diff --git a/include/boost/beast/http/error.hpp b/include/boost/beast/http/error.hpp
index ab6216b1..c04c7300 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/http/error.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/http/error.hpp
@@ -146,6 +146,9 @@ enum class error
     /// An obs-fold exceeded an internal limit.
     bad_obs_fold,
 
+    /// The response contains multiple and conflicting Content-Length.
+    multiple_content_length,
+
     /** The parser is stale.
 
         This happens when attempting to re-use a parser that has
diff --git a/include/boost/beast/http/impl/basic_parser.ipp b/include/boost/beast/http/impl/basic_parser.ipp
index 4eff491c..c5688156 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/http/impl/basic_parser.ipp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/http/impl/basic_parser.ipp
@@ -809,6 +809,11 @@ do_field(field f,
             ec = error::bad_content_length;
         };
 
+        auto multiple_content_length = [&ec]
+        {
+            ec = error::multiple_content_length;
+        };
+
         // conflicting field
         if(f_ & flagChunked)
             return bad_content_length();
@@ -831,7 +836,7 @@ do_field(field f,
             if (existing.has_value())
             {
                 if (v != *existing)
-                    return bad_content_length();
+                    return multiple_content_length();
             }
             else
             {
diff --git a/include/boost/beast/http/impl/error.ipp b/include/boost/beast/http/impl/error.ipp
index 2443c818..439b691b 100644
--- a/include/boost/beast/http/impl/error.ipp
+++ b/include/boost/beast/http/impl/error.ipp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public:
         case error::bad_chunk: return "bad chunk";
         case error::bad_chunk_extension: return "bad chunk extension";
         case error::bad_obs_fold: return "bad obs-fold";
+        case error::multiple_content_length: return "multiple Content-Length";
         case error::stale_parser: return "stale parser";
         case error::short_read: return "unexpected eof in body";
 
diff --git a/test/beast/http/basic_parser.cpp b/test/beast/http/basic_parser.cpp
index ef809e78..0a21d893 100644
--- a/test/beast/http/basic_parser.cpp
+++ b/test/beast/http/basic_parser.cpp
@@ -703,7 +703,7 @@ public:
         failgrind<P>(c(",\r\n"),                            error::bad_content_length);
         failgrind<P>(c("0,\r\n"),                           error::bad_content_length);
         failgrind<P>(m("Content-Length: 0\r\n"
-                        "Content-Length: 100\r\n"),         error::bad_content_length);
+                        "Content-Length: 100\r\n"),         error::multiple_content_length);
     }
 
     void
diff --git a/test/beast/http/error.cpp b/test/beast/http/error.cpp
index 8689cd9d..248f1cf9 100644
--- a/test/beast/http/error.cpp
+++ b/test/beast/http/error.cpp
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public:
         check("beast.http", error::bad_chunk);
         check("beast.http", error::bad_chunk_extension);
         check("beast.http", error::bad_obs_fold);
+        check("beast.http", error::multiple_content_length);
 
         check("beast.http", error::stale_parser);
         check("beast.http", error::short_read);
diff --git a/test/beast/http/parser.cpp b/test/beast/http/parser.cpp
index 9d59511d..8641e418 100644
--- a/test/beast/http/parser.cpp
+++ b/test/beast/http/parser.cpp
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ public:
             response_parser<string_body> parser;
             error_code ec;
             parser.put(net::buffer(message), ec);
-            BEAST_EXPECTS(ec == error::bad_content_length, ec.message());
+            BEAST_EXPECTS(ec == error::multiple_content_length, ec.message());
         };
 
         // multiple contents lengths the same