diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6eccd06..16c2c75 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -889,6 +889,7 @@
 alloc_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/alloc_test
 alpn_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/alpn_test
 api_fuzzer: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/api_fuzzer
+bad_server_response_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bad_server_response_test
 bin_decoder_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bin_decoder_test
 bin_encoder_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bin_encoder_test
 census_context_test: $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_context_test
@@ -1227,6 +1228,7 @@
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/algorithm_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/alloc_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/alpn_test \
+  $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bad_server_response_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bin_decoder_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bin_encoder_test \
   $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/census_context_test \
@@ -1483,6 +1485,8 @@
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/alloc_test || ( echo test alloc_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing alpn_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/alpn_test || ( echo test alpn_test failed ; exit 1 )
+	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing bad_server_response_test"
+	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bad_server_response_test || ( echo test bad_server_response_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing bin_decoder_test"
 	$(Q) $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bin_decoder_test || ( echo test bin_decoder_test failed ; exit 1 )
 	$(E) "[RUN]     Testing bin_encoder_test"
@@ -6646,6 +6650,38 @@
 endif
 
 
+BAD_SERVER_RESPONSE_TEST_SRC = \
+    test/core/end2end/bad_server_response_test.c \
+
+BAD_SERVER_RESPONSE_TEST_OBJS = $(addprefix $(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/, $(addsuffix .o, $(basename $(BAD_SERVER_RESPONSE_TEST_SRC))))
+ifeq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+
+# You can't build secure targets if you don't have OpenSSL.
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bad_server_response_test: openssl_dep_error
+
+else
+
+
+
+$(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bad_server_response_test: $(BAD_SERVER_RESPONSE_TEST_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libtest_tcp_server.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+	$(E) "[LD]      Linking $@"
+	$(Q) mkdir -p `dirname $@`
+	$(Q) $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(BAD_SERVER_RESPONSE_TEST_OBJS) $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libtest_tcp_server.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a $(LDLIBS) $(LDLIBS_SECURE) -o $(BINDIR)/$(CONFIG)/bad_server_response_test
+
+endif
+
+$(OBJDIR)/$(CONFIG)/test/core/end2end/bad_server_response_test.o:  $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libtest_tcp_server.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgrpc.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr_test_util.a $(LIBDIR)/$(CONFIG)/libgpr.a
+
+deps_bad_server_response_test: $(BAD_SERVER_RESPONSE_TEST_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+
+ifneq ($(NO_SECURE),true)
+ifneq ($(NO_DEPS),true)
+-include $(BAD_SERVER_RESPONSE_TEST_OBJS:.o=.dep)
+endif
+endif
+
+
 BIN_DECODER_TEST_SRC = \
     test/core/transport/chttp2/bin_decoder_test.c \
 
diff --git a/build.yaml b/build.yaml
index a83ebc5..00060db 100644
--- a/build.yaml
+++ b/build.yaml
@@ -1249,6 +1249,17 @@
   - test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer_corpus
   dict: test/core/end2end/fuzzers/api_fuzzer.dictionary
   maxlen: 2048
+- name: bad_server_response_test
+  build: test
+  language: c
+  src:
+  - test/core/end2end/bad_server_response_test.c
+  deps:
+  - test_tcp_server
+  - grpc_test_util
+  - grpc
+  - gpr_test_util
+  - gpr
