diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5a6be80..58d9d69 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ Changelog
 3.2 (unreleased)
 ----------------
 
+- Implement basic subset of Response features in HTTPException class.
 
 3.1 (2016-07-22)
 ----------------
diff --git a/src/zExceptions/__init__.py b/src/zExceptions/__init__.py
index f1055ae..a383425 100644
--- a/src/zExceptions/__init__.py
+++ b/src/zExceptions/__init__.py
@@ -36,39 +36,143 @@
 from ._compat import string_types
 
 
+status_reasons = {
+    # Informational
+    100: 'Continue',
+    101: 'Switching Protocols',
+    102: 'Processing',
+
+    # Successful
+    200: 'OK',
+    201: 'Created',
+    202: 'Accepted',
+    203: 'Non-Authoritative Information',
+    204: 'No Content',
+    205: 'Reset Content',
+    206: 'Partial Content',
+    207: 'Multi-Status',
+    226: 'IM Used',
+
+    # Redirection
+    300: 'Multiple Choices',
+    301: 'Moved Permanently',
+    302: 'Found',
+    303: 'See Other',
+    304: 'Not Modified',
+    305: 'Use Proxy',
+    307: 'Temporary Redirect',
+    308: 'Permanent Redirect',
+
+    # Client Error
+    400: 'Bad Request',
+    401: 'Unauthorized',
+    402: 'Payment Required',
+    403: 'Forbidden',
+    404: 'Not Found',
+    405: 'Method Not Allowed',
+    406: 'Not Acceptable',
+    407: 'Proxy Authentication Required',
+    408: 'Request Time-out',
+    409: 'Conflict',
+    410: 'Gone',
+    411: 'Length Required',
+    412: 'Precondition Failed',
+    413: 'Request Entity Too Large',
+    414: 'Request-URI Too Large',
+    415: 'Unsupported Media Type',
+    416: 'Requested Range Not Satisfiable',
+    417: 'Expectation Failed',
+    418: "I'm a teapot",
+    422: 'Unprocessable Entity',
+    423: 'Locked',
+    424: 'Failed Dependency',
+    426: 'Upgrade Required',
+    428: 'Precondition Required',
+    429: 'Too Many Requests',
+    451: 'Unavailable for Legal Reasons',
+    431: 'Request Header Fields Too Large',
+
+    # Server Error
+    500: 'Internal Server Error',
+    501: 'Not Implemented',
+    502: 'Bad Gateway',
+    503: 'Service Unavailable',
+    504: 'Gateway Time-out',
+    505: 'HTTP Version not supported',
+    507: 'Insufficient Storage',
+    510: 'Not Extended',
+    511: 'Network Authentication Required',
+}
+
+
 @implementer(IHTTPException)
 class HTTPException(Exception):
-    pass
+    body = None
+    errmsg = 'Internal Server Error'
+    status = 500
+
+    def setBody(self, body):
+        self.body = body
+
+    def getStatus(self):
+        return self.status
+
+    def setStatus(self, status, reason=None):
+        self.status = status
+        if reason is None:
+            reason = status_reasons.get(status, 'Unknown')
+        else:
+            reason = reason
+        self.errmsg = reason
+
+    def __call__(self, environ, start_response):
+        headers = [('content-type', 'text/html;charset=utf-8')]
+        if self.errmsg is not None:
+            reason = self.errmsg
+        reason = status_reasons[self.getStatus()]
+        start_response(
+            '%d %s' % (self.getStatus(), reason),
+            headers)
+        body = self.body
+        if body is None:
+            body = str(self)
+        return [body]
 
 
 @implementer(IBadRequest)
 class BadRequest(HTTPException):
-    pass
+    errmsg = 'Bad Request'
+    status = 400
 
 
 @implementer(IException)
 class InternalError(HTTPException):
-    pass
+    errmsg = 'Internal Server Error'
+    status = 500
 
 
 @implementer(INotFound)
 class NotFound(HTTPException):
-    pass
+    errmsg = 'Not Found'
+    status = 404
 
 
 @implementer(IForbidden)
 class Forbidden(HTTPException):
-    pass
+    errmsg = 'Forbidden'
+    status = 403
 
 
 @implementer(IMethodNotAllowed)
 class MethodNotAllowed(HTTPException):
-    pass
+    errmsg = 'Method Not Allowed'
+    status = 405
 
 
 @implementer(IRedirect)
 class Redirect(HTTPException):
-    pass
+    errmsg = 'Found'
+    status = 302
 
 
 def convertExceptionType(name):
diff --git a/src/zExceptions/tests/test___init__.py b/src/zExceptions/tests/test___init__.py
index 14a0069..e6b243b 100644
--- a/src/zExceptions/tests/test___init__.py
+++ b/src/zExceptions/tests/test___init__.py
@@ -1,6 +1,61 @@
 import unittest
 
 
+class TestHTTPException(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def _getTargetClass(self):
+        from zExceptions import HTTPException
+        return HTTPException
+
+    def _makeOne(self, *args, **kw):
+        return self._getTargetClass()(*args, **kw)
+
+    def test_body(self):
+        exc = self._makeOne()
+        self.assertEqual(exc.body, None)
+        exc.setBody('Foo')
+        self.assertEqual(exc.body, 'Foo')
+
+    def test_status(self):
+        exc = self._makeOne()
+        self.assertEqual(exc.getStatus(), 500)
+        self.assertEqual(exc.errmsg, 'Internal Server Error')
+        exc.setStatus(503)
+        self.assertEqual(exc.getStatus(), 503)
+        self.assertEqual(exc.errmsg, 'Service Unavailable')
+
+    def test_call(self):
+        exc = self._makeOne('Foo Error')
+        called = []
+
+        def start_response(status, headers):
+            called.append((status, headers))
+
+        response = exc({'Foo': 1}, start_response)
+        self.assertEqual(called, [(
+            '500 Internal Server Error',
+            [('content-type', 'text/html;charset=utf-8')]
+        )])
+        self.assertEqual(response, ['Foo Error'])
+
+    def test_call_custom(self):
+        exc = self._makeOne('Foo Error')
+        exc.setBody('<html>Foo</html>')
+        exc.setStatus(503)
+
+        called = []
+
+        def start_response(status, headers):
+            called.append((status, headers))
+
+        response = exc({'Foo': 1}, start_response)
+        self.assertEqual(called, [(
+            '503 Service Unavailable',
+            [('content-type', 'text/html;charset=utf-8')]
+        )])
+        self.assertEqual(response, ['<html>Foo</html>'])
+
+
 class TestConvertExceptionType(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def _callFUT(self, name):