diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/WebRequestTraceFilter.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/WebRequestTraceFilter.java
index 9ddf8ab7093..b9b01be9e10 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/WebRequestTraceFilter.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/WebRequestTraceFilter.java
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import javax.servlet.FilterChain;
 import javax.servlet.ServletException;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponseWrapper;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpSession;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.boot.actuate.trace.TraceProperties.Include;
 import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.ErrorAttributes;
 import org.springframework.core.Ordered;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletRequestAttributes;
 import org.springframework.web.filter.OncePerRequestFilter;
 
@@ -108,11 +110,14 @@ public class WebRequestTraceFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter implements Order
 					throws ServletException, IOException {
 		Map<String, Object> trace = getTrace(request);
 		logTrace(request, trace);
+		int status = HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR.value();
 		try {
 			filterChain.doFilter(request, response);
+			status = response.getStatus();
 		}
 		finally {
-			enhanceTrace(trace, response);
+			enhanceTrace(trace, status == response.getStatus() ? response
+					: new CustomStatusResponseWrapper(response, status));
 			this.repository.add(trace);
 		}
 	}
@@ -214,4 +219,21 @@ public class WebRequestTraceFilter extends OncePerRequestFilter implements Order
 		this.errorAttributes = errorAttributes;
 	}
 
+	private static final class CustomStatusResponseWrapper
+			extends HttpServletResponseWrapper {
+
+		private final int status;
+
+		private CustomStatusResponseWrapper(HttpServletResponse response, int status) {
+			super(response);
+			this.status = status;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int getStatus() {
+			return this.status;
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }
diff --git a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/WebRequestTraceFilterTests.java b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/WebRequestTraceFilterTests.java
index a69ee7c349a..365e2b67d20 100644
--- a/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/WebRequestTraceFilterTests.java
+++ b/spring-boot-actuator/src/test/java/org/springframework/boot/actuate/trace/WebRequestTraceFilterTests.java
@@ -37,8 +37,12 @@ import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.web.DefaultErrorAttributes;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.spy;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.times;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.verify;
@@ -183,4 +187,32 @@ public class WebRequestTraceFilterTests {
 		assertEquals("Foo", map.get("message").toString());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public void filterHas500ResponseStatusWhenExceptionIsThrown()
+			throws ServletException, IOException {
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest("GET", "/foo");
+		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+
+		try {
+			this.filter.doFilterInternal(request, response, new FilterChain() {
+
+				@Override
+				public void doFilter(ServletRequest request, ServletResponse response)
+						throws IOException, ServletException {
+					throw new RuntimeException();
+				}
+
+			});
+			fail("Exception was swallowed");
+		}
+		catch (RuntimeException ex) {
+			Map<String, Object> headers = (Map<String, Object>) this.repository.findAll()
+					.iterator().next().getInfo().get("headers");
+			Map<String, Object> responseHeaders = (Map<String, Object>) headers
+					.get("response");
+			assertThat((String) responseHeaders.get("status"), is(equalTo("500")));
+		}
+	}
+
 }