 - name: bin_decoder_test
   build: test
   language: c
diff --git a/examples/cpp/helloworld/greeter_client.cc b/examples/cpp/helloworld/greeter_client.cc
index bf3b63c..12209f3 100644
--- a/examples/cpp/helloworld/greeter_client.cc
+++ b/examples/cpp/helloworld/greeter_client.cc
@@ -72,6 +72,8 @@
     if (status.ok()) {
       return reply.message();
     } else {
+      std::cout << status.error_code() << ": " << status.error_message()
+                << std::endl;
       return "RPC failed";
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
index 6e8640f..33b5f2d 100644
--- a/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
+++ b/src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/chttp2_transport.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@
 
   if (op->cancel_with_status != GRPC_STATUS_OK) {
     cancel_from_api(exec_ctx, transport_global, stream_global,
-                    op->cancel_with_status, op->optional_close_message);
+                    op->cancel_with_status, op->optional_cancel_message);
   }
 
   if (op->close_with_status != GRPC_STATUS_OK) {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c
index bbba85d..b52b1af 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.c
@@ -266,3 +266,14 @@
   op.cancel_with_status = GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED;
   grpc_call_next_op(exec_ctx, cur_elem, &op);
 }
+
+void grpc_call_element_send_cancel_with_message(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                                grpc_call_element *cur_elem,
+                                                grpc_status_code status,
+                                                gpr_slice *optional_message) {
+  grpc_transport_stream_op op;
+  memset(&op, 0, sizeof(op));
+  grpc_transport_stream_op_add_cancellation_with_message(&op, status,
+                                                         optional_message);
+  grpc_call_next_op(exec_ctx, cur_elem, &op);
+}
diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h
index 41dd4a0..d72c015 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/channel_stack.h
@@ -273,6 +273,11 @@
 void grpc_call_element_send_cancel(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
                                    grpc_call_element *cur_elem);
 
+void grpc_call_element_send_cancel_with_message(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx,
+                                                grpc_call_element *cur_elem,
+                                                grpc_status_code status,
+                                                gpr_slice *optional_message);
+
 extern int grpc_trace_channel;
 
 #define GRPC_CALL_LOG_OP(sev, elem, op) \
diff --git a/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.c b/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.c
index 792f0d8..94645be 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/channel/http_client_filter.c
@@ -76,7 +76,13 @@
   if (md == GRPC_MDELEM_STATUS_200) {
     return NULL;
   } else if (md->key == GRPC_MDSTR_STATUS) {
-    grpc_call_element_send_cancel(a->exec_ctx, a->elem);
+    char *message_string;
+    gpr_asprintf(&message_string, "Received http2 header with status: %s",
+                 grpc_mdstr_as_c_string(md->value));
+    gpr_slice message = gpr_slice_from_copied_string(message_string);
+    gpr_free(message_string);
+    grpc_call_element_send_cancel_with_message(a->exec_ctx, a->elem,
+                                               GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED, &message);
     return NULL;
   } else if (md == GRPC_MDELEM_CONTENT_TYPE_APPLICATION_SLASH_GRPC) {
     return NULL;
diff --git a/src/core/lib/transport/transport.c b/src/core/lib/transport/transport.c
index b65e157..3ed72ad 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/transport/transport.c
+++ b/src/core/lib/transport/transport.c
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@
   GPR_ASSERT(status != GRPC_STATUS_OK);
   if (op->cancel_with_status == GRPC_STATUS_OK) {
     op->cancel_with_status = status;
+    op->optional_cancel_message = NULL;
   }
   if (op->close_with_status != GRPC_STATUS_OK) {
