diff --git a/pkgs/cronet_http/lib/src/cronet_client.dart b/pkgs/cronet_http/lib/src/cronet_client.dart
index ec6258affd..151d24e0b9 100644
--- a/pkgs/cronet_http/lib/src/cronet_client.dart
+++ b/pkgs/cronet_http/lib/src/cronet_client.dart
@@ -163,13 +163,23 @@ jb.UrlRequestCallbackProxy_UrlRequestCallbackInterface _urlRequestCallbacks(
         case final contentLengthHeader?:
           contentLength = int.parse(contentLengthHeader);
       }
+
+      final statusText =
+          responseInfo.getHttpStatusText().toDartString(releaseOriginal: true);
+      if (statusText.isEmpty) {
+        // responseInfo.getHttpStatusText() will be empty for any failure to
+        // parse the Status-Line but responseInfo.getHttpStatusCode() will
+        // return 200.
+        responseCompleter.completeError(ClientException(
+          'Invalid Status-Line',
+          request.url,
+        ));
+      }
       responseCompleter.complete(StreamedResponse(
         responseStream!.stream,
         responseInfo.getHttpStatusCode(),
         contentLength: contentLength,
-        reasonPhrase: responseInfo
-            .getHttpStatusText()
-            .toDartString(releaseOriginal: true),
+        reasonPhrase: statusText,
         request: request,
         isRedirect: false,
         headers: responseHeaders,
diff --git a/pkgs/http_client_conformance_tests/lib/src/response_status_line_tests.dart b/pkgs/http_client_conformance_tests/lib/src/response_status_line_tests.dart
index 922236ccc1..48fd99b5fe 100644
--- a/pkgs/http_client_conformance_tests/lib/src/response_status_line_tests.dart
+++ b/pkgs/http_client_conformance_tests/lib/src/response_status_line_tests.dart
@@ -23,6 +23,17 @@ void testResponseStatusLine(Client client) async {
       host = 'localhost:${await httpServerQueue.next}';
     });
 
+    test(
+      'without HTTP version',
+      () async {
+        httpServerChannel.sink.add('200 OK');
+        await expectLater(
+          client.get(Uri.http(host, '')),
+          throwsA(isA<ClientException>()),
+        );
+      },
+    );
+
     test(
       'without status code',
       () async {
@@ -32,8 +43,17 @@ void testResponseStatusLine(Client client) async {
           throwsA(isA<ClientException>()),
         );
       },
-      skip:
-          'Enable after https://github.com/dart-lang/http/issues/1013 is fixed',
+    );
+
+    test(
+      'without reason phrase',
+      () async {
+        httpServerChannel.sink.add('HTTP/1.1 200');
+        await expectLater(
+          client.get(Uri.http(host, '')),
+          throwsA(isA<ClientException>()),
+        );
+      },
     );
   });
 }