diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index adb5efdf..3650107d 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -19,10 +19,13 @@ matrix:
     env: TOXENV=pypy3
   - os: osx
     language: generic
-    env: TOXENV=py34
+    env: TOXENV=py35
   - os: osx
     language: generic
-    env: TOXENV=py35
+    env: TOXENV=py36
+  - os: osx
+    language: generic
+    env: TOXENV=py37
 before_install:
 - "./scripts/before_install.sh"
 install:
diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8715080a..5a9ed598 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ Ideally, within a virtual environment.
 Changelog
 =========
 
+### 2.4.8 - TBD
+- Fixed issue #762 - HTTP errors crash with selectable output types
+
 ### 2.4.7 - March 28, 2019
 - Fixed API documentation with selectable output types
 
diff --git a/hug/api.py b/hug/api.py
index 90f90321..22367954 100644
--- a/hug/api.py
+++ b/hug/api.py
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ def server(self, default_not_found=True, base_url=None):
 
         def error_serializer(request, response, error):
             response.content_type = self.output_format.content_type
-            response.body = self.output_format({"errors": {error.title: error.description}})
+            response.body = self.output_format({"errors": {error.title: error.description}},
+                                               request, response)
 
         falcon_api.set_error_serializer(error_serializer)
         return falcon_api
diff --git a/scripts/before_install.sh b/scripts/before_install.sh
index 85c818dd..51d88bb3 100755
--- a/scripts/before_install.sh
+++ b/scripts/before_install.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#! /bin/bash
+ #! /bin/bash
 
 echo $TRAVIS_OS_NAME
 
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ echo $TRAVIS_OS_NAME
             python_minor=4;;
         py35)
             python_minor=5;;
+        py36)
+            python_minor=6;;
+        py37)
+            python_minor=7;;
     esac
     latest_version=`pyenv install --list | grep -e "^[ ]*3\.$python_minor" | tail -1`
 
diff --git a/tests/test_output_format.py b/tests/test_output_format.py
index 870e8384..d9fe3455 100644
--- a/tests/test_output_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_output_format.py
@@ -268,6 +268,26 @@ class FakeRequest(object):
     assert formatter('hi', request, response) == b'"hi"'
 
 
+def test_accept_with_http_errors():
+    """Ensure that content type based output formats work for HTTP error responses"""
+    formatter = hug.output_format.accept({'application/json': hug.output_format.json,
+                                          'text/plain': hug.output_format.text},
+                                         default=hug.output_format.json)
+
+    api = hug.API('test_accept_with_http_errors')
+    hug.default_output_format(api=api)(formatter)
+
+    @hug.get('/500', api=api)
+    def error_500():
+        raise hug.HTTPInternalServerError('500 Internal Server Error',
+                                          'This is an example')
+
+    response = hug.test.get(api, '/500')
+    assert response.status == '500 Internal Server Error'
+    assert response.data == {
+        'errors': {'500 Internal Server Error': 'This is an example'}}
+
+
 def test_suffix():
     """Ensure that it's possible to route the output type format by the suffix of the requested URL"""
     formatter = hug.output_format.suffix({'.js': hug.output_format.json, '.html': hug.output_format.text})