     op->close_with_status = GRPC_STATUS_OK;
@@ -189,6 +190,35 @@
   gpr_free(cmd);
 }
 
+void grpc_transport_stream_op_add_cancellation_with_message(
+    grpc_transport_stream_op *op, grpc_status_code status,
+    gpr_slice *optional_message) {
+  close_message_data *cmd;
+  GPR_ASSERT(status != GRPC_STATUS_OK);
+  if (op->cancel_with_status != GRPC_STATUS_OK) {
+    if (optional_message) {
+      gpr_slice_unref(*optional_message);
+    }
+    return;
+  }
+  if (optional_message) {
+    cmd = gpr_malloc(sizeof(*cmd));
+    cmd->message = *optional_message;
+    cmd->then_call = op->on_complete;
+    grpc_closure_init(&cmd->closure, free_message, cmd);
+    op->on_complete = &cmd->closure;
+    op->optional_cancel_message = &cmd->message;
+  }
+  op->cancel_with_status = status;
+  if (op->close_with_status != GRPC_STATUS_OK) {
+    op->close_with_status = GRPC_STATUS_OK;
+    if (op->optional_close_message != NULL) {
+      gpr_slice_unref(*op->optional_close_message);
+      op->optional_close_message = NULL;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
 void grpc_transport_stream_op_add_close(grpc_transport_stream_op *op,
                                         grpc_status_code status,
                                         gpr_slice *optional_message) {
diff --git a/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h b/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h
index ed06fc3..9e528ce 100644
--- a/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h
+++ b/src/core/lib/transport/transport.h
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@
 
   /** If != GRPC_STATUS_OK, cancel this stream */
   grpc_status_code cancel_with_status;
+  gpr_slice *optional_cancel_message;
 
   /** If != GRPC_STATUS_OK, send grpc-status, grpc-message, and close this
       stream for both reading and writing */
@@ -221,6 +222,10 @@
 void grpc_transport_stream_op_add_cancellation(grpc_transport_stream_op *op,
                                                grpc_status_code status);
 
+void grpc_transport_stream_op_add_cancellation_with_message(
+    grpc_transport_stream_op *op, grpc_status_code status,
+    gpr_slice *optional_message);
+
 void grpc_transport_stream_op_add_close(grpc_transport_stream_op *op,
                                         grpc_status_code status,
                                         gpr_slice *optional_message);
diff --git a/test/core/end2end/bad_server_response_test.c b/test/core/end2end/bad_server_response_test.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c00942
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/core/end2end/bad_server_response_test.c
@@ -0,0 +1,335 @@
+/*
+ *
+ * Copyright 2016, Google Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
+ *     * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *     * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+ * in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+ * distribution.
+ *     * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+ * "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR
+ * A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT
+ * OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
+ * LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+ * DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+ * THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+ * (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+ * OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ */
+#include <string.h>
+
+#include <grpc/grpc.h>
+#include <grpc/support/alloc.h>
+#include <grpc/support/host_port.h>
+#include <grpc/support/log.h>
+#include <grpc/support/slice.h>
+#include <grpc/support/thd.h>
+
+#include "src/core/ext/transport/chttp2/transport/internal.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/iomgr/sockaddr.h"
+#include "src/core/lib/support/string.h"
+#include "test/core/end2end/cq_verifier.h"
+#include "test/core/util/port.h"
+#include "test/core/util/test_config.h"
+#include "test/core/util/test_tcp_server.h"
+
+#define HTTP1_RESP                           \
+  "HTTP/1.0 400 Bad Request\n"               \
