diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs
index 13a2aa4ee40..b82d47952da 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/InvokeRestMethodCommand.Common.cs
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ public int MaximumFollowRelLink
         [Alias("RHV")]
         public string ResponseHeadersVariable { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets the variable name to use for storing the status code from the response.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter]
+        public string StatusCodeVariable { get; set; }
+
         #endregion Parameters
 
         #region Helper Methods
@@ -454,6 +460,12 @@ internal override void ProcessResponse(HttpResponseMessage response)
                     StreamHelper.SaveStreamToFile(responseStream, QualifiedOutFile, this);
                 }
 
+                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(StatusCodeVariable))
+                {
+                    PSVariableIntrinsics vi = SessionState.PSVariable;
+                    vi.Set(StatusCodeVariable, (int)response.StatusCode);
+                }
+
                 if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(ResponseHeadersVariable))
                 {
                     PSVariableIntrinsics vi = SessionState.PSVariable;
diff --git a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
index 6cdb5ecfbe6..d2d4417ab30 100644
--- a/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
+++ b/src/Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.Utility/commands/utility/WebCmdlet/Common/WebRequestPSCmdlet.Common.cs
@@ -381,6 +381,12 @@ public virtual string CustomMethod
         [Parameter]
         public virtual SwitchParameter Resume { get; set; }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Gets or sets whether to skip checking HTTP status for error codes.
+        /// </summary>
+        [Parameter]
+        public virtual SwitchParameter SkipHttpErrorCheck { get; set; }
+
         #endregion
 
         #endregion Virtual Properties
@@ -690,6 +696,11 @@ internal bool ShouldWriteToPipeline
             get { return (!ShouldSaveToOutFile || PassThru); }
         }
 
+        internal bool ShouldCheckHttpStatus
+        {
+            get { return !SkipHttpErrorCheck; }
+        }
+
         /// <summary>
         /// Determines whether writing to a file should Resume and append rather than overwrite.
         /// </summary>
@@ -1242,7 +1253,7 @@ internal virtual void FillRequestStream(HttpRequestMessage request)
 
             // Add the content headers
             if (request.Content == null)
-            {   
+            {
                 request.Content = new StringContent(string.Empty);
                 request.Content.Headers.Clear();
             }
@@ -1513,7 +1524,7 @@ protected override void ProcessRecord()
                                     OutFile = null;
                                 }
 
-                                if (!_isSuccess)
+                                if (ShouldCheckHttpStatus && !_isSuccess)
                                 {
                                     string message = string.Format(CultureInfo.CurrentCulture, WebCmdletStrings.ResponseStatusCodeFailure,
                                         (int)response.StatusCode, response.ReasonPhrase);
diff --git a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/WebCmdlets.Tests.ps1 b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/WebCmdlets.Tests.ps1
index b6d77ad4eff..d4ab2ff5009 100644
--- a/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/WebCmdlets.Tests.ps1
+++ b/test/powershell/Modules/Microsoft.PowerShell.Utility/WebCmdlets.Tests.ps1
@@ -370,6 +370,13 @@ $redirectTests = @(
 Describe "Invoke-WebRequest tests" -Tags "Feature", "RequireAdminOnWindows" {
     BeforeAll {
         $WebListener = Start-WebListener
+        $NotFoundQuery = @{
+            statuscode = 404
+            responsephrase = 'Not Found'
+            contenttype = 'text/plain'
+            body = 'oops'
+            headers = "{}"
+        }
     }
 
     # Validate the output of Invoke-WebRequest
@@ -780,6 +787,23 @@ Describe "Invoke-WebRequest tests" -Tags "Feature", "RequireAdminOnWindows" {
         $result.Output.RelationLink["next"] | Should -BeExactly "${baseUri}?maxlinks=3&linknumber=2&type=${type}"
     }
 
