diff --git a/docs/middleware/included/raising-errors.md b/docs/middleware/included/raising-errors.md
index 3b82130c..65fff3af 100644
--- a/docs/middleware/included/raising-errors.md
+++ b/docs/middleware/included/raising-errors.md
@@ -63,23 +63,28 @@ and raised as `Faraday::NilStatusError`, which inherits from `Faraday::ServerErr
 
 The behavior of this middleware can be customized with the following options:
 
-| Option              | Default | Description |
-|---------------------|---------|-------------|
-| **include_request** | true    | When true, exceptions are initialized with request information including `method`, `url`, `url_path`, `params`, `headers`, and `body`. |
+| Option               | Default | Description |
+|----------------------|---------|-------------|
+| **include_request**  | true    | When true, exceptions are initialized with request information including `method`, `url`, `url_path`, `params`, `headers`, and `body`. |
+| **allowed_statuses** | []      | An array of status codes that should not raise an error. |
 
 ### Example Usage
 
 ```ruby
 conn = Faraday.new(url: 'http://httpbingo.org') do |faraday|
-  faraday.response :raise_error, include_request: true
+  faraday.response :raise_error, include_request: true, allowed_statuses: [404]
 end
 
 begin
-  conn.get('/wrong-url') # => Assume this raises a 404 response
-rescue Faraday::ResourceNotFound => e
-  e.response[:status]              #=> 404
-  e.response[:headers]             #=> { ... }
-  e.response[:body]                #=> "..."
-  e.response[:request][:url_path]  #=> "/wrong-url"
+  conn.get('/wrong-url')           # => Assume this raises a 404 response
+  conn.get('/protected-url')       # => Assume this raises a 401 response
+rescue Faraday::UnauthorizedError => e
+  e.response[:status]              # => 401
+  e.response[:headers]             # => { ... }
+  e.response[:body]                # => "..."
+  e.response[:request][:url_path]  # => "/protected-url"
 end
 ```
+
+In this example, a `Faraday::UnauthorizedError` exception is raised for the `/protected-url` request, while the
+`/wrong-url` request does not raise an error because the status code `404` is in the `allowed_statuses` array.
diff --git a/lib/faraday/response/raise_error.rb b/lib/faraday/response/raise_error.rb
index 957b6e78..0b543219 100644
--- a/lib/faraday/response/raise_error.rb
+++ b/lib/faraday/response/raise_error.rb
@@ -8,32 +8,30 @@ class RaiseError < Middleware
       # rubocop:disable Naming/ConstantName
       ClientErrorStatuses = (400...500)
       ServerErrorStatuses = (500...600)
+      ClientErrorStatusesWithCustomExceptions = {
+        400 => Faraday::BadRequestError,
+        401 => Faraday::UnauthorizedError,
+        403 => Faraday::ForbiddenError,
+        404 => Faraday::ResourceNotFound,
+        408 => Faraday::RequestTimeoutError,
+        409 => Faraday::ConflictError,
+        422 => Faraday::UnprocessableEntityError,
+        429 => Faraday::TooManyRequestsError
+      }.freeze
       # rubocop:enable Naming/ConstantName
 
-      DEFAULT_OPTIONS = { include_request: true }.freeze
+      DEFAULT_OPTIONS = { include_request: true, allowed_statuses: [] }.freeze
 
       def on_complete(env)
+        return if Array(options[:allowed_statuses]).include?(env[:status])
+
         case env[:status]
-        when 400
-          raise Faraday::BadRequestError, response_values(env)
-        when 401
-          raise Faraday::UnauthorizedError, response_values(env)
-        when 403
-          raise Faraday::ForbiddenError, response_values(env)
-        when 404
-          raise Faraday::ResourceNotFound, response_values(env)
+        when *ClientErrorStatusesWithCustomExceptions.keys
+          raise ClientErrorStatusesWithCustomExceptions[env[:status]], response_values(env)
         when 407
           # mimic the behavior that we get with proxy requests with HTTPS
           msg = %(407 "Proxy Authentication Required")
           raise Faraday::ProxyAuthError.new(msg, response_values(env))
-        when 408
-          raise Faraday::RequestTimeoutError, response_values(env)
-        when 409
-          raise Faraday::ConflictError, response_values(env)
-        when 422
-          raise Faraday::UnprocessableEntityError, response_values(env)
-        when 429
-          raise Faraday::TooManyRequestsError, response_values(env)
         when ClientErrorStatuses
           raise Faraday::ClientError, response_values(env)
         when ServerErrorStatuses
diff --git a/spec/faraday/response/raise_error_spec.rb b/spec/faraday/response/raise_error_spec.rb
index 65aba59d..6013080d 100644
--- a/spec/faraday/response/raise_error_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/faraday/response/raise_error_spec.rb
@@ -252,4 +252,24 @@
       end
     end
   end
+
+  describe 'allowing certain status codes' do
+    let(:conn) do
+      Faraday.new do |b|
+        b.response :raise_error, allowed_statuses: [404]
+        b.adapter :test do |stub|
+          stub.get('bad-request') { [400, { 'X-Reason' => 'because' }, 'keep looking'] }
+          stub.get('not-found') { [404, { 'X-Reason' => 'because' }, 'keep looking'] }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    it 'raises an error for status codes that are not explicitly allowed' do
+      expect { conn.get('bad-request') }.to raise_error(Faraday::BadRequestError)
+    end
+
+    it 'does not raise an error for allowed status codes' do
+      expect { conn.get('not-found') }.not_to raise_error
+    end
+  end
 end