diff --git a/http-body-util/src/error.rs b/http-body-util/src/error.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8d39f00
--- /dev/null
+++ b/http-body-util/src/error.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+use bytes::Buf;
+use http_body::{Body, Frame, SizeHint};
+use std::{
+    marker::PhantomData,
+    pin::Pin,
+    task::{Context, Poll},
+};
+
+/// A [`Body`] that returns an error when polled.
+///
+/// An [`ErrorBody<D, E>`] is a body that will yield an `E`-typed error when [`Body::poll_frame()`]
+/// is called. The `D` generic allows this body to be treated as a body that would yield a
+/// particular [`Body::Data`] were it not to fail.
+///
+/// This is most often useful for situations like exercising error-handling logic in tests.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct ErrorBody<D, E> {
+    error: Option<E>,
+    data: PhantomData<D>,
+}
+
+// === impl ErrorBody ===
+
+impl<D, E> ErrorBody<D, E> {
+    /// Returns a new [`ErrorBody`] that will yield the provided error.
+    ///
+    /// # Examples
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// use bytes::Bytes;
+    /// use http_body_util::{BodyExt, ErrorBody};
+    ///
+    /// #[tokio::main]
+    /// async fn main() {
+    ///     let mut body = ErrorBody::<Bytes, &str>::new("problem");
+    ///     let frame = body.frame().await;
+    ///     assert_eq!(
+    ///         frame.unwrap().unwrap_err(),
+    ///         "problem",
+    ///     );
+    /// }
+    /// ```
+    pub fn new(error: E) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            error: Some(error),
+            data: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<D, E> Body for ErrorBody<D, E>
+where
+    E: Unpin,
+    D: Buf + Unpin,
+{
+    type Data = D;
+    type Error = E;
+
+    fn poll_frame(
+        self: Pin<&mut Self>,
+        _: &mut Context<'_>,
+    ) -> Poll<Option<Result<Frame<Self::Data>, Self::Error>>> {
+        let Self { error, .. } = self.get_mut();
+
+        if let Some(error) = error.take() {
+            return Poll::Ready(Some(Err(error)));
+        }
+
+        Poll::Ready(None)
+    }
+
+    fn is_end_stream(&self) -> bool {
+        self.error.is_none()
+    }
+
+    fn size_hint(&self) -> SizeHint {
+        SizeHint::default()
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod error_body_tests {
+    use super::ErrorBody;
+    use bytes::Bytes;
+    use http_body::Body;
+    use std::{
+        ops::Not,
+        pin::Pin,
+        task::{Context, Poll},
+    };
+
+    #[test]
+    fn returns_error() {
+        type Error = &'static str;
+
+        let mut body = ErrorBody::<Bytes, Error>::new("problem");
+
+        assert!(
+            body.is_end_stream().not(),
+            "body is not finished until polled"
+        );
+        assert_eq!(body.size_hint().lower(), 0);
+        assert_eq!(body.size_hint().upper(), None);
+
+        let waker = futures_util::task::noop_waker();
+        let mut cx = Context::from_waker(&waker);
+
+        match Pin::new(&mut body).poll_frame(&mut cx) {
+            Poll::Ready(Some(Err("problem"))) => {}
+            other => panic!("unexpected poll outcome: {:?}", other),
+        }
+
+        assert!(body.is_end_stream(), "body is finished after being polled");
+
+        match Pin::new(&mut body).poll_frame(&mut cx) {
+            Poll::Ready(None) => {}
+            other => panic!("unexpected poll outcome: {:?}", other),
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/http-body-util/src/lib.rs b/http-body-util/src/lib.rs
index ae2c369..547586f 100644
--- a/http-body-util/src/lib.rs
+++ b/http-body-util/src/lib.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ mod collected;
 pub mod combinators;
 mod either;
 mod empty;
+mod error;
 mod full;
 mod future;
 mod limited;
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ use self::combinators::{BoxBody, MapErr, MapFrame, UnsyncBoxBody};
 pub use self::collected::Collected;
 pub use self::either::Either;
 pub use self::empty::Empty;
+pub use self::error::ErrorBody;
 pub use self::full::Full;
 pub use self::future::TryFutureBody;
 pub use self::limited::{LengthLimitError, Limited};