diff --git a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/HttpRequestTask.php b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/HttpRequestTask.php
index 70944365bd..5d5623d951 100644
--- a/classes/phing/tasks/ext/HttpRequestTask.php
+++ b/classes/phing/tasks/ext/HttpRequestTask.php
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ class HttpRequestTask extends HttpTask
      */
     protected $responseRegex = '';
 
+    /**
+     * Holds the regular expression that should match the response code
+     *
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $responseCodeRegex = '';
+
     /**
      * Whether to enable detailed logging
      *
@@ -81,6 +88,16 @@ public function setResponseRegex($regex)
         $this->responseRegex = $regex;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Sets the response code regex
+     *
+     * @param string $regex
+     */
+    public function setResponseCodeRegex($regex)
+    {
+        $this->responseCodeRegex = $regex;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Sets whether to enable detailed logging
      *
@@ -192,7 +209,7 @@ private function isHeaderSet($headerName, $headerValue)
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks whether response body matches the given regexp
+     * Checks whether response body or status-code matches the given regexp
      *
      * @param  HTTP_Request2_Response $response
      * @return void
@@ -210,5 +227,16 @@ protected function processResponse(HTTP_Request2_Response $response)
                 $this->log('The response body matched the provided regex.');
             }
         }
+
+        if ($this->responseCodeRegex !== '') {
+            $matches = [];
+            preg_match($this->responseCodeRegex, $response->getStatus(), $matches);
+
+            if (count($matches) === 0) {
+                throw new BuildException('The received response status-code did not match the given regular expression');
+            } else {
+                $this->log('The response status-code matched the provided regex.');
+            }
+        }
     }
 }