diff --git a/object_store/Cargo.toml b/object_store/Cargo.toml
index a04733625135..bcc8e0b92243 100644
--- a/object_store/Cargo.toml
+++ b/object_store/Cargo.toml
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ http-body-util = "0.1"
 rand = "0.8"
 tempfile = "3.1.0"
 regex = "1.11.1"
+# The "gzip" feature for reqwest is enabled for an integration test.
+reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["gzip"] }
 http = "1.1.0"
 
 [[test]]
diff --git a/object_store/src/client/mod.rs b/object_store/src/client/mod.rs
index 76d1c1f22f58..1b7ce5aa7a78 100644
--- a/object_store/src/client/mod.rs
+++ b/object_store/src/client/mod.rs
@@ -671,6 +671,10 @@ impl ClientOptions {
             builder = builder.danger_accept_invalid_certs(true)
         }
 
+        // Reqwest will remove the `Content-Length` header if it is configured to
+        // transparently decompress the body via the non-default `gzip` feature.
+        builder = builder.no_gzip();
+
         builder
             .https_only(!self.allow_http.get()?)
             .build()
diff --git a/object_store/tests/http.rs b/object_store/tests/http.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a9b3145bb660
--- /dev/null
+++ b/object_store/tests/http.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+// Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+// or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+// distributed with this work for additional information
+// regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+// to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+// "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+// with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+// software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+// "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+// KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+// specific language governing permissions and limitations
+// under the License.
+
+//! Tests the HTTP store implementation
+
+#[cfg(feature = "http")]
+use object_store::{http::HttpBuilder, path::Path, GetOptions, GetRange, ObjectStore};
+
+/// Tests that even when reqwest has the `gzip` feature enabled, the HTTP store
+/// does not error on a missing `Content-Length` header.
+#[tokio::test]
+#[cfg(feature = "http")]
+async fn test_http_store_gzip() {
+    let http_store = HttpBuilder::new()
+        .with_url("https://raw.githubusercontent.com/apache/arrow-rs/refs/heads/main")
+        .build()
+        .unwrap();
+
+    let _ = http_store
+        .get_opts(
+            &Path::parse("LICENSE.txt").unwrap(),
+            GetOptions {
+                range: Some(GetRange::Bounded(0..100)),
+                ..Default::default()
+            },
+        )
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+}