diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResult.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResult.php
index 8148d4c..f67b9f5 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResult.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResult.php
@@ -51,11 +51,16 @@ public static function allowed() {
   /**
    * Creates an AccessResultInterface object with isForbidden() === TRUE.
    *
+   * @param string|null $reason
+   *   (optional) The reason why access is forbidden. Intended for developers,
+   *   hence not translatable.
+   *
    * @return \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResult
    *   isForbidden() will be TRUE.
    */
-  public static function forbidden() {
-    return new AccessResultForbidden();
+  public static function forbidden($reason = NULL) {
+    assert('is_string($reason) || is_null($reason)');
+    return new AccessResultForbidden($reason);
   }
 
   /**
@@ -334,8 +339,16 @@ public function andIf(AccessResultInterface $other) {
     if ($this->isForbidden() || $other->isForbidden()) {
       $result = static::forbidden();
       if (!$this->isForbidden()) {
+        if ($other instanceof AccessResultReasonInterface) {
+          $result->setReason($other->getReason());
+        }
         $merge_other = TRUE;
       }
+      else {
+        if ($this instanceof AccessResultReasonInterface) {
+          $result->setReason($this->getReason());
+        }
+      }
     }
     elseif ($this->isAllowed() && $other->isAllowed()) {
       $result = static::allowed();
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResultForbidden.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResultForbidden.php
index 4dc0120..2dc9137 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResultForbidden.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResultForbidden.php
@@ -5,7 +5,25 @@
 /**
  * Value object indicating a forbidden access result, with cacheability metadata.
  */
-class AccessResultForbidden extends AccessResult {
+class AccessResultForbidden extends AccessResult implements AccessResultReasonInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * The reason why access is forbidden. For use in error messages.
+   *
+   * @var string|null
+   */
+  protected $reason;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructs a new AccessResultForbidden instance.
+   *
+   * @param null|string $reason
+   *   (optional) a message to provide details about this access result
+   */
+  public function __construct($reason = NULL) {
+    $this->reason = $reason;
+  }
+
 
   /**
    * {@inheritdoc}
@@ -14,4 +32,19 @@ public function isForbidden() {
     return TRUE;
   }
 
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getReason() {
+    return $this->reason;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function setReason($reason) {
+    $this->reason = $reason;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResultReasonInterface.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResultReasonInterface.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30be5f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/AccessResultReasonInterface.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Core\Access;
+
+/**
+ * Interface for access result value objects with stored reason for developers.
+ *
+ * For example, a developer can specify the reason for forbidden access:
+ * <code>
+ * new AccessResultForbidden('You are not authorized to hack core');
+ * </code>
+ *
+ * @see \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface
+ */
+interface AccessResultReasonInterface extends AccessResultInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the reason for this access result.
+   *
+   * @return string|NULL
+   *   The reason of this access result or NULL if no reason is provided.
+   */
+  public function getReason();
+
+  /**
+   * Sets the reason for this access result.
+   *
+   * @param $reason string|NULL
+   *   The reason of this access result or NULL if no reason is provided.
+   *
+   * @return \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface
+   *   The access result instance.
+   */
+  public function setReason($reason);
+
+}
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/CsrfRequestHeaderAccessCheck.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/CsrfRequestHeaderAccessCheck.php
index 470ea9f..53f326d 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/CsrfRequestHeaderAccessCheck.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Access/CsrfRequestHeaderAccessCheck.php
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public function access(Request $request, AccountInterface $account) {
       //   Kept here for sessions active during update.
       if (!$this->csrfToken->validate($csrf_token, self::TOKEN_KEY)
         && !$this->csrfToken->validate($csrf_token, 'rest')) {
-        return AccessResult::forbidden()->setCacheMaxAge(0);
+        return AccessResult::forbidden()->setReason('X-CSRF-Token request header is missing')->setCacheMaxAge(0);
       }
     }
     // Let other access checkers decide if the request is legit.
diff --git a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/AccessAwareRouter.php b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/AccessAwareRouter.php
index 80e16eb..9346b0a 100644
--- a/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/AccessAwareRouter.php
+++ b/core/lib/Drupal/Core/Routing/AccessAwareRouter.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Drupal\Core\Routing;
 
