diff --git a/lib/response-base.js b/lib/response-base.js
index 7ea430879..3ec014fee 100644
--- a/lib/response-base.js
+++ b/lib/response-base.js
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ ResponseBase.prototype._setStatusProperties = function(status){
         : false;
 
     // sugar
+    this.created = 201 == status;
     this.accepted = 202 == status;
     this.noContent = 204 == status;
     this.badRequest = 400 == status;
@@ -131,4 +132,5 @@ ResponseBase.prototype._setStatusProperties = function(status){
     this.notAcceptable = 406 == status;
     this.forbidden = 403 == status;
     this.notFound = 404 == status;
+    this.unprocessableEntity = 422 == status;
 };
diff --git a/test/node/flags.js b/test/node/flags.js
index 94e28d5eb..9e83fef80 100644
--- a/test/node/flags.js
+++ b/test/node/flags.js
@@ -82,4 +82,24 @@ describe("flags", () => {
       });
     });
   });
+
+  describe("with 201 Created", () => {
+    it("should set res.created", done => {
+      request.post(`${base}/created`).end((err, res) => {
+        assert(!err);
+        assert(res.created, "response should be .created");
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe("with 422 Unprocessable Entity", () => {
+    it("should set res.unprocessableEntity", done => {
+      request.post(`${base}/unprocessable-entity`).end((err, res) => {
+        assert(err);
+        assert(res.unprocessableEntity, "response should be .unprocessableEntity");
+        done();
+      });
+    });
+  });
 });
diff --git a/test/support/server.js b/test/support/server.js
index ca9cab11b..cc3295f43 100644
--- a/test/support/server.js
+++ b/test/support/server.js
@@ -310,6 +310,14 @@ app.delete('/no-content', function(req, res){
   res.sendStatus(204);
 });
 
+app.post('/created', function(req, res) {
+  res.status(201).send('created');
+});
+
+app.post('/unprocessable-entity', function(req, res) {
+  res.status(422).send('unprocessable entity');
+});
+
 app.get('/arraybuffer', function(req, res) {
   var content = new ArrayBuffer(1000);
   res.set('Content-Type', 'application/vnd.superagent');