diff --git a/packages/fetch-http-handler/src/fetch-http-handler.spec.ts b/packages/fetch-http-handler/src/fetch-http-handler.spec.ts
index adf1eebe7579..7f6d6c75633f 100644
--- a/packages/fetch-http-handler/src/fetch-http-handler.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/fetch-http-handler/src/fetch-http-handler.spec.ts
@@ -290,6 +290,28 @@ describe(FetchHttpHandler.name, () => {
     expect(mockRequest.mock.calls[0][1]).not.toHaveProperty("signal");
   });
 
+  it("creates correct HTTPResponse object", async () => {
+    const mockResponse = {
+      headers: {
+        entries: jest.fn().mockReturnValue([["foo", "bar"]]),
+      },
+      blob: jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(new Blob(["FOO"])),
+      status: 200,
+      statusText: "foo",
+    };
+    const mockFetch = jest.fn().mockResolvedValue(mockResponse);
+    (global as any).fetch = mockFetch;
+
+    const fetchHttpHandler = new FetchHttpHandler();
+    const { response } = await fetchHttpHandler.handle({} as any, {});
+
+    expect(mockFetch.mock.calls.length).toBe(1);
+    expect(response.headers).toStrictEqual({ foo: "bar" });
+    expect(response.reason).toBe("foo");
+    expect(response.statusCode).toBe(200);
+    expect(await blobToText(response.body)).toBe("FOO");
+  });
+
   describe("#destroy", () => {
     it("should be callable and return nothing", () => {
       const httpHandler = new FetchHttpHandler();
diff --git a/packages/fetch-http-handler/src/fetch-http-handler.ts b/packages/fetch-http-handler/src/fetch-http-handler.ts
index 5b9f5cb5fe46..47b5ccacf1b8 100644
--- a/packages/fetch-http-handler/src/fetch-http-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/fetch-http-handler/src/fetch-http-handler.ts
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ export class FetchHttpHandler implements HttpHandler {
           return response.blob().then((body) => ({
             response: new HttpResponse({
               headers: transformedHeaders,
+              reason: response.statusText,
               statusCode: response.status,
               body,
             }),
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ export class FetchHttpHandler implements HttpHandler {
         return {
           response: new HttpResponse({
             headers: transformedHeaders,
+            reason: response.statusText,
             statusCode: response.status,
             body: response.body,
           }),
diff --git a/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.spec.ts b/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.spec.ts
index 7ecfa1a93eb0..5d87a8bd924e 100644
--- a/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.spec.ts
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ describe("NodeHttpHandler", () => {
     it("can send http requests", async () => {
       const mockResponse = {
         statusCode: 200,
+        statusText: "OK",
         headers: {},
         body: "test",
       };
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ describe("NodeHttpHandler", () => {
       );
 
       expect(response.statusCode).toEqual(mockResponse.statusCode);
+      expect(response.reason).toEqual(mockResponse.statusText);
       expect(response.headers).toBeDefined();
       expect(response.headers).toMatchObject(mockResponse.headers);
       expect(response.body).toBeDefined();
diff --git a/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.ts b/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.ts
index 2fa5d6a4e685..948efb29efe5 100644
--- a/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.ts
+++ b/packages/node-http-handler/src/node-http-handler.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ export class NodeHttpHandler implements HttpHandler {
       const req = requestFunc(nodeHttpsOptions, (res) => {
         const httpResponse = new HttpResponse({
           statusCode: res.statusCode || -1,
+          reason: res.statusMessage,
           headers: getTransformedHeaders(res.headers),
           body: res,
         });
diff --git a/packages/protocol-http/src/httpResponse.ts b/packages/protocol-http/src/httpResponse.ts
index 52b24008e706..adca1cba94e9 100644
--- a/packages/protocol-http/src/httpResponse.ts
+++ b/packages/protocol-http/src/httpResponse.ts
@@ -2,17 +2,20 @@ import { HeaderBag, HttpMessage, HttpResponse as IHttpResponse } from "@aws-sdk/
 
 type HttpResponseOptions = Partial<HttpMessage> & {
   statusCode: number;
+  reason?: string;
 };
 
 export interface HttpResponse extends IHttpResponse {}
 
 export class HttpResponse {
   public statusCode: number;
+  public reason?: string;
   public headers: HeaderBag;
   public body?: any;
 
   constructor(options: HttpResponseOptions) {
     this.statusCode = options.statusCode;
+    this.reason = options.reason;
     this.headers = options.headers || {};
     this.body = options.body;
   }
diff --git a/packages/types/src/http.ts b/packages/types/src/http.ts
index a5c31bdf0774..49e20cb55c69 100644
--- a/packages/types/src/http.ts
+++ b/packages/types/src/http.ts
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@ export interface HttpRequest extends HttpMessage, Endpoint {
  */
 export interface HttpResponse extends HttpMessage {
   statusCode: number;
+  reason?: string;
 }
 
 /**