to send more data
     return Http2SendDataFrameResult::NO_PAYLOAD;
   }
 
diff --git a/proxy/http2/Http2Stream.cc b/proxy/http2/Http2Stream.cc
index da681d3d3ae..88e9c09a4d8 100644
--- a/proxy/http2/Http2Stream.cc
+++ b/proxy/http2/Http2Stream.cc
@@ -832,6 +832,14 @@ Http2Stream::response_process_data(bool &done)
   }
 }
 
+void
+Http2Stream::signal_more_data_needed()
+{
+  if (this->write_vio.ntodo() > 0 && this->write_vio.get_writer()->write_avail() > 0) {
+    write_vio.cont->handleEvent(VC_EVENT_WRITE_READY, &write_vio);
+  }
+}
+
 bool
 Http2Stream::response_is_data_available() const
 {
diff --git a/proxy/http2/Http2Stream.h b/proxy/http2/Http2Stream.h
index a005a624658..ec7b0e2cc21 100644
--- a/proxy/http2/Http2Stream.h
+++ b/proxy/http2/Http2Stream.h
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ class Http2Stream : public ProxyTransaction
 
   void mark_milestone(Http2StreamMilestone type);
 
+  void signal_more_data_needed();
+
 private:
   void response_initialize_data_handling(bool &is_done);
   void response_process_data(bool &is_done);