diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 5e5fda1..102bf03 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -63,18 +63,17 @@ use crate::Response;
 /// ```
 ///
 /// If you'd like to treat all status code errors as normal, successful responses,
-/// you can use [Result::or_else](std::result::Result::or_else) like this:
+/// you can use [OrAnyStatus::or_any_status] like this:
 ///
 /// ```
 /// use ureq::Error::Status;
-/// # fn main() -> std::result::Result<(), ureq::Error> {
+/// # fn main() -> std::result::Result<(), ureq::Transport> {
 /// # ureq::is_test(true);
+/// use ureq::OrAnyStatus;
+///
 /// let resp = ureq::get("http://example.com/")
 ///   .call()
-///   .or_else(|e| match e {
-///     Status(_, r) => Ok(r), // turn status errors into Ok Responses.
-///     _ => Err(e),
-///   })?;
+///   .or_any_status()?;
 /// # Ok(())
 /// # }
 /// ```
@@ -98,6 +97,43 @@ pub struct Transport {
     response: Option<Response>,
 }
 
+/// Extension to [`Result<Response, Error>`] for handling all status codes as [`Response`].
+pub trait OrAnyStatus {
+    /// Ergonomic helper for handling all status codes as [`Response`].
+    ///
+    /// By default, ureq returns non-2xx responses as [`Error::Status`]. This
+    /// helper is for handling all responses as [`Response`], regardless
+    /// of status code.
+    ///
+    /// ```
+    /// # ureq::is_test(true);
+    /// # fn main() -> Result<(), ureq::Transport> {
+    /// // Bring trait into context.
+    /// use ureq::OrAnyStatus;
+    ///
+    /// let response = ureq::get("http://httpbin.org/status/500")
+    ///     .call()
+    ///     // Transport errors, such as DNS or connectivity problems
+    ///     // must still be dealt with as `Err`.
+    ///     .or_any_status()?;
+    ///
+    /// assert_eq!(response.status(), 500);
+    /// # Ok(())
+    /// # }
+    /// ```
+    fn or_any_status(self) -> Result<Response, Transport>;
+}
+
+impl OrAnyStatus for Result<Response, Error> {
+    fn or_any_status(self) -> Result<Response, Transport> {
+        match self {
+            Ok(response) => Ok(response),
+            Err(Error::Status(_, response)) => Ok(response),
+            Err(Error::Transport(transport)) => Err(transport),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl Display for Error {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index b68003d..2ef48a1 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ mod testserver;
 
 pub use crate::agent::Agent;
 pub use crate::agent::AgentBuilder;
-pub use crate::error::{Error, ErrorKind, Transport};
+pub use crate::error::{Error, ErrorKind, OrAnyStatus, Transport};
 pub use crate::header::Header;
 pub use crate::proxy::Proxy;
 pub use crate::request::Request;