diff --git a/src/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components/HttpClientJsonExtensions.cs b/src/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components/HttpClientJsonExtensions.cs
index aa376f6c01..7ef07497a7 100644
--- a/src/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components/HttpClientJsonExtensions.cs
+++ b/src/Components/src/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components/HttpClientJsonExtensions.cs
@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components
                 Content = new StringContent(requestJson, Encoding.UTF8, "application/json")
             });
 
+            // Make sure the call was successful before we
+            // attempt to process the response content
+            response.EnsureSuccessStatusCode();
+
             if (typeof(T) == typeof(IgnoreResponse))
             {
                 return default;
diff --git a/src/Components/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Test/HttpClientJsonExtensionsTest.cs b/src/Components/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Test/HttpClientJsonExtensionsTest.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..16494b795b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Components/test/Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Test/HttpClientJsonExtensionsTest.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,159 @@
+// Copyright (c) .NET Foundation. All rights reserved.
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0. See License.txt in the project root for license information.
+
+using Microsoft.JSInterop;
+using System;
+using System.Net;
+using System.Net.Http;
+using System.Threading;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Microsoft.AspNetCore.Components.Test
+{
+    public class HttpClientJsonExtensionsTest
+    {
+        const string TestUri = "http://example.com/some/uri";
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task GetJson_Success()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var httpClient = new HttpClient(new TestHttpMessageHandler(req =>
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(TestUri, req.RequestUri.AbsoluteUri);
+                return Task.FromResult(CreateJsonResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, new Person
+                {
+                    Name = "Abc",
+                    Age = 123
+                }));
+            }));
+
+            // Act
+            var result = await httpClient.GetJsonAsync<Person>(TestUri);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("Abc", result.Name);
+            Assert.Equal(123, result.Age);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public async Task GetJson_Failure()
+        {
+            // Arrange
+            var httpClient = new HttpClient(new TestHttpMessageHandler(req =>
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(TestUri, req.RequestUri.AbsoluteUri);
+                return Task.FromResult(new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.NotFound));
+            }));
+
+            // Act/Assert
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<HttpRequestException>(
+                () => httpClient.GetJsonAsync<Person>(TestUri));
+            Assert.Contains("404 (Not Found)", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("Put")]
+        [InlineData("Post")]
+        [InlineData("Patch")]
+        [InlineData("Delete")]
+        [InlineData("MyArtificialMethod")]
+        public async Task SendJson_Success(string httpMethodString)
+        {
+            var httpMethod = new HttpMethod(httpMethodString);
+            var requestContent = new { MyProp = true, OtherProp = "Hello" };
+
+            // Arrange
+            var httpClient = new HttpClient(new TestHttpMessageHandler(async req =>
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(httpMethod, req.Method);
+                Assert.Equal(TestUri, req.RequestUri.AbsoluteUri);
+                Assert.Equal(Json.Serialize(requestContent), await ((StringContent)req.Content).ReadAsStringAsync());
+                return CreateJsonResponse(HttpStatusCode.OK, new Person
+                {
+                    Name = "Abc",
+                    Age = 123
+                });
+            }));
+
+            // Act
+            var result = await Send(httpClient, httpMethodString, requestContent);
+
+            // Assert
+            Assert.Equal("Abc", result.Name);
+            Assert.Equal(123, result.Age);
+        }
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("Put")]
+        [InlineData("Post")]
+        [InlineData("Patch")]
+        [InlineData("Delete")]
+        [InlineData("MyArtificialMethod")]
+        public async Task SendJson_Failure(string httpMethodString)
+        {
+            var httpMethod = new HttpMethod(httpMethodString);
+            var requestContent = new { MyProp = true, OtherProp = "Hello" };
+
+            // Arrange
+            var httpClient = new HttpClient(new TestHttpMessageHandler(async req =>
+            {
+                Assert.Equal(httpMethod, req.Method);
+                Assert.Equal(TestUri, req.RequestUri.AbsoluteUri);
+                Assert.Equal(Json.Serialize(requestContent), await ((StringContent)req.Content).ReadAsStringAsync());
+                return new HttpResponseMessage(HttpStatusCode.BadGateway);
+            }));
+
+            // Act/Assert
+            var ex = await Assert.ThrowsAsync<HttpRequestException>(
+                () => Send(httpClient, httpMethodString, requestContent));
+            Assert.Contains("502 (Bad Gateway)", ex.Message);
+        }
+
+        HttpResponseMessage CreateJsonResponse(HttpStatusCode statusCode, object content)
+        {
+            return new HttpResponseMessage(statusCode)
+            {
+                Content = new StringContent(Json.Serialize(content))
+            };
+        }
+
+        Task<Person> Send(HttpClient httpClient, string httpMethodString, object requestContent)
+        {
+            // For methods with convenience overloads, show those overloads work
+            switch (httpMethodString)
+            {
+                case "post":
+                    return httpClient.PostJsonAsync<Person>(TestUri, requestContent);
+                case "put":
+                    return httpClient.PutJsonAsync<Person>(TestUri, requestContent);
+                default:
+                    return httpClient.SendJsonAsync<Person>(new HttpMethod(httpMethodString), TestUri, requestContent);
+            }
+        }
+
+        class Person
+        {
+            public string Name { get; set; }
+            public int Age { get; set; }
+        }
+
+        class TestHttpMessageHandler : HttpMessageHandler
+        {
+            private readonly Func<HttpRequestMessage, Task<HttpResponseMessage>> _sendDelegate;
+
+            public TestHttpMessageHandler(Func<HttpRequestMessage, Task<HttpResponseMessage>> sendDelegate)
+            {
+                _sendDelegate = sendDelegate;
+            }
+
+            protected override void Dispose(bool disposing)
+                => base.Dispose(disposing);
+
+            protected override Task<HttpResponseMessage> SendAsync(
+                HttpRequestMessage request, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
+                => _sendDelegate(request);
+        }
+    }
+}