diff --git a/rama-core/src/layer/limit/into_response.rs b/rama-core/src/layer/limit/into_response.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7568275a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rama-core/src/layer/limit/into_response.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use std::fmt;
+
+pub(super) trait ErrorIntoResponse<Error>: Send + Sync + 'static {
+    type Response: Send + 'static;
+    type Error: Send + Sync + 'static;
+
+    fn error_into_response(&self, error: Error) -> Result<Self::Response, Self::Error>;
+}
+
+/// Wrapper around a user-specific transformer callback.
+pub struct ErrorIntoResponseFn<F>(pub(super) F);
+
+impl<F: fmt::Debug> fmt::Debug for ErrorIntoResponseFn<F> {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        f.debug_tuple("ErrorIntoResponseFn").field(&self.0).finish()
+    }
+}
+
+impl<F: Clone> Clone for ErrorIntoResponseFn<F> {
+    fn clone(&self) -> Self {
+        Self(self.0.clone())
+    }
+}
+
+impl<Response, ErrorIn, ErrorOut, F> ErrorIntoResponse<ErrorIn> for ErrorIntoResponseFn<F>
+where
+    F: Fn(ErrorIn) -> Result<Response, ErrorOut> + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    Response: Send + 'static,
+    ErrorOut: Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    type Response = Response;
+    type Error = ErrorOut;
+
+    fn error_into_response(&self, error: ErrorIn) -> Result<Self::Response, ErrorOut> {
+        (self.0)(error)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/rama-core/src/layer/limit/layer.rs b/rama-core/src/layer/limit/layer.rs
index dffe651d..56fd91b7 100644
--- a/rama-core/src/layer/limit/layer.rs
+++ b/rama-core/src/layer/limit/layer.rs
@@ -1,19 +1,32 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
-use super::{policy::UnlimitedPolicy, Limit};
+use super::{into_response::ErrorIntoResponseFn, policy::UnlimitedPolicy, Limit};
 use crate::Layer;
 
 /// Limit requests based on a [`Policy`].
 ///
 /// [`Policy`]: crate::layer::limit::Policy
-pub struct LimitLayer<P> {
+pub struct LimitLayer<P, F = ()> {
     policy: P,
+    error_into_response: F,
 }
 
 impl<P> LimitLayer<P> {
     /// Creates a new [`LimitLayer`] from a [`crate::layer::limit::Policy`].
     pub const fn new(policy: P) -> Self {
-        LimitLayer { policy }
+        LimitLayer {
+            policy,
+            error_into_response: (),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Attach a function to this [`LimitLayer`] to allow you to turn the Policy error
+    /// into a Result fully compatible with the inner `Service` Result.
+    pub fn with_error_into_response_fn<F>(self, f: F) -> LimitLayer<P, ErrorIntoResponseFn<F>> {
+        LimitLayer {
+            policy: self.policy,
+            error_into_response: ErrorIntoResponseFn(f),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -26,33 +39,41 @@ impl LimitLayer<UnlimitedPolicy> {
     }
 }
 
-impl<P: fmt::Debug> std::fmt::Debug for LimitLayer<P> {
+impl<P: fmt::Debug, F: fmt::Debug> std::fmt::Debug for LimitLayer<P, F> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut std::fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> std::fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("LimitLayer")
             .field("policy", &self.policy)
+            .field("self.error_into_response", &self.error_into_response)
             .finish()
     }
 }
 
-impl<P> Clone for LimitLayer<P>
+impl<P, F> Clone for LimitLayer<P, F>
 where
     P: Clone,
+    F: Clone,
 {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
         Self {
             policy: self.policy.clone(),
+            error_into_response: self.error_into_response.clone(),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<T, P> Layer<T> for LimitLayer<P>
+impl<T, P, F> Layer<T> for LimitLayer<P, F>
 where
     P: Clone,
+    F: Clone,
 {
-    type Service = Limit<T, P>;
+    type Service = Limit<T, P, F>;
 
     fn layer(&self, service: T) -> Self::Service {
         let policy = self.policy.clone();
-        Limit::new(service, policy)
+        Limit {
+            inner: service,
+            policy,
+            error_into_response: self.error_into_response.clone(),
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/rama-core/src/layer/limit/mod.rs b/rama-core/src/layer/limit/mod.rs
index 6c1a21d2..29573965 100644
--- a/rama-core/src/layer/limit/mod.rs
+++ b/rama-core/src/layer/limit/mod.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 
 use crate::error::BoxError;
 use crate::{Context, Service};
+use into_response::{ErrorIntoResponse, ErrorIntoResponseFn};
 use rama_utils::macros::define_inner_service_accessors;
 
 pub mod policy;
@@ -16,25 +17,42 @@ mod layer;
 #[doc(inline)]
 pub use layer::LimitLayer;
 
