diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4cd2a85a..78254ad6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+### Version 8.11
+* Adds HTTP status to FeignException for easier response handling
+
 ### Version 8.10
 * Reads class-level @Produces/@Consumes JAX-RS annotations
 * Supports POST without a body parameter
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/feign/FeignException.java b/core/src/main/java/feign/FeignException.java
index a85b9113..c24f8611 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/feign/FeignException.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/feign/FeignException.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import static java.lang.String.format;
 public class FeignException extends RuntimeException {
 
   private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
+  private int status;
 
   protected FeignException(String message, Throwable cause) {
     super(message, cause);
@@ -34,6 +35,15 @@ public class FeignException extends RuntimeException {
     super(message);
   }
 
+  protected FeignException(int status, String message) {
+    super(message);
+    this.status = status;
+  }
+
+  public int status() {
+    return this.status;
+  }
+
   static FeignException errorReading(Request request, Response ignored, IOException cause) {
     return new FeignException(
         format("%s reading %s %s", cause.getMessage(), request.method(), request.url()),
@@ -49,7 +59,7 @@ public class FeignException extends RuntimeException {
       }
     } catch (IOException ignored) { // NOPMD
     }
-    return new FeignException(message);
+    return new FeignException(response.status(), message);
   }
 
   static FeignException errorExecuting(Request request, IOException cause) {
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/feign/codec/DefaultErrorDecoderTest.java b/core/src/test/java/feign/codec/DefaultErrorDecoderTest.java
index bd49984e..a1d36b51 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/feign/codec/DefaultErrorDecoderTest.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/feign/codec/DefaultErrorDecoderTest.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import feign.Response;
 
 import static feign.Util.RETRY_AFTER;
 import static feign.Util.UTF_8;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 public class DefaultErrorDecoderTest {
 
@@ -54,13 +55,21 @@ public class DefaultErrorDecoderTest {
     thrown.expect(FeignException.class);
     thrown.expectMessage("status 500 reading Service#foo(); content:\nhello world");
 
-    Response
-        response =
-        Response.create(500, "Internal server error", headers, "hello world", UTF_8);
+    Response response = Response.create(500, "Internal server error", headers, "hello world", UTF_8);
 
     throw errorDecoder.decode("Service#foo()", response);
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void testFeignExceptionIncludesStatus() throws Throwable {
+    Response response = Response.create(400, "Bad request", headers, (byte[]) null);
+
+    Exception exception = errorDecoder.decode("Service#foo()", response);
+
+    assertThat(exception).isInstanceOf(FeignException.class);
+    assertThat(((FeignException) exception).status()).isEqualTo(400);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void retryAfterHeaderThrowsRetryableException() throws Throwable {
     thrown.expect(FeignException.class);