+  "Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8\n" \
+  "Content-Length: 0\n"                      \
+  "Date: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 17:43:20 GMT\n\n"
+
+#define HTTP2_RESP(STATUS_CODE)          \
+  "\x00\x00\x00\x04\x00\x00\x00\x00\x00" \
+  "\x00\x00"                             \
+  "7\x01\x04\x00\x00\x00\x01"            \
+  "\x10\x0e"                             \
+  "content-length\x01"                   \
+  "0"                                    \
+  "\x10\x0c"                             \
+  "content-type\x09text/html"            \
+  "\x10\x07:status\x03" #STATUS_CODE
+
+#define UNPARSEABLE_RESP "Bad Request\n"
+
+#define HTTP1_DETAIL_MSG "Connection dropped: received http1.x response"
+
+#define HTTP2_DETAIL_MSG(STATUS_CODE) \
+  "Received http2 header with status: " #STATUS_CODE
+
+#define UNPARSEABLE_DETAIL_MSG \
+  "Connection dropped: received unparseable response"
+
+struct rpc_state {
+  char *target;
+  grpc_completion_queue *cq;
+  grpc_channel *channel;
+  grpc_call *call;
+  size_t incoming_data_length;
+  gpr_slice_buffer temp_incoming_buffer;
+  gpr_slice_buffer outgoing_buffer;
+  grpc_endpoint *tcp;
+  gpr_atm done_atm;
+  bool write_done;
+  const char *response_payload;
+  size_t response_payload_length;
+};
+
+static int server_port;
+static struct rpc_state state;
+static grpc_closure on_read;
+static grpc_closure on_write;
+
+static void *tag(intptr_t t) { return (void *)t; }
+
+static void done_write(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg, bool success) {
+  GPR_ASSERT(success);
+
+  gpr_atm_rel_store(&state.done_atm, 1);
+}
+
+static void handle_write(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx) {
+  gpr_slice slice = gpr_slice_from_copied_buffer(state.response_payload,
+                                                 state.response_payload_length);
+
+  gpr_slice_buffer_reset_and_unref(&state.outgoing_buffer);
+  gpr_slice_buffer_add(&state.outgoing_buffer, slice);
+  grpc_endpoint_write(exec_ctx, state.tcp, &state.outgoing_buffer, &on_write);
+}
+
+static void handle_read(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg, bool success) {
+  GPR_ASSERT(success);
+  state.incoming_data_length += state.temp_incoming_buffer.length;
+
+  size_t i;
+  gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "read: success=%d", success);
+  for (i = 0; i < state.temp_incoming_buffer.count; i++) {
+    char *dump = gpr_dump_slice(state.temp_incoming_buffer.slices[i],
+                                GPR_DUMP_HEX | GPR_DUMP_ASCII);
+    gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "%s", dump);
+    gpr_free(dump);
+  }
+
+  gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "got %d bytes, http2 connect string is %d bytes",
+          state.incoming_data_length, GRPC_CHTTP2_CLIENT_CONNECT_STRLEN);
+  if (state.incoming_data_length > GRPC_CHTTP2_CLIENT_CONNECT_STRLEN) {
+    handle_write(exec_ctx);
+  } else {
+    grpc_endpoint_read(exec_ctx, state.tcp, &state.temp_incoming_buffer,
+                       &on_read);
+  }
+}
+
+static void on_connect(grpc_exec_ctx *exec_ctx, void *arg, grpc_endpoint *tcp,
+                       grpc_pollset *accepting_pollset,
+                       grpc_tcp_server_acceptor *acceptor) {
+  test_tcp_server *server = arg;
+  grpc_closure_init(&on_read, handle_read, NULL);
+  grpc_closure_init(&on_write, done_write, NULL);
+  gpr_slice_buffer_init(&state.temp_incoming_buffer);
+  gpr_slice_buffer_init(&state.outgoing_buffer);
+  state.tcp = tcp;
+  grpc_endpoint_add_to_pollset(exec_ctx, tcp, server->pollset);
+  grpc_endpoint_read(exec_ctx, tcp, &state.temp_incoming_buffer, &on_read);
+}
+
+static gpr_timespec n_sec_deadline(int seconds) {
+  return gpr_time_add(gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME),
+                      gpr_time_from_seconds(seconds, GPR_TIMESPAN));
+}
+
+static void start_rpc(int target_port, grpc_status_code expected_status,
+                      const char *expected_detail) {
+  grpc_op ops[6];
+  grpc_op *op;
+  grpc_metadata_array initial_metadata_recv;
+  grpc_metadata_array trailing_metadata_recv;
+  grpc_status_code status;
