diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/HystrixGatewayFilterFactory.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/HystrixGatewayFilterFactory.java
index 8156c77d..1b3a6104 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/HystrixGatewayFilterFactory.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/HystrixGatewayFilterFactory.java
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import rx.Subscription;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectProvider;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.GatewayFilter;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.GatewayFilterChain;
+import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.ServiceUnavailableException;
 import org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support.TimeoutException;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotatedElementUtils;
 import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.ServerHttpRequest;
@@ -134,6 +135,8 @@ public class HystrixGatewayFilterFactory
 						switch (failureType) {
 						case TIMEOUT:
 							return Mono.error(new TimeoutException());
+						case SHORTCIRCUIT:
+							return Mono.error(new ServiceUnavailableException());
 						case COMMAND_EXCEPTION: {
 							Throwable cause = e.getCause();
 
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/support/ServiceUnavailableException.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/support/ServiceUnavailableException.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..faca510a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/support/ServiceUnavailableException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2019 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.support;
+
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
+
+import static org.springframework.http.HttpStatus.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE;
+
+@ResponseStatus(value = SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, reason = "Upstream service is temporarily unavailable")
+public class ServiceUnavailableException extends Exception {
+
+	public ServiceUnavailableException() {
+	}
+
+	public ServiceUnavailableException(String message) {
+		super(message);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Disables fillInStackTrace for performance reasons.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public synchronized Throwable fillInStackTrace() {
+		return this;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/HystrixGatewayFilterFactoryTests.java b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/HystrixGatewayFilterFactoryTests.java
index 73d3a3cd..a0cf4090 100644
--- a/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/HystrixGatewayFilterFactoryTests.java
+++ b/spring-cloud-gateway-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/cloud/gateway/filter/factory/HystrixGatewayFilterFactoryTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package org.springframework.cloud.gateway.filter.factory;
 
+import com.netflix.config.ConfigurationManager;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.Hystrix;
+import com.netflix.hystrix.metric.consumer.HealthCountsStream;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 
@@ -56,6 +59,22 @@ public class HystrixGatewayFilterFactoryTests extends BaseWebClientTests {
 				.isEqualTo(String.valueOf(HttpStatus.GATEWAY_TIMEOUT.value()));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void hystrixFilterServiceUnavailable() {
+		HealthCountsStream.reset();
+		Hystrix.reset();
+		ConfigurationManager.getConfigInstance()
+				.setProperty("hystrix.command.failcmd.circuitBreaker.forceOpen", true);
+
+		testClient.get().uri("/delay/3").header("Host", "www.hystrixfailure.org")
+				.exchange().expectStatus().isEqualTo(HttpStatus.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE);
+
+		HealthCountsStream.reset();
+		Hystrix.reset();
+		ConfigurationManager.getConfigInstance()
+				.setProperty("hystrix.command.failcmd.circuitBreaker.forceOpen", false);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Tests that timeouts bubbling from the underpinning WebClient are treated the same
 	 * as Hystrix timeouts in terms of outside response. (Internally, timeouts from the