diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/HttpMessageConversionException.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/HttpMessageConversionException.java
index 413f3075b9..b44ad6a5b5 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/HttpMessageConversionException.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/HttpMessageConversionException.java
@@ -17,22 +17,29 @@
 package org.springframework.http.converter;
 
 import org.springframework.core.NestedRuntimeException;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+
+import java.util.Optional;
 
 /**
  * Thrown by {@link HttpMessageConverter} implementations when a conversion attempt fails.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Sebastien Deleuze
  * @since 3.0
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class HttpMessageConversionException extends NestedRuntimeException {
 
+	private final HttpStatus errorStatus;
+
 	/**
 	 * Create a new HttpMessageConversionException.
 	 * @param msg the detail message
 	 */
 	public HttpMessageConversionException(String msg) {
 		super(msg);
+		this.errorStatus = null;
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -42,6 +49,25 @@ public class HttpMessageConversionException extends NestedRuntimeException {
 	 */
 	public HttpMessageConversionException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
 		super(msg, cause);
+		this.errorStatus = null;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new HttpMessageConversionException.
+	 * @since 5.0
+	 * @param msg the detail message
+	 * @param cause the root cause (if any)
+	 * @param errorStatus the HTTP error status related to this exception
+	 */
+	public HttpMessageConversionException(String msg, Throwable cause, HttpStatus errorStatus) {
+		super(msg, cause);
+		this.errorStatus = errorStatus;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the HTTP error status related to this exception if any.
+	 */
+	public Optional<HttpStatus> getErrorStatus() {
+		return Optional.ofNullable(errorStatus);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/HttpMessageNotReadableException.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/HttpMessageNotReadableException.java
index 8d35ac90c3..5ac2c6a351 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/HttpMessageNotReadableException.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/HttpMessageNotReadableException.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.http.converter;
 
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+
 /**
  * Thrown by {@link HttpMessageConverter} implementations when the
  * {@link HttpMessageConverter#read} method fails.
@@ -43,4 +45,15 @@ public class HttpMessageNotReadableException extends HttpMessageConversionExcept
 		super(msg, cause);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Create a new HttpMessageNotReadableException.
+	 * @since 5.0
+	 * @param msg the detail message
+	 * @param cause the root cause (if any)
+	 * @param errorStatus the HTTP error status related to this exception
+	 */
+	public HttpMessageNotReadableException(String msg, Throwable cause, HttpStatus errorStatus) {
+		super(msg, cause, errorStatus);
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/AbstractJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/AbstractJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
index 8785de48d0..a2dbcbda1a 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/AbstractJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/AbstractJackson2HttpMessageConverter.java
@@ -36,12 +36,14 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectWriter;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationConfig;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializationFeature;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.InvalidDefinitionException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.FilterProvider;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.type.TypeFactory;
 
 import org.springframework.core.ResolvableType;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.AbstractGenericHttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
@@ -235,6 +237,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractJackson2HttpMessageConverter extends AbstractGener
 			}
 			return this.objectMapper.readValue(inputMessage.getBody(), javaType);
 		}
+		catch (InvalidDefinitionException ex) {
+			throw new HttpMessageNotReadableException("Could not read document: " + ex.getMessage(), ex, HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR);
+		}
 		catch (IOException ex) {
 			throw new HttpMessageNotReadableException("Could not read document: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
 		}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java
index 7fcf96bb08..812190ce48 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/converter/json/MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests.java
@@ -31,9 +31,11 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.FilterProvider;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl.SimpleBeanPropertyFilter;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.impl.SimpleFilterProvider;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 import org.springframework.core.ParameterizedTypeReference;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.MockHttpInputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.MockHttpOutputMessage;
@@ -380,6 +382,22 @@ public class MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests {
 		assertTrue(result.contains("\"number\":123"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void readWithNoDefaultConstructor() throws Exception {
+		String body = "{\"property1\":\"foo\",\"property2\":\"bar\"}";
+		MockHttpInputMessage inputMessage = new MockHttpInputMessage(body.getBytes("UTF-8"));
+		inputMessage.getHeaders().setContentType(new MediaType("application", "json"));
+		try {
+			converter.read(BeanWithNoDefaultConstructor.class, inputMessage);
+		}
+		catch (HttpMessageNotReadableException ex) {
+			assertTrue(ex.getErrorStatus().isPresent());
+			assertEquals(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, ex.getErrorStatus().get());
+			return;
+		}
+		fail();
+	}
+
 
 	interface MyInterface {
 
@@ -537,4 +555,25 @@ public class MappingJackson2HttpMessageConverterTests {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private static class BeanWithNoDefaultConstructor {
+
+		private final String property1;
+
+		private final String property2;
+
+		public BeanWithNoDefaultConstructor(String property1, String property2) {
+			this.property1 = property1;
+			this.property2 = property2;
+		}
+
+		public String getProperty1() {
+			return property1;
+		}
+
+		public String getProperty2() {
+			return property2;
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/support/DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/support/DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver.java
index 80e61a3881..375c582268 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/support/DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/support/DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.ConversionNotSupportedException;
 import org.springframework.beans.TypeMismatchException;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotReadableException;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageNotWritableException;
@@ -354,7 +355,7 @@ public class DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver extends AbstractHandlerExceptionRes
 		if (logger.isWarnEnabled()) {
 			logger.warn("Failed to read HTTP message: " + ex);
 		}
-		response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST);
+		response.sendError(ex.getErrorStatus().orElse(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST).value());
 		return new ModelAndView();
 	}