diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 13c8bc0..b4e2189 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 package typhon
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"context"
+	"io"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
 
@@ -67,7 +69,18 @@ func (f *ResponseFuture) Response() Response {
 func HttpService(rt http.RoundTripper) Service {
 	return func(req Request) Response {
 		ctx := req.unwrappedContext()
-		httpRsp, err := rt.RoundTrip(req.Request.WithContext(ctx))
+		httpReq := req.Request.WithContext(ctx)
+		// Expose GetBody for buffered bodies so the HTTP/2 transport can rewind and transparently
+		// retry the request when a connection is torn down before the response arrives (eg. a
+		// graceful-shutdown GOAWAY). Without GetBody the transport can't replay the body and the
+		// request fails outright. Streaming bodies aren't a *bufCloser, so they stay non-replayable.
+		if buf, ok := httpReq.Body.(*bufCloser); ok {
+			body := buf.Bytes()
+			httpReq.GetBody = func() (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+				return io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(body)), nil
+			}
+		}
+		httpRsp, err := rt.RoundTrip(httpReq)
 		// When the calling context is cancelled, close the response body
 		// This protects callers that forget to call Close(), or those which proxy responses upstream
 		//
diff --git a/client_test.go b/client_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e067177
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,66 @@
+package typhon
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/assert"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+
+	"github.com/monzo/typhon/prototest"
+)
+
+type roundTripperFunc func(*http.Request) (*http.Response, error)
+
+func (f roundTripperFunc) RoundTrip(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+	return f(r)
+}
+
+// TestHttpServiceSetsGetBody verifies that HttpService populates Request.GetBody for buffered bodies,
+// so the HTTP/2 transport can rewind and transparently retry the request after a mid-flight connection
+// teardown (eg. a graceful-shutdown GOAWAY).
+func TestHttpServiceSetsGetBody(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	req := NewRequest(context.Background(), "POST", "/", nil)
+	req.EncodeAsProtobuf(&prototest.Greeting{Message: "Hello world!"})
+	want, err := req.BodyBytes(false)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	var captured *http.Request
+	svc := HttpService(roundTripperFunc(func(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+		captured = r
+		return &http.Response{StatusCode: http.StatusOK, Body: io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(nil))}, nil
+	}))
+	rsp := svc(req)
+	require.NoError(t, rsp.Error)
+
+	require.NotNil(t, captured.GetBody, "GetBody should be set for a buffered body")
+	rc, err := captured.GetBody()
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	got, err := io.ReadAll(rc)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+	assert.Equal(t, want, got)
+}
+
+// TestHttpServiceStreamingBodyHasNoGetBody verifies that streaming (non-buffered) bodies remain
+// non-replayable - we must not claim a stream can be rewound.
+func TestHttpServiceStreamingBodyHasNoGetBody(t *testing.T) {
+	t.Parallel()
+
+	req := NewRequest(context.Background(), "POST", "/", nil)
+	req.Encode(io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader([]byte("streamed"))))
+
+	var captured *http.Request
+	svc := HttpService(roundTripperFunc(func(r *http.Request) (*http.Response, error) {
+		captured = r
+		return &http.Response{StatusCode: http.StatusOK, Body: io.NopCloser(bytes.NewReader(nil))}, nil
+	}))
+	rsp := svc(req)
+	require.NoError(t, rsp.Error)
+
+	assert.Nil(t, captured.GetBody, "GetBody must stay nil for a streaming body")
+}