+  grpc_call_error error;
+  cq_verifier *cqv;
+  char *details = NULL;
+  size_t details_capacity = 0;
+
+  state.cq = grpc_completion_queue_create(NULL);
+  cqv = cq_verifier_create(state.cq);
+  gpr_join_host_port(&state.target, "127.0.0.1", target_port);
+  state.channel = grpc_insecure_channel_create(state.target, NULL, NULL);
+  state.call = grpc_channel_create_call(
+      state.channel, NULL, GRPC_PROPAGATE_DEFAULTS, state.cq, "/Service/Method",
+      "localhost", gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME), NULL);
+
+  grpc_metadata_array_init(&initial_metadata_recv);
+  grpc_metadata_array_init(&trailing_metadata_recv);
+
+  op = ops;
+  op->op = GRPC_OP_SEND_INITIAL_METADATA;
+  op->data.send_initial_metadata.count = 0;
+  op->flags = 0;
+  op->reserved = NULL;
+  op++;
+  op->op = GRPC_OP_SEND_CLOSE_FROM_CLIENT;
+  op->flags = 0;
+  op->reserved = NULL;
+  op++;
+  op->op = GRPC_OP_RECV_INITIAL_METADATA;
+  op->data.recv_initial_metadata = &initial_metadata_recv;
+  op->flags = 0;
+  op->reserved = NULL;
+  op++;
+  op->op = GRPC_OP_RECV_STATUS_ON_CLIENT;
+  op->data.recv_status_on_client.trailing_metadata = &trailing_metadata_recv;
+  op->data.recv_status_on_client.status = &status;
+  op->data.recv_status_on_client.status_details = &details;
+  op->data.recv_status_on_client.status_details_capacity = &details_capacity;
+  op->flags = 0;
+  op->reserved = NULL;
+  op++;
+  error =
+      grpc_call_start_batch(state.call, ops, (size_t)(op - ops), tag(1), NULL);
+
+  GPR_ASSERT(GRPC_CALL_OK == error);
+
+  cq_expect_completion(cqv, tag(1), 1);
+  cq_verify(cqv);
+
+  gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "Rpc status: %d, details: %s", status, details);
+  GPR_ASSERT(status == expected_status);
+  GPR_ASSERT(0 == strcmp(details, expected_detail));
+  gpr_free(details);
+  cq_verifier_destroy(cqv);
+}
+
+static void cleanup_rpc(void) {
+  grpc_event ev;
+  gpr_slice_buffer_destroy(&state.temp_incoming_buffer);
+  gpr_slice_buffer_destroy(&state.outgoing_buffer);
+  grpc_call_destroy(state.call);
+  grpc_completion_queue_shutdown(state.cq);
+  do {
+    ev = grpc_completion_queue_next(state.cq, n_sec_deadline(1), NULL);
+  } while (ev.type != GRPC_QUEUE_SHUTDOWN);
+  grpc_completion_queue_destroy(state.cq);
+  grpc_channel_destroy(state.channel);
+  gpr_free(state.target);
+}
+
+typedef struct {
+  test_tcp_server *server;
+  gpr_event *signal_when_done;
+} poll_args;
+
+static void actually_poll_server(void *arg) {
+  poll_args *pa = arg;
+  gpr_timespec deadline = n_sec_deadline(10);
+  while (true) {
+    bool done = gpr_atm_acq_load(&state.done_atm) != 0;
+    gpr_timespec time_left =
+        gpr_time_sub(deadline, gpr_now(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME));
+    gpr_log(GPR_DEBUG, "done=%d, time_left=%d.%09d", done, time_left.tv_sec,
+            time_left.tv_nsec);
+    if (done || gpr_time_cmp(time_left, gpr_time_0(GPR_TIMESPAN)) < 0) {
+      break;
+    }
+    test_tcp_server_poll(pa->server, 1);
+  }
+  gpr_event_set(pa->signal_when_done, (void *)1);
+  gpr_free(pa);
+}
+
+static void poll_server_until_read_done(test_tcp_server *server,
+                                        gpr_event *signal_when_done) {
+  gpr_atm_rel_store(&state.done_atm, 0);
+  state.write_done = 0;
+  gpr_thd_id id;
+  poll_args *pa = gpr_malloc(sizeof(*pa));
+  pa->server = server;
+  pa->signal_when_done = signal_when_done;
+  gpr_thd_new(&id, actually_poll_server, pa, NULL);
+}
+
+static void run_test(const char *response_payload,
+                     size_t response_payload_length,
+                     grpc_status_code expected_status,
+                     const char *expected_detail) {
+  test_tcp_server test_server;
+  server_port = grpc_pick_unused_port_or_die();
+  grpc_exec_ctx exec_ctx = GRPC_EXEC_CTX_INIT;
+  gpr_event ev;
+  gpr_event_init(&ev);
+
+  test_tcp_server_init(&test_server, on_connect, &test_server);
+  test_tcp_server_start(&test_server, server_port);
+  state.response_payload = response_payload;
+  state.response_payload_length = response_payload_length;
+
+  /* poll server until sending out the response */
