diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2507a945e..2a6c01ca2 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 ### Version 8.14
 * Add support for RxJava Observable and Single return types via the `HystrixFeign` builder.
+* Adds fallback implementation configuration to the `HystrixFeign` builder
 
 ### Version 8.13
 * Never expands >8kb responses into memory
diff --git a/hystrix/README.md b/hystrix/README.md
index 7d946548e..40d4d22d2 100644
--- a/hystrix/README.md
+++ b/hystrix/README.md
@@ -48,4 +48,33 @@ api.getYourType("a").execute();
 
 // or to apply hystrix to existing feign methods.
 api.getYourTypeSynchronous("a");
-``` 
\ No newline at end of file
+```
+
+### Fallback support
+
+Fallbacks are known values, which you return when there's an error invoking an http method.
+For example, you can return a cached result as opposed to raising an error to the caller. To use
+this feature, pass a safe implementation of your target interface as the last parameter to `HystrixFeign.Builder.target`.
+
+Here's an example:
+
+```java
+// When dealing with fallbacks, it is less tedious to keep interfaces small.
+interface GitHub {
+  @RequestLine("GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contributors")
+  List<String> contributors(@Param("owner") String owner, @Param("repo") String repo);
+}
+
+// This instance will be invoked if there are errors of any kind.
+GitHub fallback = (owner, repo) -> {
+  if (owner.equals("Netflix") && repo.equals("feign")) {
+    return Arrays.asList("stuarthendren"); // inspired this approach!
+  } else {
+    return Collections.emptyList();
+  }
+};
+
+GitHub github = HystrixFeign.builder()
+                            ...
+                            .target(GitHub.class, "https://api.github.com", fallback);
+```
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diff --git a/hystrix/src/main/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixFeign.java b/hystrix/src/main/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixFeign.java
index f158ae762..ca60a08b8 100644
--- a/hystrix/src/main/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixFeign.java
+++ b/hystrix/src/main/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixFeign.java
@@ -2,12 +2,27 @@
 
 import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import feign.Client;
 import feign.Contract;
 import feign.Feign;
+import feign.InvocationHandlerFactory;
+import feign.Logger;
+import feign.Request;
+import feign.RequestInterceptor;
+import feign.Retryer;
+import feign.Target;
+import feign.codec.Decoder;
+import feign.codec.Encoder;
+import feign.codec.ErrorDecoder;
 
 /**
- * Allows Feign interfaces to return HystrixCommand or rx.Observable or rx.Single objects.
- * Also decorates normal Feign methods with circuit breakers, but calls {@link HystrixCommand#execute()} directly.
+ * Allows Feign interfaces to return HystrixCommand or rx.Observable or rx.Single objects. Also
+ * decorates normal Feign methods with circuit breakers, but calls {@link HystrixCommand#execute()}
+ * directly.
  */
 public final class HystrixFeign {
 
@@ -15,16 +30,186 @@ public static Builder builder() {
     return new Builder();
   }
 
