diff --git a/djangorestframework/exceptions.py b/djangorestframework/exceptions.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e70f55dfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/djangorestframework/exceptions.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+class ParseError(Exception):
+    def __init__(self, detail):
+        self.detail = detail
diff --git a/djangorestframework/parsers.py b/djangorestframework/parsers.py
index 0eb72f38a..1fff64f79 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/parsers.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/parsers.py
@@ -15,9 +15,8 @@ from django.http import QueryDict
 from django.http.multipartparser import MultiPartParser as DjangoMultiPartParser
 from django.http.multipartparser import MultiPartParserError
 from django.utils import simplejson as json
-from djangorestframework import status
 from djangorestframework.compat import yaml
-from djangorestframework.response import ImmediateResponse
+from djangorestframework.exceptions import ParseError
 from djangorestframework.utils.mediatypes import media_type_matches
 from xml.etree import ElementTree as ET
 from djangorestframework.compat import ETParseError
@@ -83,9 +82,7 @@ class JSONParser(BaseParser):
         try:
             return (json.load(stream), None)
         except ValueError, exc:
-            raise ImmediateResponse(
-                {'detail': 'JSON parse error - %s' % unicode(exc)},
-                status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+            raise ParseError('JSON parse error - %s' % unicode(exc))
 
 
 class YAMLParser(BaseParser):
@@ -105,9 +102,7 @@ class YAMLParser(BaseParser):
         try:
             return (yaml.safe_load(stream), None)
         except (ValueError, yaml.parser.ParserError), exc:
-            raise ImmediateResponse(
-                {'detail': 'YAML parse error - %s' % unicode(exc)},
-                status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+            raise ParseError('YAML parse error - %s' % unicode(exc))
 
 
 class PlainTextParser(BaseParser):
@@ -163,9 +158,7 @@ class MultiPartParser(BaseParser):
             parser = DjangoMultiPartParser(meta, stream, upload_handlers)
             return parser.parse()
         except MultiPartParserError, exc:
-            raise ImmediateResponse(
-                {'detail': 'multipart parse error - %s' % unicode(exc)},
-                status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+            raise ParseError('Multipart form parse error - %s' % unicode(exc))
 
 
 class XMLParser(BaseParser):
@@ -185,8 +178,7 @@ class XMLParser(BaseParser):
         try:
             tree = ET.parse(stream)
         except (ExpatError, ETParseError, ValueError), exc:
-            content = {'detail': 'XML parse error - %s' % unicode(exc)}
-            raise ImmediateResponse(content, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
+            raise ParseError('XML parse error - %s' % unicode(exc))
         data = self._xml_convert(tree.getroot())
 
         return (data, None)
diff --git a/djangorestframework/views.py b/djangorestframework/views.py
index be8f08ae9..41be03376 100644
--- a/djangorestframework/views.py
+++ b/djangorestframework/views.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from djangorestframework.compat import View as DjangoView, apply_markdown
 from djangorestframework.response import Response, ImmediateResponse
 from djangorestframework.request import Request
-from djangorestframework import renderers, parsers, authentication, permissions, status
+from djangorestframework import renderers, parsers, authentication, permissions, status, exceptions
 
 
 __all__ = (
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ class View(DjangoView):
 
         except ImmediateResponse, exc:
             response = exc.response
+        except exceptions.ParseError as exc:
+            response = Response({'detail': exc.detail}, status=status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST)
 
         self.response = self.final(request, response, *args, **kwargs)
         return self.response