 use Drupal\Core\Access\AccessManagerInterface;
+use Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultReasonInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Session\AccountInterface;
 use Symfony\Cmf\Component\Routing\ChainRouter;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
@@ -105,7 +106,7 @@ protected function checkAccess(Request $request) {
       $request->attributes->set(AccessAwareRouterInterface::ACCESS_RESULT, $access_result);
     }
     if (!$access_result->isAllowed()) {
-      throw new AccessDeniedHttpException();
+      throw new AccessDeniedHttpException($access_result instanceof AccessResultReasonInterface ? $access_result->getReason() : NULL);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultForbiddenTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultForbiddenTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7b5c982
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultForbiddenTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\Core\Access;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultForbidden;
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+
+/**
+ * @coversDefaultClass \Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultForbidden
+ * @group Access
+ */
+class AccessResultForbiddenTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  /**
+   * Tests the construction of an AccessResultForbidden object.
+   *
+   * @covers ::__construct
+   */
+  public function testConstruction() {
+
+    $a = new AccessResultForbidden();
+    $this->assertEquals(NULL, $a->getReason());
+
+    $reason = $this->getRandomGenerator()->string();
+    $b = new AccessResultForbidden($reason);
+    $this->assertEquals($reason, $b->getReason());
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test setReason()
+   *
+   * @covers ::setReason
+   */
+  public function testSetReason() {
+    $a = new AccessResultForbidden();
+
+    $reason = $this->getRandomGenerator()->string();
+    $return = $a->setReason($reason);
+
+    $this->assertSame($reason, $a->getReason());
+    $this->assertSame($a, $return);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultTest.php
index 287c344..ca262c7 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Access/AccessResultTest.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 use Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResult;
 use Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultNeutral;
+use Drupal\Core\Access\AccessResultReasonInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\Cache;
 use Drupal\Core\Cache\CacheableDependencyInterface;
 use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
@@ -113,6 +114,23 @@ public function testAccessForbidden() {
   }
 
   /**
+   * @covers ::forbidden
+   */
+  public function testAccessForbiddenReason() {
+    $verify = function (AccessResult $access, $reason) {
+      $this->assertInstanceOf(AccessResultReasonInterface::class, $access);
+      $this->assertSame($reason, $access->getReason());
+    };
+
+    $b = AccessResult::forbidden();
+    $verify($b, NULL);
+
+    $reason = $this->getRandomGenerator()->string();
+    $b = AccessResult::forbidden($reason);
+    $verify($b, $reason);
+  }
+
+  /**
    * @covers ::allowedIf
    * @covers ::isAllowed
    * @covers ::isForbidden
diff --git a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Routing/AccessAwareRouterTest.php b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Routing/AccessAwareRouterTest.php
index df3b580..dccda5c 100644
--- a/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Routing/AccessAwareRouterTest.php
+++ b/core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Routing/AccessAwareRouterTest.php
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
 use Symfony\Cmf\Component\Routing\RouteObjectInterface;
 use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\AccessDeniedHttpException;
 use Symfony\Component\Routing\Route;
 
 /**
@@ -106,6 +107,22 @@ public function testMatchRequestDenied() {
   }
 
   /**
+   * Tests the matchRequest() function for access denied with specific reason message.
+   */
+  public function testCheckAccessResultWithReason() {
+    $this->setupRouter();
+    $request = new Request();
+    $reason = $this->getRandomGenerator()->string();
+    $access_result = AccessResult::forbidden($reason);
+    $this->accessManager->expects($this->once())
+      ->method('checkRequest')
+      ->with($request)
+      ->willReturn($access_result);
+    $this->setExpectedException(AccessDeniedHttpException::class, $reason);
+    $this->router->matchRequest($request);
+  }
+
+  /**
    * Ensure that methods are passed to the wrapped router.
    *
    * @covers ::__call