-  public static final class Builder extends Feign.Builder {
+  // Doesn't extend Feign.Builder for two reasons:
+  // * Hide invocationHandlerFactory - as this isn't customizable
+  // * Provide a path to the new fallback method w/o using covariant return types
+  public static final class Builder {
+    private final Feign.Builder delegate = new Feign.Builder();
+    private Contract contract = new Contract.Default();
+
+    /**
+     * @see #target(Class, String, Object)
+     */
+    public <T> T target(Target<T> target, final T fallback) {
+      delegate.invocationHandlerFactory(new InvocationHandlerFactory() {
+        @Override
+        public InvocationHandler create(Target target, Map<Method, MethodHandler> dispatch) {
+          return new HystrixInvocationHandler(target, dispatch, fallback);
+        }
+      });
+      delegate.contract(new HystrixDelegatingContract(contract));
+      return delegate.build().newInstance(target);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Like {@link Feign#newInstance(Target)}, except with {@link HystrixCommand#getFallback()
+     * fallback} support.
+     *
+     * <p>Fallbacks are known values, which you return when there's an error invoking an http
+     * method. For example, you can return a cached result as opposed to raising an error to the
+     * caller. To use this feature, pass a safe implementation of your target interface as the last
+     * parameter.
+     *
+     * Here's an example:
+     * <pre>
+     * {@code
+     *
+     * // When dealing with fallbacks, it is less tedious to keep interfaces small.
+     * interface GitHub {
+     *   @RequestLine("GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contributors")
+     *   List<String> contributors(@Param("owner") String owner, @Param("repo") String repo);
+     * }
+     *
+     * // This instance will be invoked if there are errors of any kind.
+     * GitHub fallback = (owner, repo) -> {
+     *   if (owner.equals("Netflix") && repo.equals("feign")) {
+     *     return Arrays.asList("stuarthendren"); // inspired this approach!
+     *   } else {
+     *     return Collections.emptyList();
+     *   }
+     * };
+     *
+     * GitHub github = HystrixFeign.builder()
+     *                             ...
+     *                             .target(GitHub.class, "https://api.github.com", fallback);
+     * }</pre>
+     *
+     * @see #target(Target, Object)
+     */
+    public <T> T target(Class<T> apiType, String url, T fallback) {
+      return target(new Target.HardCodedTarget<T>(apiType, url), fallback);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#contract
+     */
+    public Builder contract(Contract contract) {
+      this.contract = contract;
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#build
+     */
+    public Feign build() {
+      delegate.invocationHandlerFactory(new HystrixInvocationHandler.Factory());
+      delegate.contract(new HystrixDelegatingContract(contract));
+      return delegate.build();
+    }
+
+    // re-declaring methods in Feign.Builder is same work as covariant overrides,
+    // but results in less complex bytecode.
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#target(Class, String)
+     */
+    public <T> T target(Class<T> apiType, String url) {
+      return target(new Target.HardCodedTarget<T>(apiType, url));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#target(Target)
+     */
+    public <T> T target(Target<T> target) {
+      return build().newInstance(target);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#logLevel
+     */
+    public Builder logLevel(Logger.Level logLevel) {
+      delegate.logLevel(logLevel);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#client
+     */
+    public Builder client(Client client) {
+      delegate.client(client);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#retryer
+     */
+    public Builder retryer(Retryer retryer) {
+      delegate.retryer(retryer);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#retryer
+     */
+    public Builder logger(Logger logger) {
+      delegate.logger(logger);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#encoder
+     */
+    public Builder encoder(Encoder encoder) {
+      delegate.encoder(encoder);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#decoder
+     */
+    public Builder decoder(Decoder decoder) {
+      delegate.decoder(decoder);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#decode404
+     */
+    public Builder decode404() {
+      delegate.decode404();
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#errorDecoder
+     */
+    public Builder errorDecoder(ErrorDecoder errorDecoder) {
+      delegate.errorDecoder(errorDecoder);
+      return this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#options
+     */
+    public Builder options(Request.Options options) {
+      delegate.options(options);
+      return this;
+    }
 
-    public Builder() {
-      invocationHandlerFactory(new HystrixInvocationHandler.Factory());
-      contract(new HystrixDelegatingContract(new Contract.Default()));
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#requestInterceptor
+     */
+    public Builder requestInterceptor(RequestInterceptor requestInterceptor) {
+      delegate.requestInterceptor(requestInterceptor);
+      return this;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public Feign.Builder contract(Contract contract) {
-      return super.contract(new HystrixDelegatingContract(contract));
+    /**
+     * @see feign.Feign.Builder#requestInterceptors
+     */
+    public Builder requestInterceptors(Iterable<RequestInterceptor> requestInterceptors) {
+      delegate.requestInterceptors(requestInterceptors);
+      return this;
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/hystrix/src/main/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixInvocationHandler.java b/hystrix/src/main/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixInvocationHandler.java
index 284c87faa..1d0aea7ac 100644
--- a/hystrix/src/main/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixInvocationHandler.java
+++ b/hystrix/src/main/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixInvocationHandler.java
@@ -15,30 +15,33 @@
  */
 package feign.hystrix;
 
-import static feign.Util.checkNotNull;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandKey;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationHandler;
+import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandGroupKey;
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommandKey;
-
 import feign.InvocationHandlerFactory;
 import feign.InvocationHandlerFactory.MethodHandler;
 import feign.Target;
 import rx.Observable;
 import rx.Single;
 
+import static feign.Util.checkNotNull;
+
 final class HystrixInvocationHandler implements InvocationHandler {
 
   private final Target<?> target;
   private final Map<Method, MethodHandler> dispatch;
+  private final Object fallback; // Nullable
 
-  HystrixInvocationHandler(Target<?> target, Map<Method, MethodHandler> dispatch) {
+  HystrixInvocationHandler(Target<?> target, Map<Method, MethodHandler> dispatch, Object fallback) {
     this.target = checkNotNull(target, "target");
     this.dispatch = checkNotNull(dispatch, "dispatch");
+    this.fallback = fallback;
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -60,6 +63,20 @@ protected Object run() throws Exception {
           throw (Error)t;
         }
       }
+
+      @Override
+      protected Object getFallback() {
+        if (fallback == null) return super.getFallback();
+        try {
+          return method.invoke(fallback, args);
+        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+          // shouldn't happen as method is public due to being an interface
+          throw new AssertionError(e);
+        } catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
+          // Exceptions on fallback are tossed by Hystrix
+          throw new AssertionError(e.getCause());
+        }
+      }
     };
 
     if (HystrixCommand.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) {
@@ -78,7 +95,7 @@ static final class Factory implements InvocationHandlerFactory {
 
