diff --git a/lib/ruby_llm/providers/anthropic/streaming.rb b/lib/ruby_llm/providers/anthropic/streaming.rb
index 014a5c792..320a147a1 100644
--- a/lib/ruby_llm/providers/anthropic/streaming.rb
+++ b/lib/ruby_llm/providers/anthropic/streaming.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,12 @@ class Anthropic
       module Streaming
         private
 
+        def stream_response(connection, payload, additional_headers = {}, &)
+          # Avoid Net::HTTP's auto-inflate: Cloudflare's gzip flushes
+          # infrequently for SSE, batching chunks until each flush.
+          super(connection, payload, additional_headers.merge('Accept-Encoding' => 'identity'), &)
+        end
+
         def stream_url
           completion_url
         end
diff --git a/spec/ruby_llm/providers/anthropic/streaming_spec.rb b/spec/ruby_llm/providers/anthropic/streaming_spec.rb
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..dd0552432
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spec/ruby_llm/providers/anthropic/streaming_spec.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# frozen_string_literal: true
+
+require 'spec_helper'
+
+RSpec.describe RubyLLM::Providers::Anthropic::Streaming do
+  include_context 'with configured RubyLLM'
+
+  it 'sends Accept-Encoding: identity on streaming requests' do
+    captured = nil
+
+    stub_request(:post, %r{api\.anthropic\.com/v1/messages})
+      .with { |req| captured = req.headers['Accept-Encoding'] }
+      .to_return(
+        status: 200,
+        body: '',
+        headers: { 'Content-Type' => 'text/event-stream' }
+      )
+
+    chat = RubyLLM.chat(model: 'claude-haiku-4-5', provider: :anthropic)
+    chat.ask('hi') { |_chunk| nil }
+
+    expect(captured).to eq('identity')
+  end
+end