diff --git a/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/http_connection.js b/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/http_connection.js
index 18bfadb..163e5b7 100644
--- a/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/http_connection.js
+++ b/lib/nodejs/lib/thrift/http_connection.js
@@ -169,6 +169,10 @@
     var data = [];
     var dataLen = 0;
 
+    if (response.statusCode !== 200) {
+      this.emit("error", new THTTPException(statusCode, response));
+    }
+
     response.on('error', function (e) {
       self.emit("error", e);
     });
@@ -236,3 +240,14 @@
 
 exports.createHttpClient = createClient
 
+
+function THTTPException(statusCode, response) {
+  thrift.TApplicationException.call(this);
+  Error.captureStackTrace(this, this.constructor);
+  this.name = this.constructor.name;
+  this.statusCode = statusCode;
+  this.response = response;
+  this.type = thrift.TApplicationExceptionType.PROTOCOL_ERROR;
+  this.message = "Received a response with a bad HTTP status code: " + response.statusCode;
+}
+util.inherits(THTTPException, thrift.TApplicationException);
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