diff --git a/lib/base/connection.js b/lib/base/connection.js
index ea91f1813a..b8bc90af8a 100644
--- a/lib/base/connection.js
+++ b/lib/base/connection.js
@@ -392,7 +392,7 @@ class BaseConnection extends EventEmitter {
     secureSocket.on('data', (data) => {
       this.packetParser.execute(data);
     });
-    this.write = (buffer) => secureSocket.write(buffer);
+    this.stream = secureSocket;
   }
 
   protocolError(message, code) {
diff --git a/test/common.test.cjs b/test/common.test.cjs
index edd3da1f3b..c08c8805b6 100644
--- a/test/common.test.cjs
+++ b/test/common.test.cjs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ const config = {
   user: process.env.MYSQL_USER || 'root',
   password: (process.env.CI ? process.env.MYSQL_PASSWORD : '') || '',
   database: process.env.MYSQL_DATABASE || 'test',
-  compress: process.env.MYSQL_USE_COMPRESSION,
+  compress: process.env.MYSQL_USE_COMPRESSION === '1',
   port: process.env.MYSQL_PORT || 3306,
   disableEval,
 };
diff --git a/test/integration/connection/test-backpressure-load-data-infile.test.cjs b/test/integration/connection/test-backpressure-load-data-infile.test.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5026d0f592
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/connection/test-backpressure-load-data-infile.test.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,107 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { assert, log, skip, sleep, test } = require('poku');
+const common = require('../../common.test.cjs');
+const { Readable, Duplex } = require('node:stream');
+const Net = require('node:net');
+const driver = require('../../../index.js');
+
+if (common.config.compress) {
+  skip(
+    'skipping test with compression; load data infile backpressure is not working with compression'
+  );
+}
+
+class BigInput extends Readable {
+  count = 0;
+  MAX_EXPECTED_ROWS = 100_000;
+  onStart = null;
+
+  _read() {
+    if (this.onStart) {
+      this.onStart();
+      this.onStart = null;
+    }
+
+    if (this.count < this.MAX_EXPECTED_ROWS) {
+      this.count++;
+      const row = `${this.count}\n`;
+      this.push(row);
+    } else {
+      this.push(null);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+test('load data infile backpressure on local stream', async () => {
+  const config = common.config;
+  const netStream = Net.connect(config.port, config.host);
+  netStream.setNoDelay(true);
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
+    netStream.once('connect', resolve).once('error', reject)
+  );
+
+  class NetworkInterceptor extends Duplex {
+    simulateWriteBackpressure = false;
+
+    constructor() {
+      super({ writableHighWaterMark: 65536 });
+      netStream.on('data', (data) => {
+        const continueReading = this.push(data);
+        if (!continueReading) {
+          netStream.pause();
+        }
+      });
+      netStream.on('error', (err) => this.destroy(err));
+    }
+
+    _read() {
+      netStream.resume();
+    }
+
+    _write(chunk, encoding, callback) {
+      netStream.write(chunk, encoding, (err) => {
+        if (err) {
+          callback(err);
+        } else if (!this.simulateWriteBackpressure) {
+          callback();
+        }
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  const interceptor = new NetworkInterceptor();
+  const connection = driver.createConnection({
+    ...config,
+    multipleStatements: true,
+    stream: interceptor,
+  });
+
+  const bigInput = new BigInput();
+  bigInput.onStart = () => (interceptor.simulateWriteBackpressure = true);
+
+  connection.query(
+    {
+      sql: `
+      set global local_infile = 1;
+      create temporary table test_load_data_backpressure (id varchar(100));
+      load data local infile "_" replace into table test_load_data_backpressure;
+    `,
+      infileStreamFactory: () => bigInput,
+    },
+    (err, result) => {
+      if (err) throw err;
+      log('Load complete', result);
+    }
+  );
+
+  await sleep(1000); // allow time for backpressure to take effect
+
+  connection.close();
+  netStream.destroy();
+
+  assert.ok(
+    bigInput.count < bigInput.MAX_EXPECTED_ROWS,
+    `expected backpressure to stop infile stream at less than ${bigInput.MAX_EXPECTED_ROWS} rows (read ${bigInput.count} rows)`
+  );
+});
diff --git a/test/integration/connection/test-backpressure-result-streaming.test.cjs b/test/integration/connection/test-backpressure-result-streaming.test.cjs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d329635123
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/integration/connection/test-backpressure-result-streaming.test.cjs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+'use strict';
+
+const { assert, skip, sleep, test } = require('poku');
+const common = require('../../common.test.cjs');
+
+test('result event backpressure with pause/resume', async () => {
+  const connection = common.createConnection({
+    multipleStatements: true,
+  });
+
+  const mySqlVersion = await common.getMysqlVersion(connection);
+  if (mySqlVersion.major < 8) {
+    skip('MySQL >= 8.0 required to use CTE');
+  }
+
+  // in case wrapping with TLS, get the underlying socket first so we can see actual number of bytes read
+  const originalSocket = connection.stream;
+
+  // the full result set will be over 6 MB uncompressed; about 490 KB with compression
+  const largeQuery = `
+    SET SESSION cte_max_recursion_depth = 100000;
+    WITH RECURSIVE cte (n, s) AS (
+      SELECT 1, 'this is just to cause more bytes transferred for each row'
+      UNION ALL
+      SELECT n + 1, s
+      FROM cte
+      WHERE n < 100000
+    )
+    SELECT * FROM cte;
+  `;
+
+  let resultRowsCount = 0;
+  await new Promise((resolve, reject) =>
+    connection
+      .query(largeQuery)
+      .on('result', (row) => {
+        resultRowsCount++;
+        if (row.n === 1) {
+          connection.pause();
+          resolve();
+        }
+      })
+      .on('error', reject)
+  );
+
+  // if backpressure is not working, the bytes received will grow during this time, even though connection is paused
+  await sleep(500);
+
+  assert.equal(resultRowsCount, 2, 'stop receiving result rows when paused');
+
+  // if backpressure is working, there should be less than 300 KB received;
+  // experimentally it appears to be around 100 KB but may vary if buffer sizes change
+  assert.ok(
+    originalSocket.bytesRead < 300000,
+    `Received ${originalSocket.bytesRead} bytes on paused connection`
+  );
+
+  connection.close();
+});