diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0e4dc7c..3c28ea5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ tracing = "0.1"
 url = "2"
 
 http = { version = "0.2", optional = true }
+http-serde = { version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
 nom = { version = "6", optional = true }
 openid = { version = "0.9.1", optional = true }
 opentelemetry = { version = "0.17", optional = true }
@@ -37,10 +38,10 @@ reqwest = { version = "0.11", features = ["json"], optional = true }
 reqwest-wasm-ext = { git = "https://github.com/ctron/reqwest-wasm-ext.git", optional = true }
 
 [features]
-default = ["reqwest", "openid", "telemetry", "nom"]
+default = ["reqwest", "openid", "telemetry", "nom", "http-serde"]
 telemetry = ["opentelemetry", "opentelemetry-http", "http"]
 # alternate default target for wasm
-wasm = ["reqwest", "reqwest-wasm-ext", "nom"]
+wasm = ["reqwest", "reqwest-wasm-ext", "nom", "http-serde"]
 reqwest = ["dep:reqwest", "reqwest-wasm-ext"]
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 94db0cc..1c60dde 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 //! Error and error information.
 
+use reqwest::StatusCode;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt;
 use url::ParseError;
@@ -9,6 +10,9 @@ use url::ParseError;
 pub struct ErrorInformation {
     /// A machine processable error type.
     pub error: String,
+    /// A machine processable HTTP Status code.
+    #[serde(with = "http_serde::status_code")]
+    pub status: StatusCode,
     /// A human readable error message.
     #[serde(default)]
     pub message: String,
diff --git a/src/util/client/mod.rs b/src/util/client/mod.rs
index a3955ba..e2b3be7 100644
--- a/src/util/client/mod.rs
+++ b/src/util/client/mod.rs
@@ -194,15 +194,21 @@ pub trait Client {
                     Ok(json) => ErrorInformation {
                         error: json,
                         message: format!("HTTP {}", code),
+                        status: code,
                     },
                     Err(_) => ErrorInformation {
                         error: String::default(),
                         message: format!("HTTP error {}", code),
+                        status: code,
                     },
                 };
                 Err(ClientError::Service(error))
             }
-            code => Err(ClientError::Request(format!("Unexpected code {:?}", code))),
+            code => Err(ClientError::Service(ErrorInformation {
+                error: String::default(),
+                message: format!("Unexpected HTTP code {:?}", code),
+                status: code,
+            })),
         }
     }
 }