     @Override
     public InvocationHandler create(Target target, Map<Method, MethodHandler> dispatch) {
-      return new HystrixInvocationHandler(target, dispatch);
+      return new HystrixInvocationHandler(target, dispatch, null);
     }
   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/hystrix/src/test/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixBuilderTest.java b/hystrix/src/test/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixBuilderTest.java
index 4112eaaf4..9df8c6a60 100644
--- a/hystrix/src/test/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixBuilderTest.java
+++ b/hystrix/src/test/java/feign/hystrix/HystrixBuilderTest.java
@@ -1,26 +1,31 @@
 package feign.hystrix;
 
-import static feign.assertj.MockWebServerAssertions.assertThat;
-
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.exception.HystrixRuntimeException;
+import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
+import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.MockWebServer;
 
 import org.assertj.core.api.Assertions;
 import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 
-import com.netflix.hystrix.HystrixCommand;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
-import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.MockWebServer;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
 
+import feign.FeignException;
 import feign.Headers;
+import feign.Param;
 import feign.RequestLine;
 import feign.gson.GsonDecoder;
 import rx.Observable;
 import rx.Single;
 import rx.observers.TestSubscriber;
 
+import static feign.assertj.MockWebServerAssertions.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.core.Is.isA;
+
 public class HystrixBuilderTest {
 
   @Rule
@@ -61,7 +66,71 @@ public void hystrixCommandList() {
     HystrixCommand<List<String>> command = api.listCommand();
 
     assertThat(command).isNotNull();
-    assertThat(command.execute()).hasSize(2).contains("foo", "bar");
+    assertThat(command.execute()).containsExactly("foo", "bar");
+  }
+
+  // When dealing with fallbacks, it is less tedious to keep interfaces small.
+  interface GitHub {
+    @RequestLine("GET /repos/{owner}/{repo}/contributors")
+    List<String> contributors(@Param("owner") String owner, @Param("repo") String repo);
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void fallbacksApplyOnError() {
+    server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(500));
+
+    GitHub fallback = new GitHub(){
+      @Override
+      public List<String> contributors(String owner, String repo) {
+        if (owner.equals("Netflix") && repo.equals("feign")) {
+          return Arrays.asList("stuarthendren"); // inspired this approach!
+        } else {
+          return Collections.emptyList();
+        }
+      }
+    };
+
+    GitHub api = HystrixFeign.builder()
+        .target(GitHub.class, "http://localhost:" + server.getPort(), fallback);
+
+    List<String> result = api.contributors("Netflix", "feign");
+
+    assertThat(result).containsExactly("stuarthendren");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void errorInFallbackHasExpectedBehavior() {
+    thrown.expect(HystrixRuntimeException.class);
+    thrown.expectMessage("contributors failed and fallback failed.");
+    thrown.expectCause(isA(FeignException.class)); // as opposed to RuntimeException (from the fallback)
+
+    server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(500));
+
+    GitHub fallback = new GitHub(){
+      @Override
+      public List<String> contributors(String owner, String repo) {
+        throw new RuntimeException("oops");
+      }
+    };
+
+    GitHub api = HystrixFeign.builder()
+        .target(GitHub.class, "http://localhost:" + server.getPort(), fallback);
+
+    api.contributors("Netflix", "feign");
+  }
+
+  @Test
+  public void hystrixRuntimeExceptionPropagatesOnException() {
+    thrown.expect(HystrixRuntimeException.class);
+    thrown.expectMessage("contributors failed and no fallback available.");
+    thrown.expectCause(isA(FeignException.class));
+
+    server.enqueue(new MockResponse().setResponseCode(500));
+
+    GitHub api = HystrixFeign.builder()
+        .target(GitHub.class, "http://localhost:" + server.getPort());
+
+    api.contributors("Netflix", "feign");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -113,7 +182,7 @@ public void rxObservableList() {
     TestSubscriber<List<String>> testSubscriber = new TestSubscriber<List<String>>();
     observable.subscribe(testSubscriber);
     testSubscriber.awaitTerminalEvent();
-    assertThat(testSubscriber.getOnNextEvents().get(0)).hasSize(2).contains("foo", "bar");
+    assertThat(testSubscriber.getOnNextEvents().get(0)).containsExactly("foo", "bar");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -164,7 +233,7 @@ public void rxSingleList() {
     TestSubscriber<List<String>> testSubscriber = new TestSubscriber<List<String>>();
     single.subscribe(testSubscriber);
     testSubscriber.awaitTerminalEvent();
-    assertThat(testSubscriber.getOnNextEvents().get(0)).hasSize(2).contains("foo", "bar");
+    assertThat(testSubscriber.getOnNextEvents().get(0)).containsExactly("foo", "bar");
   }
 
   @Test
@@ -186,7 +255,7 @@ public void plainList() {
 
     List<String> list = api.getList();
 
-    assertThat(list).isNotNull().hasSize(2).contains("foo", "bar");
+    assertThat(list).isNotNull().containsExactly("foo", "bar");
   }
 
   private TestInterface target() {