diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/HTTPStatusCode.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/HTTPStatusCode.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..d44887689529797dfed675b3e4c7dd5fb618f796
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/HTTPStatusCode.php
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\HTTPStatusCode.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use Drupal\Component\Annotation\PluginID;
+
+/**
+ * Alter the HTTP response status code used by the view.
+ *
+ * @ingroup views_area_handlers
+ *
+ * @PluginID("http_status_code")
+ */
+class HTTPStatusCode extends AreaPluginBase {
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ protected function defineOptions() {
+ $options = parent::defineOptions();
+
+ $options['status_code'] = array('default' => 200);
+
+ return $options;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
+ parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
+
+ // Get all possible status codes defined by symfony.
+ $options = Response::$statusTexts;
+
+ // Move 403/404/500 to the top.
+ $options = array(
+ '404' => $options['404'],
+ '403' => $options['403'],
+ '500' => $options['500'],
+ ) + $options;
+
+ // Add the HTTP status code, so it's easier for people to find it.
+ array_walk($options, function($title, $code) use(&$options) {
+ $options[$code] = t('@code (!title)', array('@code' => $code, '!title' => $title));
+ });
+
+ $form['status_code'] = array(
+ '#title' => t('HTTP status code'),
+ '#type' => 'select',
+ '#default_value' => $this->options['status_code'],
+ '#options' => $options,
+ );
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * {@inheritdoc}
+ */
+ function render($empty = FALSE) {
+ if (!$empty || !empty($this->options['empty'])) {
+ $this->view->getResponse()->setStatusCode($this->options['status_code']);
+ }
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaHTTPStatusCodeTest.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaHTTPStatusCodeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..31348ba8361bb81be79c3c3b105d1569b86ac06e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaHTTPStatusCodeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\views\Tests\Handler\AreaHTTPStatusCodeTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Tests\Handler;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the http_status_code area handler.
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\HTTPStatusCode
+ */
+class AreaHTTPStatusCodeTest extends HandlerTestBase {
+
+ /**
+ * Views used by this test.
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+ public static $testViews = array('test_http_status_code');
+
+ public static function getInfo() {
+ return array(
+ 'name' => 'Area: HTTP Status Code',
+ 'description' => 'Tests the http_status_code area handler.',
+ 'group' => 'Views Handlers',
+ );
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Tests the area handler.
+ */
+ public function testHTTPStatusCodeHandler() {
+ $this->drupalGet('test-http-status-code');
+ $this->assertResponse(200);
+
+ // Change the HTTP status code to 418.
+ $view = views_get_view('test_http_status_code');
+ $display = &$view->storage->getDisplay('default');
+ $display['display_options']['empty']['http_status_code']['status_code'] = 418;
+ $view->save();
+
+ // Test that the HTTP response is "I'm a teapot".
+ $this->drupalGet('test-http-status-code');
+ $this->assertResponse(418);
+ }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_http_status_code.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_http_status_code.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..56ccb7cfa4316f109e3ffe521a4667a7eb869d2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/modules/views_test_config/test_views/views.view.test_http_status_code.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+base_field: nid
+base_table: node
+core: 8.x
+description: ''
+status: '1'
+display:
+ default:
+ display_plugin: default
+ id: default
+ display_title: Master
+ position: ''
+ display_options:
+ access:
+ type: perm
+ cache:
+ type: none
+ query:
+ type: views_query
+ exposed_form:
+ type: basic
+ pager:
+ type: full
+ style:
+ type: default
+ row:
+ type: fields
+ fields:
+ title:
+ id: title
+ table: node
+ field: title
+ label: ''
+ alter:
+ alter_text: '0'
+ make_link: '0'
+ absolute: '0'
+ trim: '0'
+ word_boundary: '0'
+ ellipsis: '0'
+ strip_tags: '0'
+ html: '0'
+ hide_empty: '0'
+ empty_zero: '0'
+ link_to_node: '1'
+ filters:
+ status:
+ value: '1'
+ table: node
+ field: status
+ id: status
+ expose:
+ operator: '0'
+ group: '1'
+ sorts:
+ created:
+ id: created
+ table: node
+ field: created
+ order: DESC
+ empty:
+ http_status_code:
+ id: http_status_code
+ table: views
+ field: http_status_code
+ relationship: none
+ group_type: group
+ admin_label: ''
+ label: ''
+ empty: '1'
+ status_code: '200'
+ page_1:
+ display_plugin: page
+ id: page_1
+ display_title: Page
+ position: ''
+ display_options:
+ path: test-http-status-code
+label: test_http_status_code
+module: views
+id: test_http_status_code
+tag: ''
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.views.inc b/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
index 99d23c1d2ad8d5744a74dcb9cbeb5421f1c94a9e..9b49b9257898aee004fb8d37aeca8a4468fd279f 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ function views_views_data() {
),
);
+ $data['views']['http_status_code'] = array(
+ 'title' => t('Response status code'),
+ 'help' => t('Alter the HTTP response status code used by this view, mostly helpful for empty results.'),
+ 'area' => array(
+ 'id' => 'http_status_code',
+ ),
+ );
+
$data['views']['combine'] = array(
'title' => t('Combine fields filter'),
'help' => t('Combine two fields together and search by them.'),