diff --git a/src/rules/requests/request-step-definitions.ts b/src/rules/requests/request-step-definitions.ts
index 5cfc867da..aa81c2c0c 100644
--- a/src/rules/requests/request-step-definitions.ts
+++ b/src/rules/requests/request-step-definitions.ts
@@ -942,7 +942,7 @@ export class PassThroughStep extends Serializable implements RequestStepDefiniti
             transformRequest: this.transformRequest ? {
                 ...this.transformRequest,
                 // Body is always serialized as a base64 buffer:
-                replaceBody: !!this.transformRequest?.replaceBody
+                replaceBody: this.transformRequest?.replaceBody !== undefined
                     ? serializeBuffer(asBuffer(this.transformRequest.replaceBody))
                     : undefined,
                 // Update objects need to capture undefined & null as distict values:
@@ -977,7 +977,7 @@ export class PassThroughStep extends Serializable implements RequestStepDefiniti
             transformResponse: this.transformResponse ? {
                 ...this.transformResponse,
                 // Body is always serialized as a base64 buffer:
-                replaceBody: !!this.transformResponse?.replaceBody
+                replaceBody: this.transformResponse?.replaceBody !== undefined
                     ? serializeBuffer(asBuffer(this.transformResponse.replaceBody))
                     : undefined,
                 // Update objects need to capture undefined & null as distict values:
diff --git a/src/rules/requests/request-step-impls.ts b/src/rules/requests/request-step-impls.ts
index 07b5e0008..715af379d 100644
--- a/src/rules/requests/request-step-impls.ts
+++ b/src/rules/requests/request-step-impls.ts
@@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ export class PassThroughStepImpl extends PassThroughStep {
                 rawHeaders = objectHeadersToRaw(replaceHeaders);
             }
 
-            if (replaceBody) {
+            if (replaceBody !== undefined) {
                 // Note that we're replacing the body without actually waiting for the real one, so
                 // this can result in sending a request much more quickly!
                 reqBodyOverride = asBuffer(replaceBody);
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ export class PassThroughStepImpl extends PassThroughStep {
                         serverRawHeaders = objectHeadersToRaw(replaceHeaders);
                     }
 
-                    if (replaceBody) {
+                    if (replaceBody !== undefined) {
                         // Note that we're replacing the body without actually waiting for the real one, so
                         // this can result in sending a request much more quickly!
                         resBodyOverride = asBuffer(replaceBody);
diff --git a/test/integration/proxying/https-proxying.spec.ts b/test/integration/proxying/https-proxying.spec.ts
index e800dcdb1..ac338aa4c 100644
--- a/test/integration/proxying/https-proxying.spec.ts
+++ b/test/integration/proxying/https-proxying.spec.ts
@@ -561,6 +561,25 @@ nodeOnly(() => {
                 expect(response.body.toString('utf8')).to.equal("Real HTTP/2 response");
             });
 
+            it("can replace an HTTP/2 request body with an empty string", async () => {
+                await server.forAnyRequest().thenPassThrough({
+                    ignoreHostHttpsErrors: ['localhost'],
+                    transformRequest: { replaceBody: '' }
+                });
+
+                const response = await http2ProxyRequest(
+                    server,
+                    `https://localhost:${targetPort}`,
+                    {
+                        headers: { ':method': 'POST' },
+                        requestBody: 'initial-body'
+                    }
+                );
+
+                expect(response.headers[':status']).to.equal(200);
+                expect(response.headers['received-body']).to.equal('');
+            });
+
             it("can pass through response trailers successfully", async () => {
                 await server.forAnyRequest().thenPassThrough({
                     ignoreHostHttpsErrors: ['localhost']
diff --git a/test/integration/proxying/proxy-transforms.spec.ts b/test/integration/proxying/proxy-transforms.spec.ts
index 026b0db49..8ff8b7e30 100644
--- a/test/integration/proxying/proxy-transforms.spec.ts
+++ b/test/integration/proxying/proxy-transforms.spec.ts
@@ -886,6 +886,28 @@ nodeOnly(() => {
                     expect(response.body).to.equal('replacement-body');
                 });
 
+                it("can replace the body with an empty string", async () => {
+                    await server.forAnyRequest().thenPassThrough({
+                        transformResponse: {
+                            replaceBody: ''
+                        }
+                    });
+
+                    let response = await request.post(remoteServerHttpUrl, {
+                        resolveWithFullResponse: true,
+                        simple: false
+                    });
+
+                    expect(response.statusCode).to.equal(200);
+                    expect(response.headers).to.deep.equal({
+                        'content-type': 'application/json',
+                        'content-length': '0',
+                        'connection': 'keep-alive',
+                        'custom-response-header': 'custom-value',
+                    });
+                    expect(response.body).to.equal('');
+                });
+
                 it("can replace the body with a buffer", async () => {
                     await server.forAnyRequest().thenPassThrough({
                         transformResponse: {
diff --git a/test/integration/remote-client.spec.ts b/test/integration/remote-client.spec.ts
index e9a398c0f..2c0534ca0 100644
--- a/test/integration/remote-client.spec.ts
+++ b/test/integration/remote-client.spec.ts
@@ -201,6 +201,34 @@ nodeOnly(() => {
                     );
                 });
 
+                it("should replace request & response bodies with empty strings", async () => {
+                    await targetServer.forPost('/empty-request').thenCallback(async (req) => ({
+                        status: 200,
+                        body: await req.body.getText() === '' ? 'empty' : 'not-empty'
+                    }));
+
+                    await remoteServer.forPost(targetServer.urlFor('/empty-request')).thenPassThrough({
+                        transformRequest: { replaceBody: '' }
+                    });
+
+                    expect(await request.post(targetServer.urlFor('/empty-request'), {
+                        proxy: remoteServer.urlFor('/'),
+                        body: 'original-body'
+                    })).to.equal('empty');
+
+                    await targetServer.forPost('/empty-response').thenReply(200, 'original-body');
+                    await remoteServer.forPost(targetServer.urlFor('/empty-response')).thenPassThrough({
+                        transformResponse: { replaceBody: '' }
+                    });
+
+                    const response = await request.post(targetServer.urlFor('/empty-response'), {
+                        proxy: remoteServer.urlFor('/'),
+                        resolveWithFullResponse: true
+                    });
+
+                    expect(response.body).to.equal('');
+                });
+
                 it("should successfully update request & response body JSON", async () => {
                     // Echo the incoming request
                     await targetServer.forAnyRequest().thenCallback(async (req) => ({