diff --git a/docs/src/api/class-fetchrequest.md b/docs/src/api/class-fetchrequest.md
index 76a2cc36c5..1c61be2edf 100644
--- a/docs/src/api/class-fetchrequest.md
+++ b/docs/src/api/class-fetchrequest.md
@@ -41,6 +41,12 @@ Allows to set post data of the fetch.
 
 Request timeout in milliseconds.
 
+### option: FetchRequest.fetch.failOnStatusCode
+- `failOnStatusCode` <[boolean]>
+
+Whether to throw on response codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By default response object is returned
+for all status codes.
+
 ## async method: FetchRequest.get
 - returns: <[FetchResponse]>
 
@@ -67,6 +73,12 @@ Allows to set HTTP headers.
 
 Request timeout in milliseconds.
 
+### option: FetchRequest.get.failOnStatusCode
+- `failOnStatusCode` <[boolean]>
+
+Whether to throw on response codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By default response object is returned
+for all status codes.
+
 ## async method: FetchRequest.post
 - returns: <[FetchResponse]>
 
@@ -97,3 +109,9 @@ Allows to set post data of the fetch.
 - `timeout` <[float]>
 
 Request timeout in milliseconds.
+
+### option: FetchRequest.post.failOnStatusCode
+- `failOnStatusCode` <[boolean]>
+
+Whether to throw on response codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By default response object is returned
+for all status codes.
diff --git a/src/client/fetch.ts b/src/client/fetch.ts
index 0a4655df03..6239f000d4 100644
--- a/src/client/fetch.ts
+++ b/src/client/fetch.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ export type FetchOptions = {
   method?: string,
   headers?: Headers,
   data?: string | Buffer,
-  timeout?: number
+  timeout?: number,
+  failOnStatusCode?: boolean,
 };
 
 export class FetchRequest implements api.FetchRequest {
@@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ export class FetchRequest implements api.FetchRequest {
       params?: { [key: string]: string; };
       headers?: { [key: string]: string; };
       timeout?: number;
+      failOnStatusCode?: boolean;
     }): Promise<FetchResponse> {
     return this.fetch(urlOrRequest, {
       ...options,
@@ -58,6 +60,7 @@ export class FetchRequest implements api.FetchRequest {
       headers?: { [key: string]: string; };
       data?: string | Buffer;
       timeout?: number;
+      failOnStatusCode?: boolean;
     }): Promise<FetchResponse> {
     return this.fetch(urlOrRequest, {
       ...options,
@@ -86,6 +89,7 @@ export class FetchRequest implements api.FetchRequest {
         headers,
         postData,
         timeout: options.timeout,
+        failOnStatusCode: options.failOnStatusCode,
       });
       if (result.error)
         throw new Error(`Request failed: ${result.error}`);
diff --git a/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts b/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
index 8dce00a27a..dbb57c8044 100644
--- a/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
+++ b/src/dispatchers/browserContextDispatcher.ts
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ export class BrowserContextDispatcher extends Dispatcher<BrowserContext, channel
       headers: params.headers ? headersArrayToObject(params.headers, false) : undefined,
       postData: params.postData ? Buffer.from(params.postData, 'base64') : undefined,
       timeout: params.timeout,
+      failOnStatusCode: params.failOnStatusCode,
     });
     let response;
     if (fetchResponse) {
diff --git a/src/protocol/channels.ts b/src/protocol/channels.ts
index 4eb25a2da7..7fc39f70c7 100644
--- a/src/protocol/channels.ts
+++ b/src/protocol/channels.ts
@@ -862,6 +862,7 @@ export type BrowserContextFetchParams = {
   headers?: NameValue[],
   postData?: Binary,
   timeout?: number,
+  failOnStatusCode?: boolean,
 };
 export type BrowserContextFetchOptions = {
   params?: NameValue[],
@@ -869,6 +870,7 @@ export type BrowserContextFetchOptions = {
   headers?: NameValue[],
   postData?: Binary,
   timeout?: number,
+  failOnStatusCode?: boolean,
 };
 export type BrowserContextFetchResult = {
   response?: FetchResponse,
diff --git a/src/protocol/protocol.yml b/src/protocol/protocol.yml
index 979d4fd635..5b27b79ac1 100644
--- a/src/protocol/protocol.yml
+++ b/src/protocol/protocol.yml
@@ -625,6 +625,7 @@ BrowserContext:
           items: NameValue
         postData: binary?
         timeout: number?
+        failOnStatusCode: boolean?
       returns:
         response: FetchResponse?
         error: string?
diff --git a/src/protocol/validator.ts b/src/protocol/validator.ts
index a8cc0da914..af9a11b0f8 100644
--- a/src/protocol/validator.ts
+++ b/src/protocol/validator.ts
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ export function createScheme(tChannel: (name: string) => Validator): Scheme {
     headers: tOptional(tArray(tType('NameValue'))),
     postData: tOptional(tBinary),
     timeout: tOptional(tNumber),
+    failOnStatusCode: tOptional(tBoolean),
   });
   scheme.BrowserContextFetchResponseBodyParams = tObject({
     fetchUid: tString,
diff --git a/src/server/fetch.ts b/src/server/fetch.ts
index 097e4a3afc..a15dc9dcde 100644
--- a/src/server/fetch.ts
+++ b/src/server/fetch.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,8 @@ export async function playwrightFetch(context: BrowserContext, params: types.Fet
 