+  poll_server_until_read_done(&test_server, &ev);
+  start_rpc(server_port, expected_status, expected_detail);
+  gpr_event_wait(&ev, gpr_inf_future(GPR_CLOCK_REALTIME));
+
+  /* clean up */
+  grpc_endpoint_shutdown(&exec_ctx, state.tcp);
+  grpc_endpoint_destroy(&exec_ctx, state.tcp);
+  grpc_exec_ctx_finish(&exec_ctx);
+  cleanup_rpc();
+  test_tcp_server_destroy(&test_server);
+}
+
+int main(int argc, char **argv) {
+  grpc_test_init(argc, argv);
+  grpc_init();
+
+  /* status defined in hpack static table */
+  run_test(HTTP2_RESP(204), sizeof(HTTP2_RESP(204)) - 1, GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED,
+           HTTP2_DETAIL_MSG(204));
+
+  run_test(HTTP2_RESP(206), sizeof(HTTP2_RESP(206)) - 1, GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED,
+           HTTP2_DETAIL_MSG(206));
+
+  run_test(HTTP2_RESP(304), sizeof(HTTP2_RESP(304)) - 1, GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED,
+           HTTP2_DETAIL_MSG(304));
+
+  run_test(HTTP2_RESP(400), sizeof(HTTP2_RESP(400)) - 1, GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED,
+           HTTP2_DETAIL_MSG(400));
+
+  run_test(HTTP2_RESP(404), sizeof(HTTP2_RESP(404)) - 1, GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED,
+           HTTP2_DETAIL_MSG(404));
+
+  run_test(HTTP2_RESP(500), sizeof(HTTP2_RESP(500)) - 1, GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED,
+           HTTP2_DETAIL_MSG(500));
+
+  /* status not defined in hpack static table */
+  run_test(HTTP2_RESP(401), sizeof(HTTP2_RESP(401)) - 1, GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED,
+           HTTP2_DETAIL_MSG(401));
+
+  run_test(HTTP2_RESP(403), sizeof(HTTP2_RESP(403)) - 1, GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED,
+           HTTP2_DETAIL_MSG(403));
+
+  run_test(HTTP2_RESP(502), sizeof(HTTP2_RESP(502)) - 1, GRPC_STATUS_CANCELLED,
+           HTTP2_DETAIL_MSG(502));
+
+  /* unparseable response */
+  run_test(UNPARSEABLE_RESP, sizeof(UNPARSEABLE_RESP) - 1,
+           GRPC_STATUS_UNAVAILABLE, UNPARSEABLE_DETAIL_MSG);
+
+  /* http1 response */
+  run_test(HTTP1_RESP, sizeof(HTTP1_RESP) - 1, GRPC_STATUS_UNAVAILABLE,
+           HTTP1_DETAIL_MSG);
+
+  grpc_shutdown();
+  return 0;
+}
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
index 4aad52c..e74ecf5 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/sources_and_headers.json
@@ -81,6 +81,23 @@
   }, 
   {
     "deps": [
+      "gpr", 
+      "gpr_test_util", 
+      "grpc", 
+      "grpc_test_util", 
+      "test_tcp_server"
+    ], 
+    "headers": [], 
+    "language": "c", 
+    "name": "bad_server_response_test", 
+    "src": [
+      "test/core/end2end/bad_server_response_test.c"
+    ], 
+    "third_party": false, 
+    "type": "target"
+  }, 
+  {
+    "deps": [
       "grpc", 
       "grpc_test_util"
     ], 
diff --git a/tools/run_tests/tests.json b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
index 86f7ea4..0172f0d 100644
--- a/tools/run_tests/tests.json
+++ b/tools/run_tests/tests.json
@@ -98,6 +98,27 @@
     "flaky": false, 
     "gtest": false, 
     "language": "c", 
+    "name": "bad_server_response_test", 
+    "platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix", 
+      "windows"
+    ]
+  }, 
+  {
+    "args": [], 
+    "ci_platforms": [
+      "linux", 
+      "mac", 
+      "posix", 
+      "windows"
+    ], 
+    "cpu_cost": 1.0, 
+    "exclude_configs": [], 
+    "flaky": false, 
+    "gtest": false, 
+    "language": "c", 
     "name": "bin_decoder_test", 
     "platforms": [
       "linux", 
diff --git a/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln b/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
index 3a214a4..f576724 100644
--- a/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
+++ b/vsprojects/buildtests_c.sln
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@
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 	EndProjectSection
 EndProject
+Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "bad_server_response_test", "vcxproj\test\bad_server_response_test\bad_server_response_test.vcxproj", "{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}"
