diff --git a/requests/exceptions.py b/requests/exceptions.py
index 32a18542..34c7a0db 100644
--- a/requests/exceptions.py
+++ b/requests/exceptions.py
@@ -90,5 +90,5 @@ class ChunkedEncodingError(RequestException):
 class ContentDecodingError(RequestException, BaseHTTPError):
     """Failed to decode response content"""
 
-class StreamConsumedError(RequestException):
+class StreamConsumedError(RequestException, TypeError):
     """The content for this response was already consumed"""