     const fetchResponse = await sendRequest(context, requestUrl, options, params.postData);
     const fetchUid = context.storeFetchResponseBody(fetchResponse.body);
+    if (params.failOnStatusCode && (fetchResponse.status < 200 || fetchResponse.status >= 400))
+      return { error: `${fetchResponse.status} ${fetchResponse.statusText}` };
     return { fetchResponse: { ...fetchResponse, fetchUid } };
   } catch (e) {
     return { error: String(e) };
diff --git a/src/server/types.ts b/src/server/types.ts
index edca190ecd..a34104a0f8 100644
--- a/src/server/types.ts
+++ b/src/server/types.ts
@@ -379,6 +379,7 @@ export type FetchOptions = {
   headers?: { [name: string]: string },
   postData?: Buffer,
   timeout?: number,
+  failOnStatusCode?: boolean,
 };
 
 export type FetchResponse = {
diff --git a/tests/browsercontext-fetch.spec.ts b/tests/browsercontext-fetch.spec.ts
index 29f750b0de..36fba61583 100644
--- a/tests/browsercontext-fetch.spec.ts
+++ b/tests/browsercontext-fetch.spec.ts
@@ -128,13 +128,16 @@ it('should add session cookies to request', async ({context, server}) => {
   expect(req.headers.cookie).toEqual('username=John Doe');
 });
 
-it('should support queryParams', async ({context, server}) => {
-  let request;
-  server.setRoute('/empty.html', (req, res) => {
-    request = req;
-    server.serveFile(req, res);
-  });
-  for (const method of ['get', 'post', 'fetch']) {
+for (const method of ['get', 'post', 'fetch']) {
+  it(`${method} should support queryParams`, async ({context, server}) => {
+    let request;
+    const url = new URL(server.EMPTY_PAGE);
+    url.searchParams.set('p1', 'v1');
+    url.searchParams.set('парам2', 'знач2');
+    server.setRoute(url.pathname + url.search, (req, res) => {
+      request = req;
+      server.serveFile(req, res);
+    });
     await context.request[method](server.EMPTY_PAGE + '?p1=foo', {
       params: {
         'p1': 'v1',
@@ -144,8 +147,15 @@ it('should support queryParams', async ({context, server}) => {
     const params = new URLSearchParams(request.url.substr(request.url.indexOf('?')));
     expect(params.get('p1')).toEqual('v1');
     expect(params.get('парам2')).toEqual('знач2');
-  }
-});
+  });
+
+  it(`${method} should support failOnStatusCode`, async ({context, server}) => {
+    const error = await context.request[method](server.PREFIX + '/does-not-exist.html', {
+      failOnStatusCode: true
+    }).catch(e => e);
+    expect(error.message).toContain('Request failed: 404 Not Found');
+  });
+}
 
 it('should not add context cookie if cookie header passed as a parameter', async ({context, server}) => {
   await context.addCookies([{
diff --git a/types/types.d.ts b/types/types.d.ts
index 8a5d3d0f44..e198a778c1 100644
--- a/types/types.d.ts
+++ b/types/types.d.ts
@@ -12636,6 +12636,11 @@ export interface FetchRequest {
      */
     data?: string|Buffer;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to throw on response codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By default response object is returned for all status codes.
+     */
+    failOnStatusCode?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Allows to set HTTP headers.
      */
@@ -12664,6 +12669,11 @@ export interface FetchRequest {
    * @param options
    */
   get(urlOrRequest: string|Request, options?: {
+    /**
+     * Whether to throw on response codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By default response object is returned for all status codes.
+     */
+    failOnStatusCode?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Allows to set HTTP headers.
      */
@@ -12692,6 +12702,11 @@ export interface FetchRequest {
      */
     data?: string|Buffer;
 
+    /**
+     * Whether to throw on response codes other than 2xx and 3xx. By default response object is returned for all status codes.
+     */
+    failOnStatusCode?: boolean;
+
     /**
      * Allows to set HTTP headers.
      */
diff --git a/utils/testserver/index.js b/utils/testserver/index.js
index b7090bd60e..8142206028 100644
--- a/utils/testserver/index.js
+++ b/utils/testserver/index.js
@@ -238,10 +238,10 @@ class TestServer {
       request.on('data', chunk => body = Buffer.concat([body, chunk]));
       request.on('end', () => resolve(body));
     });
-    const pathName = url.parse(request.url).pathname;
-    this.debugServer(`request ${request.method} ${pathName}`);
-    if (this._auths.has(pathName)) {
-      const auth = this._auths.get(pathName);
+    const path = url.parse(request.url).path;
+    this.debugServer(`request ${request.method} ${path}`);
+    if (this._auths.has(path)) {
+      const auth = this._auths.get(path);
       const credentials = Buffer.from((request.headers.authorization || '').split(' ')[1] || '', 'base64').toString();
       this.debugServer(`request credentials ${credentials}`);
       this.debugServer(`actual credentials ${auth.username}:${auth.password}`);
@@ -253,11 +253,11 @@ class TestServer {
       }
     }
     // Notify request subscriber.
-    if (this._requestSubscribers.has(pathName)) {
-      this._requestSubscribers.get(pathName)[fulfillSymbol].call(null, request);
-      this._requestSubscribers.delete(pathName);
+    if (this._requestSubscribers.has(path)) {
+      this._requestSubscribers.get(path)[fulfillSymbol].call(null, request);
+      this._requestSubscribers.delete(path);
     }
-    const handler = this._routes.get(pathName);
+    const handler = this._routes.get(path);
     if (handler) {
       handler.call(null, request, response);
     } else {