diff --git a/utoipa-gen/src/lib.rs b/utoipa-gen/src/lib.rs
index 967b8dec..554b0aff 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/src/lib.rs
+++ b/utoipa-gen/src/lib.rs
@@ -502,7 +502,7 @@ pub fn derive_to_schema(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 ///
 /// # Responses Attributes
 ///
-/// * `status = ...` Is valid http status code. E.g. _`200`_
+/// * `status = ...` Is either a valid http status code integer. E.g. _`200`_ or a string value representing a range such as `"4XX"` or `"default"`.
 /// * `description = "..."` Define description for the response as str.
 /// * `body = ...` Optional response body object type. When left empty response does not expect to send any
 ///   response body. Should be an identifier or slice. E.g _`Pet`_ or _`[Pet]`_. Where the type implments [`ToSchema`][to_schema],
@@ -524,6 +524,7 @@ pub fn derive_to_schema(input: TokenStream) -> TokenStream {
 /// responses(
 ///     (status = 200, description = "success response"),
 ///     (status = 404, description = "resource missing"),
+///     (status = "5XX", description = "server error"),
 /// )
 /// ```
 ///
diff --git a/utoipa-gen/src/path/response.rs b/utoipa-gen/src/path/response.rs
index ff6695e7..49a35142 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/src/path/response.rs
+++ b/utoipa-gen/src/path/response.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ impl Parse for Response<'_> {
 #[derive(Default)]
 #[cfg_attr(feature = "debug", derive(Debug))]
 pub struct ResponseValue<'r> {
-    status_code: i32,
+    status_code: String,
     description: String,
     response_type: Option<Type<'r>>,
     content_type: Option<Vec<String>>,
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ pub struct ResponseValue<'r> {
 impl Parse for ResponseValue<'_> {
     fn parse(input: syn::parse::ParseStream) -> syn::Result<Self> {
         const EXPECTED_ATTRIBUTE_MESSAGE: &str = "unexpected attribute, expected any of: status, description, body, content_type, headers";
+        const VALID_STATUS_RANGES: &[&str] = &["default", "1XX", "2XX", "3XX", "4XX", "5XX"];
+        const INVALID_STATUS_RANGE_MESSAGE: &str = "Invalid status range, expected one of:";
+
         let mut response = ResponseValue::default();
 
         while !input.is_empty() {
@@ -62,8 +65,23 @@ impl Parse for ResponseValue<'_> {
             match attribute_name {
                 "status" => {
                     response.status_code =
-                        parse_utils::parse_next(input, || input.parse::<LitInt>())?
-                            .base10_parse()?;
+                        parse_utils::parse_next(input, || {
+                            let lookahead = input.lookahead1();
+                            if lookahead.peek(LitInt) {
+                                input.parse::<LitInt>()?.base10_parse()
+                            } else if lookahead.peek(LitStr) {
+                                let value = input.parse::<LitStr>()?.value();
+                                if !VALID_STATUS_RANGES.contains(&value.as_str()) {
+                                    return Err(Error::new(
+                                        input.span(),
+                                        format!("{} {}", INVALID_STATUS_RANGE_MESSAGE, VALID_STATUS_RANGES.join(", ")),
+                                    ))
+                                }
+                                Ok(value)
+                            } else {
+                                Err(lookahead.error())
+                            }
+                        })?
                 }
                 "description" => {
                     response.description = parse_utils::parse_next_literal_str(input)?;
@@ -176,7 +194,7 @@ impl ToTokens for Responses<'_> {
                         })
                     }
                     Response::Value(response) => {
-                        let code = &response.status_code.to_string();
+                        let code = &response.status_code;
                         acc.extend(quote! { .response(#code, #response) });
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/utoipa-gen/tests/path_response_derive_test.rs b/utoipa-gen/tests/path_response_derive_test.rs
index 216f4703..fa000e4c 100644
--- a/utoipa-gen/tests/path_response_derive_test.rs
+++ b/utoipa-gen/tests/path_response_derive_test.rs
@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ test_fn! {
         (status = 200, description = "success"),
         (status = 401, description = "unauthorized"),
         (status = 404, description = "not found"),
-        (status = 500, description = "server error")
+        (status = 500, description = "server error"),
+        (status = "5XX", description = "all other server errors"),
+        (status = "default", description = "default")
     )
 }
 
@@ -79,6 +81,12 @@ fn derive_path_with_multiple_simple_responses() {
         "responses.500.description" = r#""server error""#, "Response description"
         "responses.500.content" = r#"null"#, "Response content"
         "responses.500.headers" = r#"null"#, "Response headers"
+        "responses.5XX.description" = r#""all other server errors""#, "Response description"
+        "responses.5XX.content" = r#"null"#, "Response content"
+        "responses.5XX.headers" = r#"null"#, "Response headers"
+        "responses.default.description" = r#""default""#, "Response description"
+        "responses.default.content" = r#"null"#, "Response content"
+        "responses.default.headers" = r#"null"#, "Response headers"
     }
 }