diff --git a/std/haxe/http/HttpJs.hx b/std/haxe/http/HttpJs.hx
index 5f5eb519451..6c1b44786b7 100644
--- a/std/haxe/http/HttpJs.hx
+++ b/std/haxe/http/HttpJs.hx
@@ -66,7 +66,11 @@ class HttpJs extends haxe.http.HttpBase {
 				var rlocalProtocol = ~/^(?:about|app|app-storage|.+-extension|file|res|widget):$/;
 				var isLocal = rlocalProtocol.match(protocol);
 				if (isLocal) {
-					s = r.response != null ? 200 : 404;
+					if (r.response == null || Bytes.ofData(r.response).length == 0) {
+						s = 404;
+					} else {
+						s = 200;
+					}
 				}
 			}
 			if (s == js.Lib.undefined)