diff --git a/changelog/unreleased/issue-2742 b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2742
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..72dac6de8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelog/unreleased/issue-2742
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+Bugfix: Improve error handling for rclone and rest backend over HTTP2
+
+When retrieving data from the rclone / rest backend while also using HTTP2
+restic did not detect when no data was returned at all. This could cause
+for example the `check` command to report the following error:
+```
+Pack ID does not match, want xxxxxxxx, got e3b0c442
+```
+
+This has been fixed by correctly detecting the incomplete download and
+retrying the download.
+
+https://github.com/restic/restic/issues/2742
+https://github.com/restic/restic/pull/3453
+https://forum.restic.net/t/http2-stream-closed-connection-reset-context-canceled/3743/10
diff --git a/internal/backend/rest/rest.go b/internal/backend/rest/rest.go
index 44fcaead6..55732e871 100644
--- a/internal/backend/rest/rest.go
+++ b/internal/backend/rest/rest.go
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ import (
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
+	"net/textproto"
 	"net/url"
 	"path"
+	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
 	"golang.org/x/net/context/ctxhttp"
@@ -197,6 +199,44 @@ func (b *Backend) Load(ctx context.Context, h restic.Handle, length int, offset
 	return err
 }
 
+// checkContentLength returns an error if the server returned a value in the
+// Content-Length header in an HTTP2 connection, but closed the connection
+// before any data was sent.
+//
+// This is a workaround for https://github.com/golang/go/issues/46071
+//
+// See also https://forum.restic.net/t/http2-stream-closed-connection-reset-context-canceled/3743/10
+func checkContentLength(resp *http.Response) error {
+	// the following code is based on
+	// https://github.com/golang/go/blob/b7a85e0003cedb1b48a1fd3ae5b746ec6330102e/src/net/http/h2_bundle.go#L8646
+
+	if resp.ContentLength != 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if resp.ProtoMajor != 2 && resp.ProtoMinor != 0 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	if len(resp.Header[textproto.CanonicalMIMEHeaderKey("Content-Length")]) != 1 {
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// make sure that if the server returned a content length and we can
+	// parse it, it is really zero, otherwise return an error
+	contentLength := resp.Header.Get("Content-Length")
+	cl, err := strconv.ParseUint(contentLength, 10, 63)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("unable to parse Content-Length %q: %w", contentLength, err)
+	}
+
+	if cl != 0 {
+		return errors.Errorf("unexpected EOF: got 0 instead of %v bytes", cl)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (b *Backend) openReader(ctx context.Context, h restic.Handle, length int, offset int64) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
 	debug.Log("Load %v, length %v, offset %v", h, length, offset)
 	if err := h.Valid(); err != nil {
@@ -246,6 +286,14 @@ func (b *Backend) openReader(ctx context.Context, h restic.Handle, length int, o
 		return nil, errors.Errorf("unexpected HTTP response (%v): %v", resp.StatusCode, resp.Status)
 	}
 
+	// workaround https://github.com/golang/go/issues/46071
+	// see also https://forum.restic.net/t/http2-stream-closed-connection-reset-context-canceled/3743/10
+	err = checkContentLength(resp)
+	if err != nil {
+		_ = resp.Body.Close()
+		return nil, err
+	}
+
 	return resp.Body, nil
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/backend/rest/rest_int_go114_test.go b/internal/backend/rest/rest_int_go114_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..036a136e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/backend/rest/rest_int_go114_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+// +build go1.14
+
+package rest_test
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"io"
+	"io/ioutil"
+	"net/http"
+	"net/http/httptest"
+	"net/url"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/backend/rest"
+	"github.com/restic/restic/internal/restic"
+)
+
+func TestZeroLengthRead(t *testing.T) {
+	// Test workaround for https://github.com/golang/go/issues/46071. Can be removed once this is fixed in Go
+	// and the minimum golang version supported by restic includes the fix.
+	numRequests := 0
+	srv := httptest.NewUnstartedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(res http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+		numRequests++
+		t.Logf("req %v %v", req.Method, req.URL.Path)
+		if req.Method == "GET" {
+			res.Header().Set("Content-Length", "42")
+			// Now the handler fails for some reason and is unable to send data
+			return
+		}
+
+		t.Errorf("unhandled request %v %v", req.Method, req.URL.Path)
+	}))
+	srv.EnableHTTP2 = true
+	srv.StartTLS()
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	srvURL, err := url.Parse(srv.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	cfg := rest.Config{
+		Connections: 5,
+		URL:         srvURL,
+	}
+	be, err := rest.Open(cfg, srv.Client().Transport)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		err = be.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	err = be.Load(context.TODO(), restic.Handle{Type: restic.ConfigFile}, 0, 0, func(rd io.Reader) error {
+		_, err := ioutil.ReadAll(rd)
+		if err == nil {
+			t.Fatal("ReadAll should have returned an 'Unexpected EOF' error")
+		}
+		return nil
+	})
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("Got no unexpected EOF error")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestGolangZeroLengthRead(t *testing.T) {
+	// This test is intended to fail once the underlying issue has been fixed in Go
+	ts := httptest.NewUnstartedServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		w.Header().Set("Content-Length", "42")
+		// Now the handler fails for some reason and is unable to send data
+	}))
+	ts.EnableHTTP2 = true
+	ts.StartTLS()
+	defer ts.Close()
+
+	res, err := ts.Client().Get(ts.URL)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	_, err = ioutil.ReadAll(res.Body)
+	defer func() {
+		err = res.Body.Close()
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}()
+	if err != nil {
+		// This should fail with an 'Unexpected EOF' error
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}