diff --git a/packages/effect/src/unstable/http/HttpServerResponse.ts b/packages/effect/src/unstable/http/HttpServerResponse.ts
index 2cef8b8e3..095c337dd 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/unstable/http/HttpServerResponse.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/unstable/http/HttpServerResponse.ts
@@ -78,11 +78,17 @@ export const isHttpServerResponse = (u: unknown): u is HttpServerResponse => has
  */
 export const empty = (
   options?: Options.WithContent | undefined
-): HttpServerResponse =>
-  makeResponse({
+): HttpServerResponse => {
+  const headers = options?.headers
+    ? Headers.fromInput(options.headers)
+    : Headers.empty
+  return makeResponse({
     status: options?.status ?? 204,
-    statusText: options?.statusText
+    statusText: options?.statusText,
+    headers,
+    cookies: options?.cookies ?? Cookies.empty
   })
+}
 
 /**
  * @since 4.0.0
diff --git a/packages/platform-node/test/NodeHttpServer.test.ts b/packages/platform-node/test/NodeHttpServer.test.ts
index 2cedc2d7c..7fd0ab650 100644
--- a/packages/platform-node/test/NodeHttpServer.test.ts
+++ b/packages/platform-node/test/NodeHttpServer.test.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,27 @@ const IdParams = Schema.Struct({
 const todoResponse = HttpServerResponse.schemaJson(Todo)
 
 describe("HttpServer", () => {
+  it.effect("empty", () =>
+    Effect.gen(function*() {
+      const now = new Date().toISOString()
+      yield* HttpRouter.add(
+        "GET",
+        "/healthz",
+        Effect.succeed(
+          HttpServerResponse.empty({
+            status: 200,
+            headers: { date: now }
+          })
+        )
+      ).pipe(
+        HttpRouter.serve,
+        Layer.build
+      )
+      const health = yield* HttpClient.get("/healthz")
+      expect(health.status).toEqual(200)
+      expect(health.headers.date).toEqual(now)
+    }).pipe(Effect.provide(NodeHttpServer.layerTest)))
+
   it.effect("schema", () =>
     Effect.gen(function*() {
       yield* HttpRouter.add(