diff --git a/pkgs/cronet_http/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/cronet_http/CHANGELOG.md
index 0ce43fceb3..14dcf79b65 100644
--- a/pkgs/cronet_http/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/cronet_http/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+## 1.3.3-wip
+
+* Throw `ClientException` if `CronetClient.send` runs out of Java heap while
+  allocating memory for the request body.
+
 ## 1.3.2
 
 * Upgrade `package:jni` to 0.10.1 and `package:jnigen` to 0.10.0 to fix method
diff --git a/pkgs/cronet_http/lib/src/cronet_client.dart b/pkgs/cronet_http/lib/src/cronet_client.dart
index f55617eeb1..440de8ae35 100644
--- a/pkgs/cronet_http/lib/src/cronet_client.dart
+++ b/pkgs/cronet_http/lib/src/cronet_client.dart
@@ -392,8 +392,22 @@ class CronetClient extends BaseClient {
     headers.forEach((k, v) => builder.addHeader(k.toJString(), v.toJString()));
 
     if (body.isNotEmpty) {
+      final JByteBuffer data;
+      try {
+        data = body.toJByteBuffer();
+      } on JniException catch (e) {
+        // There are no unit tests for this code. You can verify this behavior
+        // manually by incrementally increasing the amount of body data in
+        // `CronetClient.post` until you get this exception.
+        if (e.message.contains('java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:')) {
+          throw ClientException(
+              'Not enough memory for request body: ${e.message}', request.url);
+        }
+        rethrow;
+      }
+
       builder.setUploadDataProvider(
-          jb.UploadDataProviders.create2(body.toJByteBuffer()), _executor);
+          jb.UploadDataProviders.create2(data), _executor);
     }
     builder.build().start();
     return responseCompleter.future;
diff --git a/pkgs/cronet_http/pubspec.yaml b/pkgs/cronet_http/pubspec.yaml
index 19e5e8509f..ee14e309a9 100644
--- a/pkgs/cronet_http/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/cronet_http/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: cronet_http
-version: 1.3.2
+version: 1.3.3-wip
 description: >-
   An Android Flutter plugin that provides access to the Cronet HTTP client.
 repository: https://github.com/dart-lang/http/tree/master/pkgs/cronet_http