diff --git a/flask/app.py b/flask/app.py
index ec157bd8..51b50d34 100644
--- a/flask/app.py
+++ b/flask/app.py
@@ -1460,15 +1460,17 @@ class Flask(_PackageBoundObject):
         return f
 
     def _find_error_handler(self, e):
-        """Finds a registered error handler for the request’s blueprint.
-        Otherwise falls back to the app, returns None if not a suitable
-        handler is found.
+        """Find a registered error handler for a request in this order:
+        blueprint handler for a specific code, app handler for a specific code,
+        blueprint generic HTTPException handler, app generic HTTPException handler,
+        and returns None if a suitable handler is not found.
         """
         exc_class, code = self._get_exc_class_and_code(type(e))
 
         def find_handler(handler_map):
             if not handler_map:
                 return
+
             for cls in exc_class.__mro__:
                 handler = handler_map.get(cls)
                 if handler is not None:
@@ -1476,15 +1478,13 @@ class Flask(_PackageBoundObject):
                     handler_map[exc_class] = handler
                     return handler
 
-        # try blueprint handlers
-        handler = find_handler(self.error_handler_spec
-                               .get(request.blueprint, {})
-                               .get(code))
-        if handler is not None:
-            return handler
+        # check for any in blueprint or app
+        for name, c in ((request.blueprint, code), (None, code),
+                        (request.blueprint, None), (None, None)):
+            handler = find_handler(self.error_handler_spec.get(name, {}).get(c))
 
-        # fall back to app handlers
-        return find_handler(self.error_handler_spec[None].get(code))
+            if handler:
+                return handler
 
     def handle_http_exception(self, e):
         """Handles an HTTP exception.  By default this will invoke the
diff --git a/tests/test_user_error_handler.py b/tests/test_user_error_handler.py
index 11677433..24ffe73f 100644
--- a/tests/test_user_error_handler.py
+++ b/tests/test_user_error_handler.py
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
-from werkzeug.exceptions import Forbidden, InternalServerError
+from werkzeug.exceptions import (
+    Forbidden,
+    InternalServerError,
+    HTTPException,
+    NotFound
+    )
 import flask
 
 
@@ -138,3 +143,53 @@ def test_error_handler_blueprint():
 
     assert c.get('/error').data == b'app-error'
     assert c.get('/bp/error').data == b'bp-error'
+
+
+def test_default_error_handler():
+    bp = flask.Blueprint('bp', __name__)
+
+    @bp.errorhandler(HTTPException)
+    def bp_exception_handler(e):
+        assert isinstance(e, HTTPException)
+        assert isinstance(e, NotFound)
+        return 'bp-default'
+
+    @bp.errorhandler(Forbidden)
+    def bp_exception_handler(e):
+        assert isinstance(e, Forbidden)
+        return 'bp-forbidden'
+
+    @bp.route('/undefined')
+    def bp_registered_test():
+        raise NotFound()
+
+    @bp.route('/forbidden')
+    def bp_forbidden_test():
+        raise Forbidden()
+
+    app = flask.Flask(__name__)
+
+    @app.errorhandler(HTTPException)
+    def catchall_errorhandler(e):
+        assert isinstance(e, HTTPException)
+        assert isinstance(e, NotFound)
+        return 'default'
+
+    @app.errorhandler(Forbidden)
+    def catchall_errorhandler(e):
+        assert isinstance(e, Forbidden)
+        return 'forbidden'
+
+    @app.route('/forbidden')
+    def forbidden():
+        raise Forbidden()
+
+    app.register_blueprint(bp, url_prefix='/bp')
+
+    c = app.test_client()
+    assert c.get('/bp/undefined').data == b'bp-default'
+    assert c.get('/bp/forbidden').data == b'bp-forbidden'
+    assert c.get('/undefined').data == b'default'
+    assert c.get('/forbidden').data == b'forbidden'
+
+