diff --git a/contrib/internal/httptrace/before_handle.go b/contrib/internal/httptrace/before_handle.go
index ba0458f47d..f3be037d4b 100644
--- a/contrib/internal/httptrace/before_handle.go
+++ b/contrib/internal/httptrace/before_handle.go
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ type ServeConfig struct {
 	// SpanOpts specifies any options to be applied to the request starting span.
 	SpanOpts []ddtrace.StartSpanOption
 	// isStatusError allows customization of error code determination.
-	isStatusError func(int) bool
+	IsStatusError func(int) bool
 }
 
 // BeforeHandle contains functionality that should be executed before a http.Handler runs.
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ func BeforeHandle(cfg *ServeConfig, w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) (htt
 	rw, ddrw := wrapResponseWriter(w)
 	rt := r.WithContext(ctx)
 	closeSpan := func() {
-		FinishRequestSpan(span, ddrw.status, cfg.isStatusError, cfg.FinishOpts...)
+		FinishRequestSpan(span, ddrw.status, cfg.IsStatusError, cfg.FinishOpts...)
 	}
 	afterHandle := closeSpan
 	handled := false
diff --git a/contrib/net/http/http.go b/contrib/net/http/http.go
index 5aedb032a4..2069e81a83 100644
--- a/contrib/net/http/http.go
+++ b/contrib/net/http/http.go
@@ -60,10 +60,11 @@ func (mux *ServeMux) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	copy(so, mux.cfg.spanOpts)
 	so = append(so, httptrace.HeaderTagsFromRequest(r, mux.cfg.headerTags))
 	TraceAndServe(mux.ServeMux, w, r, &ServeConfig{
-		Service:  mux.cfg.serviceName,
-		Resource: resource,
-		SpanOpts: so,
-		Route:    route,
+		Service:       mux.cfg.serviceName,
+		Resource:      resource,
+		SpanOpts:      so,
+		Route:         route,
+		IsStatusError: mux.cfg.isStatusError,
 	})
 }
 
diff --git a/contrib/net/http/option.go b/contrib/net/http/option.go
index 79144dc69c..a862fc605a 100644
--- a/contrib/net/http/option.go
+++ b/contrib/net/http/option.go
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ type config struct {
 	finishOpts    []ddtrace.FinishOption
 	ignoreRequest func(*http.Request) bool
 	resourceNamer func(*http.Request) string
+	isStatusError func(int) bool
 	headerTags    *internal.LockMap
 }
 
@@ -86,6 +87,14 @@ func WithHeaderTags(headers []string) Option {
 	}
 }
 
+// WithStatusCheck sets a span to be an error if the passed function
+// returns true for a given status code.
+func WithStatusCheck(fn func(statusCode int) bool) Option {
+	return func(cfg *config) {
+		cfg.isStatusError = fn
+	}
+}
+
 // WithAnalytics enables Trace Analytics for all started spans.
 func WithAnalytics(on bool) MuxOption {
 	return func(cfg *config) {
diff --git a/contrib/net/http/trace_test.go b/contrib/net/http/trace_test.go
index e00aaa95fe..f85a592861 100644
--- a/contrib/net/http/trace_test.go
+++ b/contrib/net/http/trace_test.go
@@ -299,6 +299,102 @@ func TestTraceAndServe(t *testing.T) {
 		assert.Equal("/path?<redacted>", span.Tag(ext.HTTPURL))
 		assert.Equal("200", span.Tag(ext.HTTPCode))
 	})
+
+	t.Run("integrationLevelErrorHandling", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mt := mocktracer.Start()
+		assert := assert.New(t)
+		defer mt.Stop()
+
+		handler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		}
+		r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+		assert.NoError(err)
+		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		TraceAndServe(http.HandlerFunc(handler), w, r, &ServeConfig{
+			IsStatusError: func(i int) bool { return i >= 400 },
+		})
+
+		spans := mt.FinishedSpans()
+		assert.Len(spans, 1)
+		assert.Equal("400", spans[0].Tag(ext.HTTPCode))
+		assert.Equal("400: Bad Request", spans[0].Tag(ext.Error).(error).Error())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("envLevelErrorHandling", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mt := mocktracer.Start()
+		assert := assert.New(t)
+		defer mt.Stop()
+
+		t.Setenv("DD_TRACE_HTTP_SERVER_ERROR_STATUSES", "500")
+
+		cfg := &ServeConfig{
+			Service:       "service",
+			Resource:      "resource",
+		}
+
+		handler := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError) // 500
+		}
+
+		r, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+		assert.NoError(err)
+		w := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		TraceAndServe(http.HandlerFunc(handler), w, r, cfg)
+
+		spans := mt.FinishedSpans()
+		assert.Len(spans, 1)
+		assert.Equal("500", spans[0].Tag(ext.HTTPCode))
+		assert.Equal("500: Internal Server Error", spans[0].Tag(ext.Error).(error).Error())
+	})
+
+	t.Run("integrationOverridesEnvConfig", func(t *testing.T) {
+		mt := mocktracer.Start()
+		assert := assert.New(t)
+		defer mt.Stop()
+
+		// Set environment variable to treat 500 as an error
+		t.Setenv("DD_TRACE_HTTP_SERVER_ERROR_STATUSES", "500")
+
+		cfg := &ServeConfig{
+			IsStatusError: func(i int) bool { return i == 400 },
+		}
+
+		// Test a 400 response, which should be reported as an error
+		handler400 := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest) // 400
+		}
+
+		r400, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+		assert.NoError(err)
+		w400 := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		TraceAndServe(http.HandlerFunc(handler400), w400, r400, cfg)
+
+		spans := mt.FinishedSpans()
+		assert.Len(spans, 1)
+		assert.Equal("400", spans[0].Tag(ext.HTTPCode))
+		assert.Equal("400: Bad Request", spans[0].Tag(ext.Error).(error).Error())
+
+		// Reset the tracer
+		mt.Reset()
+
+		// Test a 500 response, which should NOT be reported as an error,
+		// even though the environment variable says 500 is an error.
+		handler500 := func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError) // 500
+		}
+
+		r500, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "/", nil)
+		assert.NoError(err)
+		w500 := httptest.NewRecorder()
+		TraceAndServe(http.HandlerFunc(handler500), w500, r500, cfg)
+
+		spans = mt.FinishedSpans()
+		assert.Len(spans, 1)
+		assert.Equal("500", spans[0].Tag(ext.HTTPCode))
+		// Confirm that the span is NOT marked as an error.
+		assert.Nil(spans[0].Tag(ext.Error))
+	})
 }
 
 func TestTraceAndServeHost(t *testing.T) {