diff --git a/.changeset/tiny-files-flow.md b/.changeset/tiny-files-flow.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a8f71a0d8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tiny-files-flow.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"effect": patch
+---
+
+Fix partial file-backed HTTP bodies to report the selected byte range as their content length.
diff --git a/packages/effect/src/unstable/http/HttpBody.ts b/packages/effect/src/unstable/http/HttpBody.ts
index c43a60d4b38..1696d9c3276 100644
--- a/packages/effect/src/unstable/http/HttpBody.ts
+++ b/packages/effect/src/unstable/http/HttpBody.ts
@@ -484,12 +484,26 @@ export const stream = (
   contentLength?: number
 ): Stream => new Stream(body, contentType ?? "application/octet-stream", contentLength)
 
+const fileContentLength = (
+  size: FileSystem.SizeInput,
+  options?: {
+    readonly bytesToRead?: FileSystem.SizeInput | undefined
+    readonly offset?: FileSystem.SizeInput | undefined
+  }
+): number => {
+  const available = Math.max(0, Number(size) - Number(options?.offset ?? 0))
+  return options?.bytesToRead === undefined
+    ? available
+    : Math.min(available, Math.max(0, Number(options.bytesToRead)))
+}
+
 /**
  * Creates a streaming HTTP body for a file path.
  *
  * **Details**
  *
- * The effect requires `FileSystem`, stats the file to set the content length, and can fail with `PlatformError`.
+ * The effect requires `FileSystem`, stats the file to set the selected content length, and can fail with
+ * `PlatformError`.
  *
  * @category constructors
  * @since 4.0.0
@@ -510,7 +524,7 @@ export const file = (
         stream(
           fs.stream(path, options),
           options?.contentType,
-          Number(info.size)
+          fileContentLength(info.size, options)
         ))
   )
 
@@ -519,7 +533,8 @@ export const file = (
  *
  * **Details**
  *
- * The effect requires `FileSystem`, uses the provided file size as the content length, and can fail with `PlatformError`.
+ * The effect requires `FileSystem`, uses the provided file size to determine the selected content length, and can
+ * fail with `PlatformError`.
  *
  * @category constructors
  * @since 4.0.0
@@ -540,6 +555,6 @@ export const fileFromInfo = (
       stream(
         fs.stream(path, options),
         options?.contentType,
-        Number(info.size)
+        fileContentLength(info.size, options)
       )
   )
diff --git a/packages/effect/test/unstable/http/HttpBody.test.ts b/packages/effect/test/unstable/http/HttpBody.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8429ebc356b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/effect/test/unstable/http/HttpBody.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+import { assert, it } from "@effect/vitest"
+import { Effect, FileSystem, Stream } from "effect"
+import { HttpBody } from "effect/unstable/http"
+
+it.effect("uses the selected byte count as partial file content length", () =>
+  Effect.gen(function*() {
+    const body = yield* HttpBody.fileFromInfo("x", { size: 6n } as any, { offset: 2, bytesToRead: 2 }).pipe(
+      Effect.provideService(FileSystem.FileSystem, {
+        stream: () => Stream.succeed(new Uint8Array([3, 4]))
+      } as any)
+    )
+    const bytes = yield* Stream.mkUint8Array(body.stream)
+    assert.strictEqual(body.contentLength, bytes.length)
+  }))