diff --git a/lib/_http_outgoing.js b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
index 606c3da9bd75fc..442369581d3779 100644
--- a/lib/_http_outgoing.js
+++ b/lib/_http_outgoing.js
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ const {
   hideStackFrames
 } = require('internal/errors');
 const { validateString } = require('internal/validators');
+const { isUint8Array } = require('internal/util/types');
 
 const HIGH_WATER_MARK = getDefaultHighWaterMark();
 const { CRLF, debug } = common;
@@ -649,9 +650,9 @@ function write_(msg, chunk, encoding, callback, fromEnd) {
     return true;
   }
 
-  if (!fromEnd && typeof chunk !== 'string' && !(chunk instanceof Buffer)) {
+  if (!fromEnd && typeof chunk !== 'string' && !isUint8Array(chunk)) {
     throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('first argument',
-                                   ['string', 'Buffer'], chunk);
+                                   ['string', 'Buffer', 'Uint8Array'], chunk);
   }
 
   if (!fromEnd && msg.connection && !msg.connection.writableCorked) {
@@ -742,7 +743,8 @@ OutgoingMessage.prototype.end = function end(chunk, encoding, callback) {
 
   if (chunk) {
     if (typeof chunk !== 'string' && !(chunk instanceof Buffer)) {
-      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE('chunk', ['string', 'Buffer'], chunk);
+      throw new ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE(
+        'chunk', ['string', 'Buffer', 'Uint8Array'], chunk);
     }
     if (!this._header) {
       if (typeof chunk === 'string')
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-proto.js b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-proto.js
index b037c88c6833e9..638e860f62b538 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-proto.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-proto.js
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ assert.throws(() => {
   code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
   name: 'TypeError',
   message: 'The first argument must be of type string or an instance of ' +
-           'Buffer. Received undefined'
+           'Buffer or Uint8Array. Received undefined'
 });
 
 assert.throws(() => {
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ assert.throws(() => {
   code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE',
   name: 'TypeError',
   message: 'The first argument must be of type string or an instance of ' +
-           'Buffer. Received type number (1)'
+           'Buffer or Uint8Array. Received type number (1)'
 });
 
 // addTrailers()
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-write-types.js b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-write-types.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..6257b87eea8eb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/parallel/test-http-outgoing-write-types.js
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+'use strict';
+const common = require('../common');
+const assert = require('assert');
+const http = require('http');
+
+const httpServer = http.createServer(common.mustCall(function(req, res) {
+  httpServer.close();
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    res.write(['Throws.']);
+  }, {
+    code: 'ERR_INVALID_ARG_TYPE'
+  });
+  // should not throw
+  res.write('1a2b3c');
+  // should not throw
+  res.write(new Uint8Array(1024));
+  // should not throw
+  res.write(Buffer.from('1'.repeat(1024)));
+  res.end();
+}));
+
+httpServer.listen(0, common.mustCall(function() {
+  http.get({ port: this.address().port });
+}));