diff --git a/lib/handler/unwrap-handler.js b/lib/handler/unwrap-handler.js
index 865593a327b..e23b9666cf7 100644
--- a/lib/handler/unwrap-handler.js
+++ b/lib/handler/unwrap-handler.js
@@ -67,6 +67,10 @@ module.exports = class UnwrapHandler {
     this.#handler.onRequestStart?.(this.#controller, context)
   }
 
+  onResponseStarted () {
+    return this.#handler.onResponseStarted?.()
+  }
+
   onUpgrade (statusCode, rawHeaders, socket) {
     this.#handler.onRequestUpgrade?.(this.#controller, statusCode, parseHeaders(rawHeaders), socket)
   }
diff --git a/lib/handler/wrap-handler.js b/lib/handler/wrap-handler.js
index 47caa5fa68b..6d2f56d2a36 100644
--- a/lib/handler/wrap-handler.js
+++ b/lib/handler/wrap-handler.js
@@ -20,6 +20,10 @@ module.exports = class WrapHandler {
     return this.#handler.onConnect?.(abort, context)
   }
 
+  onResponseStarted () {
+    return this.#handler.onResponseStarted?.()
+  }
+
   onHeaders (statusCode, rawHeaders, resume, statusMessage) {
     return this.#handler.onHeaders?.(statusCode, rawHeaders, resume, statusMessage)
   }
diff --git a/test/fetch/resource-timing.js b/test/fetch/resource-timing.js
index c060dba30cc..e6c8d0e830d 100644
--- a/test/fetch/resource-timing.js
+++ b/test/fetch/resource-timing.js
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 const { test } = require('node:test')
 const { createServer } = require('node:http')
-const { fetch } = require('../..')
+const { fetch, Agent } = require('../..')
 const { closeServerAsPromise } = require('../utils/node-http')
 
 const {
@@ -138,3 +138,31 @@ test('redirect timing entries should be included when redirecting', (t, done) =>
 
   t.after(closeServerAsPromise(server))
 })
+
+test('responseStart should be greater than 0 with composed interceptor', (t, done) => {
+  t.plan(4)
+  const obs = new PerformanceObserver(list => {
+    const [entry] = list.getEntries()
+
+    t.assert.ok(entry.requestStart > 0, `requestStart should be > 0, got ${entry.requestStart}`)
+    t.assert.ok(entry.responseStart > 0, `responseStart should be > 0, got ${entry.responseStart}`)
+    t.assert.ok(entry.responseStart >= entry.requestStart, 'responseStart should be >= requestStart')
+
+    obs.disconnect()
+    performance.clearResourceTimings()
+    done()
+  })
+
+  obs.observe({ entryTypes: ['resource'] })
+
+  const dispatcher = new Agent().compose((dispatch) => (opts, handler) => dispatch(opts, handler))
+
+  const server = createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true }, (req, res) => {
+    res.end('ok')
+  }).listen(0, async () => {
+    const body = await fetch(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`, { dispatcher })
+    t.assert.strictEqual('ok', await body.text())
+  })
+
+  t.after(closeServerAsPromise(server))
+})
diff --git a/test/node-test/client-dispatch.js b/test/node-test/client-dispatch.js
index 06862150efb..2ad355f6571 100644
--- a/test/node-test/client-dispatch.js
+++ b/test/node-test/client-dispatch.js
@@ -870,6 +870,45 @@ test('dispatches in expected order', async (t) => {
   await p.completed
 })
 
+test('onResponseStarted is called with interceptor', async (t) => {
+  const server = http.createServer({ joinDuplicateHeaders: true }, (req, res) => {
+    res.end('ended')
+  })
+  t.after(closeServerAsPromise(server))
+
+  const p = tspl(t, { plan: 2 })
+
+  server.listen(0, () => {
+    const pool = new Pool(`http://localhost:${server.address().port}`)
+    const client = pool.compose((dispatch) => (opts, handler) => dispatch(opts, handler))
+
+    t.after(() => { return pool.close() })
+
+    let responseStartedCalled = false
+
+    client.dispatch({
+      path: '/',
+      method: 'GET'
+    }, {
+      onConnect () {},
+      onResponseStarted () {
+        responseStartedCalled = true
+      },
+      onHeaders () {},
+      onData () {},
+      onComplete () {
+        p.strictEqual(responseStartedCalled, true)
+        p.ok(true)
+      },
+      onError (err) {
+        p.ifError(err)
+      }
+    })
+  })
+
+  await p.completed
+})
+
 test('dispatches in expected order for http2', async (t) => {
   const server = createSecureServer(pem)
   server.on('stream', (stream) => {