diff --git a/lighthouse-core/lib/network-recorder.js b/lighthouse-core/lib/network-recorder.js
index 5df4dab88056..be09b5a94dea 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/lib/network-recorder.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/lib/network-recorder.js
@@ -107,9 +107,15 @@ class NetworkRecorder extends EventEmitter {
         return;
       }
 
+      // QUIC network requests don't always "finish" even when they're done loading data
+      // Use receivedHeaders instead, see https://github.com/GoogleChrome/lighthouse/issues/5254
+      const isQUIC = record._responseHeaders && record._responseHeaders
+          .find(header => header.name.toLowerCase() === 'alt-svc' && /quic/.test(header.value));
+      const receivedHeaders = record._timing && record._timing.receiveHeadersEnd > 0;
+
       // convert the network record timestamp to ms
       timeBoundaries.push({time: record.startTime * 1000, isStart: true});
-      if (record.finished) {
+      if (record.finished || (isQUIC && receivedHeaders && record.endTime)) {
         timeBoundaries.push({time: record.endTime * 1000, isStart: false});
       }
     });
@@ -119,7 +125,7 @@ class NetworkRecorder extends EventEmitter {
       .sort((a, b) => a.time - b.time);
 
     let numInflightRequests = 0;
-    let quietPeriodStart = 0;
+    let quietPeriodStart = -Infinity;
     /** @type {Array<{start: number, end: number}>} */
     const quietPeriods = [];
     timeBoundaries.forEach(boundary => {
diff --git a/lighthouse-core/test/gather/network-recorder-test.js b/lighthouse-core/test/gather/network-recorder-test.js
index 8a0a4b54713a..93508682b4ce 100644
--- a/lighthouse-core/test/gather/network-recorder-test.js
+++ b/lighthouse-core/test/gather/network-recorder-test.js
@@ -16,4 +16,101 @@ describe('network recorder', function() {
     const records = NetworkRecorder.recordsFromLogs(devtoolsLogItems);
     assert.equal(records.length, 76);
   });
+
+  describe('#findNetworkQuietPeriods', () => {
+    function record(data) {
+      const url = data.url || 'https://example.com';
+      const scheme = url.split(':')[0];
+      return Object.assign({
+        url,
+        finished: !!data.endTime,
+        parsedURL: {scheme},
+      }, data);
+    }
+
+    it('should find the 0-quiet periods', () => {
+      const records = [
+        record({startTime: 0, endTime: 1}),
+        record({startTime: 2, endTime: 3}),
+        record({startTime: 4, endTime: 5}),
+      ];
+
+      const periods = NetworkRecorder.findNetworkQuietPeriods(records, 0);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(periods, [
+        {start: -Infinity, end: 0},
+        {start: 1000, end: 2000},
+        {start: 3000, end: 4000},
+        {start: 5000, end: Infinity},
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should find the 2-quiet periods', () => {
+      const records = [
+        record({startTime: 0, endTime: 1.5}),
+        record({startTime: 0, endTime: 2}),
+        record({startTime: 0, endTime: 2.5}),
+        record({startTime: 2, endTime: 3}),
+        record({startTime: 4, endTime: 5}),
+      ];
+
+      const periods = NetworkRecorder.findNetworkQuietPeriods(records, 2);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(periods, [
+        {start: -Infinity, end: 0},
+        {start: 1500, end: Infinity},
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle unfinished requests', () => {
+      const records = [
+        record({startTime: 0, endTime: 1.5}),
+        record({startTime: 0, endTime: 2}),
+        record({startTime: 0, endTime: 2.5}),
+        record({startTime: 2, endTime: 3}),
+        record({startTime: 2}),
+        record({startTime: 2}),
+        record({startTime: 4, endTime: 5}),
+        record({startTime: 5.5}),
+      ];
+
+      const periods = NetworkRecorder.findNetworkQuietPeriods(records, 2);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(periods, [
+        {start: -Infinity, end: 0},
+        {start: 1500, end: 2000},
+        {start: 3000, end: 4000},
+        {start: 5000, end: 5500},
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should ignore data URIs', () => {
+      const records = [
+        record({startTime: 0, endTime: 1}),
+        record({startTime: 0, endTime: 2, url: 'data:image/png;base64,'}),
+      ];
+
+      const periods = NetworkRecorder.findNetworkQuietPeriods(records, 0);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(periods, [
+        {start: -Infinity, end: 0},
+        {start: 1000, end: Infinity},
+      ]);
+    });
+
+    it('should handle QUIC requests', () => {
+      const quicRequest = {
+        finished: false,
+        _responseHeaders: [{name: 'ALT-SVC', value: 'hq=":49288";quic="1,1abadaba,51303334,0"'}],
+        _timing: {receiveHeadersEnd: 1.28},
+      };
+
+      const records = [
+        record({startTime: 0, endTime: 1}),
+        record({startTime: 0, endTime: 2, ...quicRequest}),
+      ];
+
+      const periods = NetworkRecorder.findNetworkQuietPeriods(records, 0);
+      assert.deepStrictEqual(periods, [
+        {start: -Infinity, end: 0},
+        {start: 2000, end: Infinity},
+      ]);
+    });
+  });
 });