diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 481cf3268..174530cac 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -294,7 +294,14 @@ impl From<IoError> for PayloadError {
 }
 
 /// `InternalServerError` for `PayloadError`
-impl ResponseError for PayloadError {}
+impl ResponseError for PayloadError {
+    fn error_response(&self) -> HttpResponse {
+        match *self {
+            PayloadError::Overflow => HttpResponse::new(StatusCode::PAYLOAD_TOO_LARGE),
+            _ => HttpResponse::new(StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST)
+        }
+    }
+}
 
 /// Return `BadRequest` for `cookie::ParseError`
 impl ResponseError for cookie::ParseError {