+mod into_response;
+
 /// Limit requests based on a [`Policy`].
 ///
 /// [`Policy`]: crate::layer::limit::Policy
-pub struct Limit<S, P> {
+pub struct Limit<S, P, F = ()> {
     inner: S,
     policy: P,
+    error_into_response: F,
 }
 
-impl<S, P> Limit<S, P> {
+impl<S, P> Limit<S, P, ()> {
     /// Creates a new [`Limit`] from a limit [`Policy`],
     /// wrapping the given [`Service`].
     pub const fn new(inner: S, policy: P) -> Self {
-        Limit { inner, policy }
+        Limit {
+            inner,
+            policy,
+            error_into_response: (),
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Attach a function to this [`Limit`] to allow you to turn the Policy error
+    /// into a Result fully compatible with the inner `Service` Result.
+    pub fn with_error_into_response_fn<F>(self, f: F) -> Limit<S, P, ErrorIntoResponseFn<F>> {
+        Limit {
+            inner: self.inner,
+            policy: self.policy,
+            error_into_response: ErrorIntoResponseFn(f),
+        }
     }
 
     define_inner_service_accessors!();
 }
 
-impl<T> Limit<T, UnlimitedPolicy> {
+impl<T> Limit<T, UnlimitedPolicy, ()> {
     /// Creates a new [`Limit`] with an unlimited policy.
     ///
     /// Meaning that all requests are allowed to proceed.
@@ -42,33 +60,37 @@ impl<T> Limit<T, UnlimitedPolicy> {
         Limit {
             inner,
             policy: UnlimitedPolicy,
+            error_into_response: (),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<T: fmt::Debug, P: fmt::Debug> fmt::Debug for Limit<T, P> {
+impl<T: fmt::Debug, P: fmt::Debug, F: fmt::Debug> fmt::Debug for Limit<T, P, F> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         f.debug_struct("Limit")
             .field("inner", &self.inner)
             .field("policy", &self.policy)
+            .field("error_into_response", &self.error_into_response)
             .finish()
     }
 }
 
-impl<T, P> Clone for Limit<T, P>
+impl<T, P, F> Clone for Limit<T, P, F>
 where
     T: Clone,
     P: Clone,
+    F: Clone,
 {
     fn clone(&self) -> Self {
         Limit {
             inner: self.inner.clone(),
             policy: self.policy.clone(),
+            error_into_response: self.error_into_response.clone(),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl<T, P, State, Request> Service<State, Request> for Limit<T, P>
+impl<T, P, State, Request> Service<State, Request> for Limit<T, P, ()>
 where
     T: Service<State, Request, Error: Into<BoxError>>,
     P: policy::Policy<State, Request, Error: Into<BoxError>>,
@@ -100,6 +122,47 @@ where
     }
 }
 
+impl<T, P, F, State, Request, FnResponse, FnError> Service<State, Request>
+    for Limit<T, P, ErrorIntoResponseFn<F>>
+where
+    T: Service<State, Request>,
+    P: policy::Policy<State, Request>,
+    F: Fn(P::Error) -> Result<FnResponse, FnError> + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    FnResponse: Into<T::Response> + Send + 'static,
+    FnError: Into<T::Error> + Send + Sync + 'static,
+    Request: Send + Sync + 'static,
+    State: Clone + Send + Sync + 'static,
+{
+    type Response = T::Response;
+    type Error = T::Error;
+
+    async fn serve(
+        &self,
+        mut ctx: Context<State>,
+        mut request: Request,
+    ) -> Result<Self::Response, Self::Error> {
+        loop {
+            let result = self.policy.check(ctx, request).await;
+            ctx = result.ctx;
+            request = result.request;
+
+            match result.output {
+                policy::PolicyOutput::Ready(guard) => {
+                    let _ = guard;
+                    return self.inner.serve(ctx, request).await;
+                }
+                policy::PolicyOutput::Abort(err) => {
+                    return match self.error_into_response.error_into_response(err) {
+                        Ok(ok) => Ok(ok.into()),
+                        Err(err) => Err(err.into()),
+                    }
+                }
+                policy::PolicyOutput::Retry => (),
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::policy::ConcurrentPolicy;
@@ -139,6 +202,25 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[tokio::test]
+    async fn test_with_error_into_response_fn() {
+        async fn handle_request<State, Request>(
+            _ctx: Context<State>,
+            _req: Request,
+        ) -> Result<&'static str, Infallible> {
+            Ok("good")
+        }
+
+        let layer: LimitLayer<ConcurrentPolicy<_, _>, _> =
+            LimitLayer::new(ConcurrentPolicy::max(0))
+                .with_error_into_response_fn(|_| Ok::<_, Infallible>("bad"));
+
+        let service = layer.layer(service_fn(handle_request));
+
+        let resp = service.serve(Context::default(), "Hello").await.unwrap();
+        assert_eq!("bad", resp);
+    }
+
     #[tokio::test]
     async fn test_zero_limit() {
         async fn handle_request<State, Request>(