diff --git a/Doc/library/urllib.error.rst b/Doc/library/urllib.error.rst
--- a/Doc/library/urllib.error.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/urllib.error.rst
@@ -36,15 +36,22 @@ The following exceptions are raised by :
 
    .. attribute:: code
 
       An HTTP status code as defined in `RFC 2616
       <http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2616.html>`_.  This numeric value corresponds
       to a value found in the dictionary of codes as found in
       :attr:`http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler.responses`.
 
+   .. attribute:: headers
+
+      The HTTP response headers for the HTTP request that cause the
+      :exc:`HTTPError`.
+
+      .. versionadded:: 3.4
+
 .. exception:: ContentTooShortError(msg, content)
 
    This exception is raised when the :func:`urlretrieve` function detects that
    the amount of the downloaded data is less than the expected amount (given by
    the *Content-Length* header).  The :attr:`content` attribute stores the
    downloaded (and supposedly truncated) data.
 
diff --git a/Lib/urllib/error.py b/Lib/urllib/error.py
--- a/Lib/urllib/error.py
+++ b/Lib/urllib/error.py
@@ -56,13 +56,21 @@ class HTTPError(URLError, urllib.respons
         return 'HTTP Error %s: %s' % (self.code, self.msg)
 
     # since URLError specifies a .reason attribute, HTTPError should also
     #  provide this attribute. See issue13211 for discussion.
     @property
     def reason(self):
         return self.msg
 
+    @property
+    def headers(self):
+        return self.hdrs
+
+    @headers.setter
+    def headers(self, headers):
+        self.hdrs = headers
+
 # exception raised when downloaded size does not match content-length
 class ContentTooShortError(URLError):
     def __init__(self, message, content):
         URLError.__init__(self, message)
         self.content = content