diff --git a/packages/client-common/src/result.ts b/packages/client-common/src/result.ts
index 8f3bf1213..a83140910 100644
--- a/packages/client-common/src/result.ts
+++ b/packages/client-common/src/result.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,22 @@ export interface BaseResultSet<Stream, Format extends DataFormat | unknown> {
    */
   stream(): ResultStream<Format, Stream>
 
+  /**
+   * Returns the raw underlying stream without any row parsing or transformation.
+   *
+   * Useful when you need the raw bytes (e.g., CSV or TSV data)
+   * and want to pipe them directly to a file or another stream
+   * without the overhead of row-by-row parsing.
+   *
+   * The stream is already decompressed if HTTP compression is enabled.
+   *
+   * Should be called only once.
+   *
+   * The method should throw if the underlying stream was already consumed
+   * by calling the other methods.
+   */
+  rawStream(): Stream
+
   /** Close the underlying stream. */
   close(): void
 
diff --git a/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_result_set.test.ts b/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_result_set.test.ts
index 7fbf4b00c..545e4be14 100644
--- a/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_result_set.test.ts
+++ b/packages/client-node/__tests__/unit/node_result_set.test.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,35 @@ describe('[Node.js] ResultSet', () => {
     await expect(rs.text()).rejects.toEqual(err)
   })
 
+  it('should return the raw stream without row parsing', async () => {
+    const rs = makeResultSet(getDataStream(), 'CSVWithNames')
+    const raw = rs.rawStream()
+    const chunks: Buffer[] = []
+    for await (const chunk of raw) {
+      chunks.push(Buffer.isBuffer(chunk) ? chunk : Buffer.from(chunk))
+    }
+    expect(Buffer.concat(chunks).toString()).toEqual(expectedText)
+  })
+
+  it('should throw if rawStream is called after text', async () => {
+    const rs = makeResultSet(getDataStream())
+    await rs.text()
+    expect(() => rs.rawStream()).toThrow(errMsg)
+  })
+
+  it('should throw if text is called immediately after rawStream', async () => {
+    const rs = makeResultSet(getDataStream())
+    rs.rawStream()
+    // text() should throw immediately — not only after the stream ends
+    await expect(rs.text()).rejects.toEqual(err)
+  })
+
+  it('should throw if stream is called after rawStream', async () => {
+    const rs = makeResultSet(getDataStream())
+    rs.rawStream()
+    expect(() => rs.stream()).toThrow(errMsg)
+  })
+
   it('should be able to call Row.text and Row.json multiple times', async () => {
     const rs = makeResultSet(
       Stream.Readable.from([Buffer.from('{"foo":"bar"}\n')]),
diff --git a/packages/client-node/src/result_set.ts b/packages/client-node/src/result_set.ts
index d78bdd5b2..d77658b40 100644
--- a/packages/client-node/src/result_set.ts
+++ b/packages/client-node/src/result_set.ts
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@ export class ResultSet<
   private readonly exceptionTag: string | undefined = undefined
   private readonly log_error: (error: Error) => void
   private readonly jsonHandling: JSONHandling
+  private _consumed = false
 
   constructor(
     private _stream: Stream.Readable,
@@ -91,20 +92,22 @@ export class ResultSet<
     }
   }
 
-  /** See {@link BaseResultSet.text}. */
-  async text(): Promise<string> {
-    if (this._stream.readableEnded) {
+  private markAsConsumed() {
+    if (this._consumed || this._stream.readableEnded) {
       throw Error(streamAlreadyConsumedMessage)
     }
+    this._consumed = true
+  }
+
+  /** See {@link BaseResultSet.text}. */
+  async text(): Promise<string> {
+    this.markAsConsumed()
     return (await getAsText(this._stream)).toString()
   }
 
   /** See {@link BaseResultSet.json}. */
   async json<T>(): Promise<ResultJSONType<T, Format>> {
-    if (this._stream.readableEnded) {
-      throw Error(streamAlreadyConsumedMessage)
-    }
-    // JSONEachRow, etc.
+    // JSONEachRow, etc. — delegates to stream() which marks as consumed
     if (isStreamableJSONFamily(this.format as DataFormat)) {
       const result: T[] = []
       const stream = this.stream<T>()
@@ -117,6 +120,7 @@ export class ResultSet<
     }
     // JSON, JSONObjectEachRow, etc.
     if (isNotStreamableJSONFamily(this.format as DataFormat)) {
+      this.markAsConsumed()
       const text = await getAsText(this._stream)
       return this.jsonHandling.parse(text)
     }
@@ -126,12 +130,7 @@ export class ResultSet<
 
   /** See {@link BaseResultSet.stream}. */
   stream<T>(): ResultStream<Format, StreamReadable<Row<T, Format>[]>> {
-    // If the underlying stream has already ended by calling `text` or `json`,
-    // Stream.pipeline will create a new empty stream
-    // but without "readableEnded" flag set to true
-    if (this._stream.readableEnded) {
-      throw Error(streamAlreadyConsumedMessage)
-    }
+    this.markAsConsumed()
 
     validateStreamFormat(this.format)
 
@@ -212,6 +211,12 @@ export class ResultSet<
     return pipeline as any
   }
 
+  /** See {@link BaseResultSet.rawStream}. */
+  rawStream(): Stream.Readable {
+    this.markAsConsumed()
+    return this._stream
+  }
+
   /** See {@link BaseResultSet.close}. */
   close() {
     this._stream.destroy(new Error(resultSetClosedMessage))
diff --git a/packages/client-web/src/result_set.ts b/packages/client-web/src/result_set.ts
index 901be8df3..82b5048f5 100644
--- a/packages/client-web/src/result_set.ts
+++ b/packages/client-web/src/result_set.ts
@@ -183,8 +183,15 @@ export class ResultSet<
     return pipeline as any
   }
 
-  async close(): Promise<void> {
+  /** See {@link BaseResultSet.rawStream}. */
+  rawStream(): ReadableStream {
     this.markAsConsumed()
+    return this._stream
+  }
+
+  async close(): Promise<void> {
+    // close() should be safe to call even after a consumer method (rawStream, stream, etc.)
+    this.isAlreadyConsumed = true
     await this._stream.cancel()
   }