diff --git a/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpClient.ts b/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpClient.ts
index 34621586ed..9650fe7d28 100644
--- a/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpClient.ts
+++ b/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpClient.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { HttpError } from "./HttpError"
+
 export interface IHttpClient {
     get(url: string, headers?: Map<string, string>): Promise<string>;
     options(url: string, headers?: Map<string, string>): Promise<string>;
@@ -22,6 +24,7 @@ export class HttpClient implements IHttpClient {
             let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
 
             xhr.open(method, url, true);
+            xhr.setRequestHeader("X-Requested-With", "XMLHttpRequest");
 
             if (headers) {
                 headers.forEach((value, header) => xhr.setRequestHeader(header, value));
@@ -33,19 +36,13 @@ export class HttpClient implements IHttpClient {
                     resolve(xhr.response);
                 }
                 else {
-                    reject({
-                        status: xhr.status,
-                        statusText: xhr.statusText
-                    });
+                    reject(new HttpError(xhr.statusText, xhr.status));
                 }
             };
 
             xhr.onerror = () => {
-                reject({
-                    status: xhr.status,
-                    statusText: xhr.statusText
-                });
-            };
+                reject(new HttpError(xhr.statusText, xhr.status));
+            }
         });
     }
 }
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diff --git a/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpError.ts b/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpError.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e8c04c3e79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/client-ts/Microsoft.AspNetCore.SignalR.Client.TS/HttpError.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export class HttpError extends Error {
+    statusCode: number;
+    constructor(errorMessage: string, statusCode: number) {
+        super(errorMessage);
+        this.statusCode = statusCode;
+    }
+}
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