diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/HTTPStatusCode.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/HTTPStatusCode.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fc4419
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/area/HTTPStatusCode.php
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\HTTPStatusCode.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response;
+use Drupal\Core\Annotation\Plugin;
+
+/**
+ * Alter the HTTP response status code used by the view.
+ *
+ * @ingroup views_area_handlers
+ *
+ * @Plugin(
+ *   id = "http_status_code"
+ * )
+ */
+class HTTPStatusCode extends AreaPluginBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\AreaPluginBase::defineOptions().
+   */
+  protected function defineOptions() {
+    $options = parent::defineOptions();
+
+    $options['status_code'] = array('default' => 200);
+
+    return $options;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\AreaPluginBase::buildOptionsForm().
+   */
+  public function buildOptionsForm(&$form, &$form_state) {
+    parent::buildOptionsForm($form, $form_state);
+
+    // Get all possible status code defined by symfony.
+    $options = Response::$statusTexts;
+
+    // Add the HTTP status code, so it's easier for people to find it.
+    array_walk($options, function($title, $code) use(&$options) {
+      $options[$code] = t('@code (@title)', array('@code' => $code, '@title' => $title));
+    });
+
+    $form['status_code'] = array(
+      '#title' => t('HTTP status code'),
+      '#type' => 'select',
+      '#default_value' => $this->options['status_code'],
+      '#options' => $options,
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\AreaPluginBase::render().
+   */
+  function render($empty = FALSE) {
+    if (!$empty || !empty($this->options['empty'])) {
+      $response = $this->view->getResponse();
+      $response->setStatusCode($this->options['status_code']);
+    }
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/Page.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/Page.php
index 889a14f..3802663 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/Page.php
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Plugin/views/display/Page.php
@@ -92,7 +92,10 @@ public function execute() {
     // And the title, which is much easier.
     drupal_set_title(filter_xss_admin($this->view->getTitle()), PASS_THROUGH);
 
-    return $render;
+    $response = $this->view->getResponse();
+    $response->setContent(drupal_render_page($render));
+
+    return $response;
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaHTTPStatusCodeTest.php b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaHTTPStatusCodeTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3e49153
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/lib/Drupal/views/Tests/Handler/AreaHTTPStatusCodeTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\views\Tests\Handler\AreaHTTPStatusCodeTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\views\Tests\Handler;
+
+/**
+ * Tests the http_status_code area handler.
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\views\Plugin\views\area\HTTPStatusCode
+ */
+class AreaHTTPStatusCodeTest extends HandlerTestBase {
+
+  public static function getInfo() {
+    return array(
+      'name' => 'Area: HTTP Status Code',
+      'description' => 'Tests the http_status_code area handler.',
+      'group' => 'Views Handlers',
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the area handler.
+   */
+  public function testHTTPStatusCodeHandler() {
+    $this->drupalGet('test-http-status-code');
+    $this->assertResponse(200);
+
+    // Change the HTTP status code to 403.
+    $view = views_get_view('test_http_status_code');
+    $display = &$view->storage->getDisplay('default');
+    $display['display_options']['empty']['http_status_code']['status_code'] = 418;
+    $view->save();
+
+    // Test that the HTTP response is "I'm a teapot".
+    $this->drupalGet('test-http-status-code');
+    $this->assertResponse(418);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/modules/views/tests/views_test_config/config/views.view.test_http_status_code.yml b/core/modules/views/tests/views_test_config/config/views.view.test_http_status_code.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02b44d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/modules/views/tests/views_test_config/config/views.view.test_http_status_code.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+api_version: '3.0'
+base_field: nid
+base_table: node
+core: 8.x
+description: ''
+disabled: '0'
+display:
+  default:
+    display_plugin: default
+    id: default
+    display_title: Master
+    position: ''
+    display_options:
+      access:
+        type: perm
+      cache:
+        type: none
+      query:
+        type: views_query
+      exposed_form:
+        type: basic
+      pager:
+        type: full
+      style:
+        type: default
+      row:
+        type: fields
+      fields:
+        title:
+          id: title
+          table: node
+          field: title
+          label: ''
+          alter:
+            alter_text: '0'
+            make_link: '0'
+            absolute: '0'
+            trim: '0'
+            word_boundary: '0'
+            ellipsis: '0'
+            strip_tags: '0'
+            html: '0'
+          hide_empty: '0'
+          empty_zero: '0'
+          link_to_node: '1'
+      filters:
+        status:
+          value: '1'
+          table: node
+          field: status
+          id: status
+          expose:
+            operator: '0'
+          group: '1'
+      sorts:
+        created:
+          id: created
+          table: node
+          field: created
+          order: DESC
+      empty:
+        http_status_code:
+          id: http_status_code
+          table: views
+          field: http_status_code
+          relationship: none
+          group_type: group
+          admin_label: ''
+          label: ''
+          empty: '1'
+          status_code: '200'
+  page_1:
+    display_plugin: page
+    id: page_1
+    display_title: Page
+    position: ''
+    display_options:
+      path: test-http-status-code
+human_name: test_http_status_code
+module: views
+name: test_http_status_code
+tag: ''
diff --git a/core/modules/views/views.views.inc b/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
index 3a145b2..e799787 100644
--- a/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
+++ b/core/modules/views/views.views.inc
@@ -88,6 +88,14 @@ function views_views_data() {
     'area' => array(
       'id' => 'result',
     ),
+) ;
+
+  $data['views']['http_status_code'] = array(
+    'title' => t('Response status code'),
+    'help' => t('Alter the HTTP response status code used by this view, mostly helpful for empty results.'),
+    'area' => array(
+      'id' => 'http_status_code',
+    ),
   );
 
   $data['views']['combine'] = array(