+	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
+        	lib = "False"
+	EndProjectSection
+	ProjectSection(ProjectDependencies) = postProject
+		{E3110C46-A148-FF65-08FD-3324829BE7FE} = {E3110C46-A148-FF65-08FD-3324829BE7FE}
+		{17BCAFC0-5FDC-4C94-AEB9-95F3E220614B} = {17BCAFC0-5FDC-4C94-AEB9-95F3E220614B}
+		{29D16885-7228-4C31-81ED-5F9187C7F2A9} = {29D16885-7228-4C31-81ED-5F9187C7F2A9}
+		{EAB0A629-17A9-44DB-B5FF-E91A721FE037} = {EAB0A629-17A9-44DB-B5FF-E91A721FE037}
+		{B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792} = {B23D3D1A-9438-4EDA-BEB6-9A0A03D17792}
+	EndProjectSection
+EndProject
 Project("{8BC9CEB8-8B4A-11D0-8D11-00A0C91BC942}") = "badreq_bad_client_test", "vcxproj\test\badreq_bad_client_test\badreq_bad_client_test.vcxproj", "{8A811C28-E04E-A444-E4C1-7588DF5B90AE}"
 	ProjectSection(myProperties) = preProject
         	lib = "False"
@@ -1511,6 +1523,22 @@
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 		{BA67B418-B699-E41A-9CC4-0279C49481A5}.Release-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Debug|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Release|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Release|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Debug|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Debug|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Release|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Release|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Debug-DLL|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Debug-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Debug-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Debug|x64
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Debug-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Debug|x64
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Release-DLL|Win32.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Release-DLL|Win32.Build.0 = Release|Win32
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Release-DLL|x64.ActiveCfg = Release|x64
+		{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}.Release-DLL|x64.Build.0 = Release|x64
 		{8A811C28-E04E-A444-E4C1-7588DF5B90AE}.Debug|Win32.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4676f3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/vsprojects/vcxproj/test/bad_server_response_test/bad_server_response_test.vcxproj
@@ -0,0 +1,202 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project DefaultTargets="Build" ToolsVersion="12.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\packages\grpc.dependencies.openssl.1.0.204.1\build\native\grpc.dependencies.openssl.props" Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\packages\grpc.dependencies.openssl.1.0.204.1\build\native\1.0.204.1.props')" />
+  <ItemGroup Label="ProjectConfigurations">
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Debug|x64">
+      <Configuration>Debug</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|Win32">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>Win32</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+    <ProjectConfiguration Include="Release|x64">
+      <Configuration>Release</Configuration>
+      <Platform>x64</Platform>
+    </ProjectConfiguration>
+  </ItemGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Globals">
+    <ProjectGuid>{2B73DA77-EF66-362C-24AD-317E3B8B28C1}</ProjectGuid>
+    <IgnoreWarnIntDirInTempDetected>true</IgnoreWarnIntDirInTempDetected>
+    <IntDir>$(SolutionDir)IntDir\$(MSBuildProjectName)\</IntDir>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.Default.props" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '10.0'" Label="Configuration">
+    <PlatformToolset>v100</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '11.0'" Label="Configuration">
+    <PlatformToolset>v110</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '12.0'" Label="Configuration">
+    <PlatformToolset>v120</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(VisualStudioVersion)' == '14.0'" Label="Configuration">
+    <PlatformToolset>v140</PlatformToolset>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>true</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'" Label="Configuration">
