diff --git a/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php b/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php
index a75ade4..184915a 100644
--- a/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php
+++ b/core/modules/simpletest/lib/Drupal/simpletest/WebTestBase.php
@@ -1175,10 +1175,19 @@ protected function parse() {
    * @param $headers
    *   An array containing additional HTTP request headers, each formatted as
    *   "name: value".
+   * @param $response_code
+   *   A string containing the response code that needs to be sent
+   *   to assertReponse(). For example 200 is a successful page request. For a
+   *   list of all codes see
+   *   http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec10.html.
+   * @param $message
+   *   (optional) A message to display with the assertion. Do not translate
+   *   messages: use format_string() to embed variables in the message text, not
+   *   t(). If left blank, a default message will be displayed.
    * @return
    *   The retrieved HTML string, also available as $this->drupalGetContent()
    */
-  protected function drupalGet($path, array $options = array(), array $headers = array()) {
+  protected function drupalGet($path, array $options = array(), array $headers = array(), $response_code = '200', $message = '') {
     $options['absolute'] = TRUE;
 
     // We re-using a CURL connection here. If that connection still has certain
@@ -1194,6 +1203,8 @@ protected function drupalGet($path, array $options = array(), array $headers = a
     $this->verbose('GET request to: ' . $path .
                    '<hr />Ending URL: ' . $this->getUrl() .
                    '<hr />' . $out);
+
+    $this->assertResponse($response_code, $message);
     return $out;
   }