diff --git a/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e2b429210
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/smoke-test.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: smoke-test
+
+on:
+  # Always run smoke tests upon a successful
+  # "ci" job completion on "main".
+  workflow_run:
+    workflows: ['ci']
+    branches: [main]
+    types: [completed]
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  examples:
+    if: ${{ (github.event_name == 'workflow_run' && github.event.workflow_run.conclusion == 'success') || github.event_name == 'workflow_dispatch' }}
+    runs-on: macos-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout
+        uses: actions/checkout@v3
+
+      - name: Set up Node.js
+        uses: actions/setup-node@v3
+        with:
+          node-version: 18
+
+      - name: Set up PNPM
+        uses: pnpm/action-setup@v2
+        with:
+          version: 7.12
+
+      - name: Install dependencies
+        run: pnpm install
+
+      - name: Test examples
+        run: ./config/scripts/smoke-test.sh
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f8458255a..db26fa845 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -10,4 +10,8 @@ stats.html
 msw-*.tgz
 .husky/_
 .env
-**/test-results
\ No newline at end of file
+**/test-results
+
+# Smoke test temporary files.
+/package.json.copy
+/examples
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/config/scripts/smoke-test.sh b/config/scripts/smoke-test.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..f3b2650ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/scripts/smoke-test.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+COMMIT_HASH=$(git rev-parse HEAD)
+MSW_VERSION="0.0.0-$COMMIT_HASH"
+echo "Latest commit: $COMMIT_HASH"
+echo "In-progress MSW version: $MSW_VERSION"
+
+PKG_JSON_COPY="package.json.copy"
+cp package.json $PKG_JSON_COPY
+
+pnpm version $MSW_VERSION --no-git-tag-version --allow-same-version
+
+echo ""
+echo "Packing MSW..."
+pnpm pack
+
+EXAMPLES_REPO=https://github.com/mswjs/examples.git
+EXAMPLES_DIR=./examples
+echo ""
+echo "Cloning the examples from "$EXAMPLES_REPO"..."
+
+if [[ -d "$EXAMPLES_DIR" ]]; then
+  echo "Examples already cloned, skipping..."
+else
+  git clone $EXAMPLES_REPO $EXAMPLES_DIR
+fi
+
+echo ""
+echo "Installing dependencies..."
+cd $EXAMPLES_DIR
+pnpm install 
+
+echo ""
+echo "Linking MSW..."
+pnpm add msw --filter="with-*" file:../../../msw-$MSW_VERSION.tgz
+pnpm ls msw
+
+echo ""
+echo "Running tests..."
+CI=1 pnpm test ; (cd ../ && mv $PKG_JSON_COPY ./package.json)
diff --git a/src/browser/setupWorker/start/createRequestListener.ts b/src/browser/setupWorker/start/createRequestListener.ts
index 415094b36..494f31fa1 100644
--- a/src/browser/setupWorker/start/createRequestListener.ts
+++ b/src/browser/setupWorker/start/createRequestListener.ts
@@ -54,21 +54,31 @@ export const createRequestListener = (
              * Check that the browser supports that before sending it to the worker.
              */
             if (context.supports.readableStreamTransfer) {
-              const responseStream = response.body
+              const responseStreamOrNull = response.body
+
               messageChannel.postMessage(
                 'MOCK_RESPONSE',
                 {
                   ...responseInit,
-                  body: responseStream,
+                  body: responseStreamOrNull,
                 },
-                responseStream ? [responseStream] : undefined,
+                responseStreamOrNull ? [responseStreamOrNull] : undefined,
               )
             } else {
-              // As a fallback, send the response body buffer to the worker.
-              const responseBuffer = await responseClone.arrayBuffer()
+              /**
+               * @note If we are here, this means the current environment doesn't
+               * support "ReadableStream" as transferable. In that case,
+               * attempt to read the non-empty response body as ArrayBuffer, if it's not empty.
+               * @see https://github.com/mswjs/msw/issues/1827
+               */
+              const responseBufferOrNull =
+                response.body === null
+                  ? null
+                  : await responseClone.arrayBuffer()
+
               messageChannel.postMessage('MOCK_RESPONSE', {
                 ...responseInit,
-                body: responseBuffer,
+                body: responseBufferOrNull,
               })
             }