diff --git a/.changeset/short-oranges-kiss.md b/.changeset/short-oranges-kiss.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0f2807a20f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/short-oranges-kiss.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@sveltejs/kit": minor
+---
+
+feat: inline load fetch `response.body` stream data as base64 in page
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/load_data.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/load_data.js
index 3be6e7039c09..d70276550469 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/load_data.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/load_data.js
@@ -311,6 +311,9 @@ export function create_universal_fetch(event, state, fetched, csr, resolve_opts)
 			}
 		}
 
+		/** @type {ReadableStream<Uint8Array>} */
+		let teed_body;
+
 		const proxy = new Proxy(response, {
 			get(response, key, _receiver) {
 				/**
@@ -342,6 +345,39 @@ export function create_universal_fetch(event, state, fetched, csr, resolve_opts)
 					});
 				}
 
+				if (key === 'body') {
+					if (response.body === null) {
+						return null;
+					}
+
+					if (teed_body) {
+						return teed_body;
+					}
+
+					const [a, b] = response.body.tee();
+
+					void (async () => {
+						let result = new Uint8Array();
+
+						for await (const chunk of a) {
+							const combined = new Uint8Array(result.length + chunk.length);
+
+							combined.set(result, 0);
+							combined.set(chunk, result.length);
+
+							result = combined;
+						}
+
+						if (dependency) {
+							dependency.body = new Uint8Array(result);
+						}
+
+						void push_fetched(base64_encode(result), true);
+					})();
+
+					return (teed_body = b);
+				}
+
 				if (key === 'arrayBuffer') {
 					return async () => {
 						const buffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/+page.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/+page.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b24aa0d069c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/+page.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+const body_stream_to_buffer = async (body) => {
+	let buffer = new Uint8Array();
+	const reader = body.getReader();
+	while (true) {
+		const { done, value } = await reader.read();
+		if (value != null) {
+			const newBuffer = new Uint8Array(buffer.length + value.length);
+			newBuffer.set(buffer, 0);
+			newBuffer.set(value, buffer.length);
+			buffer = newBuffer;
+		}
+		if (done) break;
+	}
+	return buffer;
+};
+
+export async function load({ fetch }) {
+	const res = await fetch('/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/data');
+
+	const l = await fetch('/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/data', {
+		body: Uint8Array.from(Array(256).fill(0), (_, i) => i),
+		method: 'POST'
+	});
+
+	return {
+		data: await body_stream_to_buffer(res.body),
+		data_long: await body_stream_to_buffer(l.body)
+	};
+}
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/+page.svelte b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/+page.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..bf3c9341bc8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/+page.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<script>
+	export let data;
+
+	$: arr = [...new Uint8Array(data.data)];
+
+	let ok = 'Ok';
+
+	$: {
+		const p = new Uint8Array(data.data_long);
+		ok = p.length === 256 ? 'Ok' : 'Wrong length';
+
+		if (p.length === 256) {
+			for (let i = 0; i < p.length; i++) {
+				if (p[i] !== i) {
+					ok = `Expected ${i} but got ${p[i]}`;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+</script>
+
+<span class="test-content">{JSON.stringify(arr)}</span>
+
+<br />
+
+{ok}
+<span style="word-wrap: break-word;">
+	{JSON.stringify([...new Uint8Array(data.data_long)])}
+</span>
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/data/+server.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/data/+server.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c866fb28c2fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/src/routes/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/data/+server.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export const GET = () => {
+	return new Response(new Uint8Array([1, 2, 3, 4]));
+};
+
+export const POST = async ({ request }) => {
+	return new Response(await request.arrayBuffer());
+};
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/test.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/test.js
index 9d5bd283ebac..55db0bf20db6 100644
--- a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/test.js
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/test.js
@@ -318,6 +318,28 @@ test.describe('Load', () => {
 		}
 	});
 
+	test('fetches using a body stream serialized with b64', async ({ page, javaScriptEnabled }) => {
+		await page.goto('/load/fetch-body-stream-b64');
+
+		expect(await page.textContent('.test-content')).toBe('[1,2,3,4]');
+
+		if (!javaScriptEnabled) {
+			const payload = '{"status":200,"statusText":"","headers":{},"body":"AQIDBA=="}';
+			const post_payload =
+				'{"status":200,"statusText":"","headers":{},"body":"AAECAwQFBgcICQoLDA0ODxAREhMUFRYXGBkaGxwdHh8gISIjJCUmJygpKissLS4vMDEyMzQ1Njc4OTo7PD0+P0BBQkNERUZHSElKS0xNTk9QUVJTVFVWV1hZWltcXV5fYGFiY2RlZmdoaWprbG1ub3BxcnN0dXZ3eHl6e3x9fn+AgYKDhIWGh4iJiouMjY6PkJGSk5SVlpeYmZqbnJ2en6ChoqOkpaanqKmqq6ytrq+wsbKztLW2t7i5uru8vb6/wMHCw8TFxsfIycrLzM3Oz9DR0tPU1dbX2Nna29zd3t/g4eLj5OXm5+jp6uvs7e7v8PHy8/T19vf4+fr7/P3+/w=="}';
+
+			const script_content = await page.innerHTML(
+				'script[data-sveltekit-fetched][data-b64][data-url="/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/data"]'
+			);
+			const post_script_content = await page.innerHTML(
+				'script[data-sveltekit-fetched][data-b64][data-url="/load/fetch-body-stream-b64/data"][data-hash="16h3sp1"]'
+			);
+
+			expect(script_content).toBe(payload);
+			expect(post_script_content).toBe(post_payload);
+		}
+	});
+
 	test('json string is returned', async ({ page }) => {
 		await page.goto('/load/relay');
 		expect(await page.textContent('h1')).toBe('42');