diff --git a/hook/hook.go b/hook/hook.go
index 0cc2740..926a651 100644
--- a/hook/hook.go
+++ b/hook/hook.go
@@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ type Hook struct {
 	PassArgumentsToCommand   []Argument      `json:"pass-arguments-to-command,omitempty"`
 	JSONStringParameters     []Argument      `json:"parse-parameters-as-json,omitempty"`
 	TriggerRule              *Rules          `json:"trigger-rule,omitempty"`
+	TriggerRuleMismatchCode  int             `json:"trigger-rule-mismatch-code,omitempty"`
 }
 
 // ParseJSONParameters decodes specified arguments to JSON objects and replaces the
diff --git a/test/hooks.json.tmpl b/test/hooks.json.tmpl
index 4d94449..c731c9a 100644
--- a/test/hooks.json.tmpl
+++ b/test/hooks.json.tmpl
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     "execute-command": "{{ .Hookecho }}",
     "command-working-directory": "/",
     "include-command-output-in-response": true,
+    "trigger-rule-mismatch-code": 400,
     "pass-environment-to-command":
     [
       {
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@
     "command-working-directory": "/",
     "include-command-output-in-response": false,
     "response-message": "success",
+    "trigger-rule-mismatch-code": 999,
     "parse-parameters-as-json": [
       {
         "source": "payload",
diff --git a/webhook.go b/webhook.go
index d4908de..92f49b6 100644
--- a/webhook.go
+++ b/webhook.go
@@ -242,6 +242,17 @@ func hookHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return
 		}
 
+		// Check if a return code is configured for the hook
+		if matchedHook.TriggerRuleMismatchCode != 0 {
+			// Check if the configured return code is supported by the http package
+			// by testing if there is a StatusText for this code.
+			if len(http.StatusText(matchedHook.TriggerRuleMismatchCode)) > 0 {
+				w.WriteHeader(matchedHook.TriggerRuleMismatchCode)
+			} else {
+				log.Printf("%s got matched, but the configured return code %d is unknown - defaulting to 200\n", matchedHook.ID, matchedHook.TriggerRuleMismatchCode)
+			}
+		}
+
 		// if none of the hooks got triggered
 		log.Printf("%s got matched, but didn't get triggered because the trigger rules were not satisfied\n", matchedHook.ID)
 
diff --git a/webhook_test.go b/webhook_test.go
index 0b25de9..eef1e0a 100644
--- a/webhook_test.go
+++ b/webhook_test.go
@@ -515,5 +515,10 @@ env: HOOK_head_commit.timestamp=2013-03-12T08:14:29-07:00
 `,
 	},
 
-	{"empty payload", "github", nil, `{}`, false, http.StatusOK, `Hook rules were not satisfied.`},
+	// test with custom return code
+	{"empty payload", "github", nil, `{}`, false, http.StatusBadRequest, `Hook rules were not satisfied.`},
+	// test with custom invalid http code, should default to 200 OK
+	{"empty payload", "bitbucket", nil, `{}`, false, http.StatusOK, `Hook rules were not satisfied.`},
+	// test with no configured http return code, should default to 200 OK
+	{"empty payload", "gitlab", nil, `{}`, false, http.StatusOK, `Hook rules were not satisfied.`},
 }