diff --git a/include/types/http_htx.h b/include/types/http_htx.h
index f1f468542..c32394392 100644
--- a/include/types/http_htx.h
+++ b/include/types/http_htx.h
@@ -47,10 +47,11 @@ struct http_reply_hdr {
 };
 
 #define HTTP_REPLY_EMPTY    0x00 /* the reply has no payload */
-#define HTTP_REPLY_ERRMSG   0x01 /* the reply is an error message */
+#define HTTP_REPLY_ERRMSG   0x01 /* the reply is an error message (may be NULL) */
 #define HTTP_REPLY_ERRFILES 0x02 /* the reply references an http-errors section */
 #define HTTP_REPLY_RAW      0x03 /* the reply use a raw payload */
 #define HTTP_REPLY_LOGFMT   0x04 /* the reply use a log-format payload */
+#define HTTP_REPLY_INDIRECT 0x05 /* the reply references another http-reply (may be NULL) */
 
 /* Uses by HAProxy to generate internal responses */
 struct http_reply {
@@ -63,7 +64,8 @@ struct http_reply {
 		struct buffer obj;            /* A raw string (type = HTTP_REPLY_RAW) */
 		struct buffer *errmsg;        /* The error message to use as response (type = HTTP_REPLY_ERRMSG).
 					       * may be NULL, if so rely on the proxy error messages */
-		char          *http_errors;   /* The http-errors section to use (type = HTTP_REPLY_ERRFILES).
+		struct http_reply *reply;     /* The HTTP reply to use as response (type = HTTP_REPLY_INDIRECT) */
+		char *http_errors;            /* The http-errors section to use (type = HTTP_REPLY_ERRFILES).
 					       * Should be resolved during post-check */
 	} body;
 	struct list list;  /* next http_reply in the global list.
diff --git a/src/http_ana.c b/src/http_ana.c
index adadc186f..6ff6ada1f 100644
--- a/src/http_ana.c
+++ b/src/http_ana.c
@@ -4708,7 +4708,18 @@ int http_reply_message(struct stream *s, struct http_reply *reply)
 	s->txn->status = reply->status;
 	channel_htx_truncate(res, htx);
 
-	/* HTTP_REPLY_ERRFILES unexpected here. handled as no payload if so */
+	/*
+	 * - HTTP_REPLY_ERRFILES unexpected here. handled as no payload if so
+	 *
+	 * - HTTP_REPLY_INDIRECT: switch on another reply if defined or handled
+	 *   as no payload if NULL. the TXN status code is set with the status
+	 *   of the original reply.
+	 */
+
+	if (reply->type == HTTP_REPLY_INDIRECT) {
+		if (reply->body.reply)
+			reply = reply->body.reply;
+	}
 
 	if (reply->type == HTTP_REPLY_ERRMSG) {
 		/* implicit or explicit error message*/
diff --git a/src/http_htx.c b/src/http_htx.c
index 18ac47ce4..cefd8f6a7 100644
--- a/src/http_htx.c
+++ b/src/http_htx.c
@@ -1278,10 +1278,10 @@ int http_check_http_reply(struct http_reply *reply, struct proxy *px, char **err
 
 	list_for_each_entry(http_errs, &http_errors_list, list) {
 		if (strcmp(http_errs->id, reply->body.http_errors) == 0) {
-			reply->type = HTTP_REPLY_ERRMSG;
+			reply->type = HTTP_REPLY_INDIRECT;
 			free(reply->body.http_errors);
-			reply->body.errmsg = http_errs->errmsg[http_get_status_idx(reply->status)];
-			if (!reply->body.errmsg)
+			reply->body.reply = http_errs->replies[http_get_status_idx(reply->status)];
+			if (!reply->body.reply)
 				ha_warning("Proxy '%s': status '%d' referenced by an http reply "
 					   "not declared in http-errors section '%s'.\n",
 					   px->id, reply->status, http_errs->id);