diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 5ed048099db..06351daee04 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ Changes
 
 - Dropped "%O" in access logger #1673
 
+- Added `history` to `ClientResponseError`. #1741
+
 
 2.0.2 (2017-03-21)
 ------------------
diff --git a/aiohttp/client.py b/aiohttp/client.py
index 6937b43f973..ae46d7f12f2 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client.py
@@ -386,6 +386,7 @@ def _ws_connect(self, url, *,
             if resp.status != 101:
                 raise WSServerHandshakeError(
                     resp.request_info,
+                    resp.history,
                     message='Invalid response status',
                     code=resp.status,
                     headers=resp.headers)
@@ -393,6 +394,7 @@ def _ws_connect(self, url, *,
             if resp.headers.get(hdrs.UPGRADE, '').lower() != 'websocket':
                 raise WSServerHandshakeError(
                     resp.request_info,
+                    resp.history,
                     message='Invalid upgrade header',
                     code=resp.status,
                     headers=resp.headers)
@@ -400,6 +402,7 @@ def _ws_connect(self, url, *,
             if resp.headers.get(hdrs.CONNECTION, '').lower() != 'upgrade':
                 raise WSServerHandshakeError(
                     resp.request_info,
+                    resp.history,
                     message='Invalid connection header',
                     code=resp.status,
                     headers=resp.headers)
@@ -411,6 +414,7 @@ def _ws_connect(self, url, *,
             if key != match:
                 raise WSServerHandshakeError(
                     resp.request_info,
+                    resp.history,
                     message='Invalid challenge response',
                     code=resp.status,
                     headers=resp.headers)
diff --git a/aiohttp/client_exceptions.py b/aiohttp/client_exceptions.py
index 61c5eec5056..75fbaad8058 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client_exceptions.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client_exceptions.py
@@ -25,11 +25,13 @@ class ClientResponseError(ClientError):
     :param request_info: instance of RequestInfo
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, request_info, *, code=0, message='', headers=None):
+    def __init__(self, request_info, history, *,
+                 code=0, message='', headers=None):
         self.request_info = request_info
         self.code = code
         self.message = message
         self.headers = headers
+        self.history = history
 
         super().__init__("%s, message='%s'" % (code, message))
 
diff --git a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
index 673dccf3007..16d1385d64d 100644
--- a/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
+++ b/aiohttp/client_reqrep.py
@@ -546,7 +546,7 @@ def start(self, connection, read_until_eof=False):
                     (message, payload) = yield from self._protocol.read()
                 except http.HttpProcessingError as exc:
                     raise ClientResponseError(
-                        self.request_info,
+                        self.request_info, self.history,
                         code=exc.code,
                         message=exc.message, headers=exc.headers) from exc
 
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ def raise_for_status(self):
         if 400 <= self.status:
             raise ClientResponseError(
                 self.request_info,
+                self.history,
                 code=self.status,
                 message=self.reason,
                 headers=self.headers)
@@ -707,6 +708,7 @@ def json(self, *, encoding=None, loads=json.loads,
             if content_type not in ctype:
                 raise ClientResponseError(
                     self.request_info,
+                    self.history,
                     message=('Attempt to decode JSON with '
                              'unexpected mimetype: %s' % ctype),
                     headers=self.headers)
diff --git a/aiohttp/connector.py b/aiohttp/connector.py
index 70a517a77f2..5e7f5a2fb4f 100644
--- a/aiohttp/connector.py
+++ b/aiohttp/connector.py
@@ -727,6 +727,7 @@ def _create_proxy_connection(self, req):
                     if resp.status != 200:
                         raise ClientHttpProxyError(
                             proxy_resp.request_info,
+                            resp.history,
                             code=resp.status,
                             message=resp.reason,
                             headers=resp.headers)
diff --git a/docs/client_reference.rst b/docs/client_reference.rst
index e2dc11817d8..24a308286a4 100644
--- a/docs/client_reference.rst
+++ b/docs/client_reference.rst
@@ -1335,6 +1335,9 @@ Hierarchy of exceptions:
    .. attribute:: request_info
                   Instance of `RequestInfo` object, contains information about request.
 
+   .. attribute:: history
+                  History from `ClientResponse` object, if available, else empty tuple.
+
   * `WSServerHandshakeError` - web socket server response error
 
     - `ClientHttpProxyError` - proxy response
diff --git a/tests/test_client_response.py b/tests/test_client_response.py
index fd66fcabd2b..46e582cf637 100644
--- a/tests/test_client_response.py
+++ b/tests/test_client_response.py
@@ -491,3 +491,61 @@ def test_request_info_in_exception():
     with pytest.raises(aiohttp.ClientResponseError) as cm:
         response.raise_for_status()
     assert cm.value.request_info == response.request_info
+
+
+def test_no_redirect_history_in_exception():
+    url = 'http://def-cl-resp.org'
+    headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=cp1251'}
+    response = ClientResponse(
+        'get',
+        URL(url),
+        request_info=RequestInfo(
+            url,
+            'get',
+            headers
+        )
+    )
+    response.status = 409
+    response.reason = 'CONFLICT'
+    with pytest.raises(aiohttp.ClientResponseError) as cm:
+        response.raise_for_status()
+    assert () == cm.value.history
+
+
+def test_redirect_history_in_exception():
+    hist_url = 'http://def-cl-resp.org'
+    url = 'http://def-cl-resp.org/index.htm'
+    hist_headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=cp1251',
+                    'Location': url
+                    }
+    headers = {'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=cp1251'}
+    response = ClientResponse(
+        'get',
+        URL(url),
+        request_info=RequestInfo(
+            url,
+            'get',
+            headers
+        )
+    )
+    response.status = 409
+    response.reason = 'CONFLICT'
+
+    hist_response = ClientResponse(
+        'get',
+        URL(hist_url),
+        request_info=RequestInfo(
+            url,
+            'get',
+            headers
+        )
+    )
+
+    hist_response.headers = hist_headers
+    hist_response.status = 301
+    hist_response.reason = 'REDIRECT'
+
+    response._history = [hist_response]
+    with pytest.raises(aiohttp.ClientResponseError) as cm:
+        response.raise_for_status()
+    assert [hist_response] == cm.value.history