+    <ConfigurationType>Application</ConfigurationType>
+    <UseDebugLibraries>false</UseDebugLibraries>
+    <WholeProgramOptimization>true</WholeProgramOptimization>
+    <CharacterSet>Unicode</CharacterSet>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <Import Project="$(VCTargetsPath)\Microsoft.Cpp.props" />
+  <ImportGroup Label="ExtensionSettings">
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <ImportGroup Label="PropertySheets">
+    <Import Project="$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props" Condition="exists('$(UserRootDir)\Microsoft.Cpp.$(Platform).user.props')" Label="LocalAppDataPlatform" />
+    <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\global.props" />
+    <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\openssl.props" />
+    <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\winsock.props" />
+    <Import Project="$(SolutionDir)\..\vsprojects\zlib.props" />
+  </ImportGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Label="UserMacros" />
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Debug'">
+    <TargetName>bad_server_response_test</TargetName>
+    <Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>static</Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>
+    <Configuration-grpc_dependencies_zlib>Debug</Configuration-grpc_dependencies_zlib>
+    <Linkage-grpc_dependencies_openssl>static</Linkage-grpc_dependencies_openssl>
+    <Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>Debug</Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)'=='Release'">
+    <TargetName>bad_server_response_test</TargetName>
+    <Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>static</Linkage-grpc_dependencies_zlib>
+    <Configuration-grpc_dependencies_zlib>Release</Configuration-grpc_dependencies_zlib>
+    <Linkage-grpc_dependencies_openssl>static</Linkage-grpc_dependencies_openssl>
+    <Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>Release</Configuration-grpc_dependencies_openssl>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+    <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
+      <PrecompiledHeader>NotUsing</PrecompiledHeader>
+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
+      <Optimization>Disabled</Optimization>
+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
+      <SDLCheck>true</SDLCheck>
+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
+      <TreatWarningAsError>true</TreatWarningAsError>
+      <DebugInformationFormat Condition="$(Jenkins)">None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <MinimalRebuild Condition="$(Jenkins)">false</MinimalRebuild>
+    </ClCompile>
+    <Link>
+      <SubSystem>Console</SubSystem>
+      <GenerateDebugInformation Condition="!$(Jenkins)">true</GenerateDebugInformation>
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+    <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|x64'">
+    <ClCompile>
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+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
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+      <PreprocessorDefinitions>WIN32;_DEBUG;_LIB;%(PreprocessorDefinitions)</PreprocessorDefinitions>
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+      <RuntimeLibrary>MultiThreadedDebug</RuntimeLibrary>
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+      <DebugInformationFormat Condition="$(Jenkins)">None</DebugInformationFormat>
+      <MinimalRebuild Condition="$(Jenkins)">false</MinimalRebuild>
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+    <ItemDefinitionGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">
+    <ClCompile>
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+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
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+    <ClCompile>
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+      <WarningLevel>Level3</WarningLevel>
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..13b11ec
--- /dev/null
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