+    It "Verify Invoke-WebRequest supresses terminating errors with -SkipHttpErrorCheck" {
+        $uri =  Get-WebListenerUrl -Test 'Response' -Query $NotFoundQuery
+        $command = "Invoke-WebRequest -SkipHttpErrorCheck -Uri '$uri'"
+        $result = ExecuteWebCommand -Command $command
+        $result.output.StatusCode | Should -Be 404
+        $result.output.Content | Should -BeExactly "oops"
+        $result.error | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
+    }
+
+    It "Verify Invoke-WebRequest terminates without -SkipHttpErrorCheck" {
+        $uri =  Get-WebListenerUrl -Test 'Response' -Query $NotFoundQuery
+        $command = "Invoke-WebRequest -Uri '$uri'"
+        $result = ExecuteWebCommand -Command $command
+        $result.output | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
+        $result.error | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty
+    }
+
     Context "Redirect" {
         It "Validates Invoke-WebRequest with -PreserveAuthorizationOnRedirect preserves the authorization header on redirect: <redirectType> <redirectedMethod>" -TestCases $redirectTests {
             param($redirectType, $redirectedMethod)
@@ -1930,6 +1954,14 @@ Describe "Invoke-WebRequest tests" -Tags "Feature", "RequireAdminOnWindows" {
 Describe "Invoke-RestMethod tests" -Tags "Feature", "RequireAdminOnWindows" {
     BeforeAll {
         $WebListener = Start-WebListener
+
+        $NotFoundQuery = @{
+            statuscode = 404
+            responsephrase = 'Not Found'
+            contenttype = 'application/json'
+            body = '{"message": "oops"}'
+            headers = "{}"
+        }
     }
 
     #User-Agent changes on different platforms, so tests should only be run if on the correct platform
@@ -2259,6 +2291,64 @@ Describe "Invoke-RestMethod tests" -Tags "Feature", "RequireAdminOnWindows" {
         1..3 | ForEach-Object { $result.Output[$_ - 1].linknumber | Should -BeExactly $_ }
     }
 
+    It "Verify Invoke-RestMethod supresses terminating errors with -SkipHttpErrorCheck" {
+        $uri =  Get-WebListenerUrl -Test 'Response' -Query $NotFoundQuery
+        $command = "Invoke-RestMethod -SkipHttpErrorCheck -Uri '$uri'"
+        $result = ExecuteWebCommand -Command $command
+        $result.output.message | Should -BeExactly "oops"
+        $result.output.error | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
+    }
+
+    It "Verify Invoke-RestMethod terminates without -SkipHttpErrorCheck" {
+        $uri =  Get-WebListenerUrl -Test 'Response' -Query $NotFoundQuery
+        $command = "Invoke-RestMethod -Uri '$uri'"
+        $result = ExecuteWebCommand -Command $command
+        $result.output | Should -BeNullOrEmpty
+        $result.error | Should -Not -BeNullOrEmpty
+    }
+
+    It "Verify Invoke-RestMethod assigns 200 status code with -StatusCodeVariable" {
+        $query = @{
+            statuscode = 200
+            responsephrase = 'OK'
+            contenttype = 'application/json'
+            body = '{"message": "works"}'
+            headers = "{}"
+        }
+
+        $uri =  Get-WebListenerUrl -Test 'Response' -Query $query
+        Invoke-RestMethod -StatusCodeVariable code -Uri "$uri"
+        $code | Should -Be 200
+    }
+
+    It "Verify Invoke-RestMethod assigns 404 status code with -StatusCodeVariable" {
+        $query = @{
+            statuscode = 404
+            responsephrase = 'Not Found'
+            contenttype = 'application/json'
+            body = '{"message": "oops"}'
+            headers = "{}"
+        }
+
+        $uri =  Get-WebListenerUrl -Test 'Response' -Query $query
+        Invoke-RestMethod -SkipHttpErrorCheck -StatusCodeVariable code -Uri "$uri"
+        $code | Should -Be 404
+    }
+
+    It "Verify Invoke-RestMethod assigns 500 status code with -StatusCodeVariable" {
+        $query = @{
+            statuscode = 500
+            responsephrase = 'Internal Server Error'
+            contenttype = 'application/json'
+            body = '{"message": "oops"}'
+            headers = "{}"
+        }
+
+        $uri =  Get-WebListenerUrl -Test 'Response' -Query $query
+        Invoke-RestMethod -SkipHttpErrorCheck -StatusCodeVariable code -Uri "$uri"
+        $code | Should -Be 500
+    }
+
     #region Redirect tests
 
     It "Validates Invoke-RestMethod with -PreserveAuthorizationOnRedirect preserves the authorization header on redirect: <redirectType> <redirectedMethod>" -TestCases $redirectTests {
@@ -3387,4 +3477,3 @@ Describe "Web cmdlets tests using the cmdlet's aliases" -Tags "CI", "RequireAdmi
         $result.Hello | Should -Be "world"
     }
 }
-