diff --git a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
index afc71f681dd..0c74748ec7d 100644
--- a/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
+++ b/litellm/llms/custom_httpx/llm_http_handler.py
@@ -365,10 +365,10 @@ class _SignedBodyKwargs(TypedDict, total=False):
     json: ReadOnly[dict[str, object]]
 
 
-def _is_json_content(response: httpx.Response) -> bool:
-    content_types: Final = httpx.Headers(response.headers).get_list("content-type")
-    media_types: Final = (value.split(";")[0].strip().lower() for value in content_types)
-    return "application/json" in media_types
+def _is_sized_json_body(response: httpx.Response) -> bool:
+    headers: Final = httpx.Headers(response.headers)
+    media_types: Final = (value.split(";")[0].strip().lower() for value in headers.get_list("content-type"))
+    return "content-length" in headers and "application/json" in media_types
 
 
 def _is_json_document(content: bytes) -> bool:
@@ -3035,7 +3035,7 @@ class BaseLLMHTTPHandler:
                     **body_kwargs,
                 )
                 if caller_requested_stream:
-                    if fake_stream is True or (_is_json_content(response) and _is_json_document(response.read())):
+                    if fake_stream is True or (_is_sized_json_body(response) and _is_json_document(response.read())):
                         return MockResponsesAPIStreamingIterator(
                             response=response,
                             model=model,
@@ -3239,7 +3239,7 @@ class BaseLLMHTTPHandler:
 
                 if caller_requested_stream:
                     if fake_stream is True or (
-                        _is_json_content(response) and _is_json_document(await response.aread())
+                        _is_sized_json_body(response) and _is_json_document(await response.aread())
                     ):
                         return MockResponsesAPIStreamingIterator(
                             response=response,
diff --git a/tests/unit/llms/bigmodel/test_bigmodel_provider.py b/tests/unit/llms/bigmodel/test_bigmodel_provider.py
index bb48827f535..5c485ef0291 100644
--- a/tests/unit/llms/bigmodel/test_bigmodel_provider.py
+++ b/tests/unit/llms/bigmodel/test_bigmodel_provider.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import asyncio
 import contextlib
 import gzip
 import io
@@ -469,6 +470,51 @@ async def test_responses_stream_answered_with_one_json_response_replays_it_as_ev
     assert chunks[-1].response.usage.total_tokens == 30
 
 
+class _GatedStream(httpx.AsyncByteStream):
+    def __init__(self, first: bytes, rest: bytes, gate: asyncio.Event) -> None:
+        self._first = first
+        self._rest = rest
+        self._gate = gate
+
+    async def __aiter__(self) -> AsyncIterator[bytes]:
+        yield self._first
+        await self._gate.wait()
+        yield self._rest
+
+
+@pytest.mark.asyncio
+@respx.mock
+async def test_responses_stream_labeled_json_without_a_length_yields_events_before_it_ends() -> None:
+    created: Final = {
+        "type": "response.created",
+        "sequence_number": 0,
+        "response": {**response_payload(), "status": "in_progress", "output": [], "usage": None},
+    }
+    completed: Final = {"type": "response.completed", "sequence_number": 1, "response": response_payload()}
+    gate: Final = asyncio.Event()
+    respx.post(f"{BASE}/api/v1/responses").mock(
+        return_value=httpx.Response(
+            200,
+            headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
+            stream=_GatedStream(
+                f"event: response.created\ndata: {json.dumps(created)}\n\n".encode(),
+                f"event: response.completed\ndata: {json.dumps(completed)}\n\n".encode(),
+                gate,
+            ),
+        )
+    )
+
+    stream: Final = await asyncio.wait_for(
+        litellm.aresponses(model=f"bigmodel/{MODEL}", input="Hello", stream=True), timeout=10
+    )
+    first: Final = await asyncio.wait_for(anext(stream), timeout=10)
+    gate.set()
+    rest: Final = tuple([chunk async for chunk in stream])
+    assert first.type == "response.created"
+    assert rest[-1].type == "response.completed"
+    assert rest[-1].response.output_text == "Hello"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.parametrize("event_type", ("response.failed", "error"))
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 @respx.mock