diff --git a/crates/wasi-http/src/error.rs b/crates/wasi-http/src/error.rs
index 8a2c2cf0fcad..9c0a562b4189 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-http/src/error.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-http/src/error.rs
@@ -112,3 +112,9 @@ pub fn hyper_response_error(err: hyper::Error) -> ErrorCode {
 
     ErrorCode::HttpProtocolError
 }
+
+impl From<hyper::Error> for ErrorCode {
+    fn from(err: hyper::Error) -> Self {
+        hyper_response_error(err)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/wasi-http/src/types.rs b/crates/wasi-http/src/types.rs
index 0eb1d31a9389..61f4d0a9d118 100644
--- a/crates/wasi-http/src/types.rs
+++ b/crates/wasi-http/src/types.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 //! implementation of the wasi-http API.
 
 use crate::{
-    bindings::http::types::{self, Method, Scheme},
+    bindings::http::types::{self, ErrorCode, Method, Scheme},
     body::{HostIncomingBody, HyperIncomingBody, HyperOutgoingBody},
 };
 use anyhow::bail;
@@ -92,11 +92,12 @@ pub trait WasiHttpView {
         req: hyper::Request<B>,
     ) -> wasmtime::Result<Resource<HostIncomingRequest>>
     where
-        B: Body<Data = Bytes, Error = hyper::Error> + Send + 'static,
+        B: Body<Data = Bytes> + Send + 'static,
+        B::Error: Into<ErrorCode>,
         Self: Sized,
     {
         let (parts, body) = req.into_parts();
-        let body = body.map_err(crate::hyper_response_error).boxed_unsync();
+        let body = body.map_err(Into::into).boxed_unsync();
         let body = HostIncomingBody::new(
             body,
             // TODO: this needs to be plumbed through