diff --git a/autorest/client.go b/autorest/client.go
index cfc7ed757..92da6adb2 100644
--- a/autorest/client.go
+++ b/autorest/client.go
@@ -73,6 +73,22 @@ type Response struct {
 	*http.Response `json:"-"`
 }
 
+// IsHTTPStatus returns true if the returned HTTP status code matches the provided status code.
+// If there was no response (i.e. the underlying http.Response is nil) the return value is false.
+func (r Response) IsHTTPStatus(statusCode int) bool {
+	if r.Response == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	return r.Response.StatusCode == statusCode
+}
+
+// HasHTTPStatus returns true if the returned HTTP status code matches one of the provided status codes.
+// If there was no response (i.e. the underlying http.Response is nil) or not status codes are provided
+// the return value is false.
+func (r Response) HasHTTPStatus(statusCodes ...int) bool {
+	return ResponseHasStatusCode(r.Response, statusCodes...)
+}
+
 // LoggingInspector implements request and response inspectors that log the full request and
 // response to a supplied log.
 type LoggingInspector struct {
diff --git a/autorest/client_test.go b/autorest/client_test.go
index 9ae7ed608..ca896714d 100644
--- a/autorest/client_test.go
+++ b/autorest/client_test.go
@@ -435,6 +435,37 @@ func TestCookies(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestResponseIsHTTPStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	r := Response{}
+	if r.IsHTTPStatus(http.StatusBadRequest) {
+		t.Fatal("autorest: expected false for nil response")
+	}
+	r.Response = &http.Response{StatusCode: http.StatusOK}
+	if r.IsHTTPStatus(http.StatusBadRequest) {
+		t.Fatal("autorest: expected false")
+	}
+	if !r.IsHTTPStatus(http.StatusOK) {
+		t.Fatal("autorest: expected true")
+	}
+}
+
+func TestResponseHasHTTPStatus(t *testing.T) {
+	r := Response{}
+	if r.HasHTTPStatus(http.StatusBadRequest, http.StatusInternalServerError) {
+		t.Fatal("autorest: expected false for nil response")
+	}
+	r.Response = &http.Response{StatusCode: http.StatusAccepted}
+	if r.HasHTTPStatus(http.StatusBadRequest, http.StatusInternalServerError) {
+		t.Fatal("autorest: expected false")
+	}
+	if !r.HasHTTPStatus(http.StatusOK, http.StatusCreated, http.StatusAccepted) {
+		t.Fatal("autorest: expected true")
+	}
+	if r.HasHTTPStatus() {
+		t.Fatal("autorest: expected false for no status codes")
+	}
+}
+
 func randomString(n int) string {
 	const chars = "ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZabcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz0123456789"
 	r := rand.New(rand.NewSource(time.Now().UTC().UnixNano()))