diff --git a/doc/book/custom-responses.md b/doc/book/custom-responses.md
index 0d45a078..d9d855ac 100644
--- a/doc/book/custom-responses.md
+++ b/doc/book/custom-responses.md
@@ -23,6 +23,21 @@ Some standard use cases, however, make this un-wieldy:
 Starting with version 1.1, Diactoros offers several custom response types for simplifying these
 common tasks.
 
+## Text Responses
+
+`Zend\Diactoros\Response\TextResponse` creates a plain text response. It sets the
+`Content-Type` header to `text/plain` by default:
+
+```php
+$response = new TextResponse('Hello world!');
+```
+
+The constructor accepts two additional arguments: a status code and an array of headers.
+
+```php
+$response = new TextResponse($text, 200, ['Content-Type' => ['text/csv']]);
+```
+
 ## HTML Responses
 
 `Zend\Diactoros\Response\HtmlResponse` allows specifying HTML as a payload, and sets the
diff --git a/src/Response/HtmlResponse.php b/src/Response/HtmlResponse.php
index d298ee01..33426094 100644
--- a/src/Response/HtmlResponse.php
+++ b/src/Response/HtmlResponse.php
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ public function __construct($html, $status = 200, array $headers = [])
         parent::__construct(
             $this->createBody($html),
             $status,
-            $this->injectContentType('text/html', $headers)
+            $this->injectContentType('text/html; charset=utf-8', $headers)
         );
     }
 
diff --git a/src/Response/TextResponse.php b/src/Response/TextResponse.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bcf32d01
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Response/TextResponse.php
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @see       http://github.com/zendframework/zend-diactoros for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2015 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   https://github.com/zendframework/zend-diactoros/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace Zend\Diactoros\Response;
+
+use InvalidArgumentException;
+use Psr\Http\Message\StreamInterface;
+use Zend\Diactoros\Response;
+use Zend\Diactoros\Stream;
+
+/**
+ * Plain text response.
+ *
+ * Allows creating a response by passing a string to the constructor;
+ * by default, sets a status code of 200 and sets the Content-Type header to
+ * text/plain.
+ */
+class TextResponse extends Response
+{
+    use InjectContentTypeTrait;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a plain text response.
+     *
+     * Produces a text response with a Content-Type of text/plain and a default
+     * status of 200.
+     *
+     * @param string|StreamInterface $text String or stream for the message body.
+     * @param int $status Integer status code for the response; 200 by default.
+     * @param array $headers Array of headers to use at initialization.
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException if $text is neither a string or stream.
+     */
+    public function __construct($text, $status = 200, array $headers = [])
+    {
+        parent::__construct(
+            $this->createBody($text),
+            $status,
+            $this->injectContentType('text/plain; charset=utf-8', $headers)
+        );
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create the message body.
+     *
+     * @param string|StreamInterface $text
+     * @return StreamInterface
+     * @throws InvalidArgumentException if $html is neither a string or stream.
+     */
+    private function createBody($text)
+    {
+        if ($text instanceof StreamInterface) {
+            return $text;
+        }
+
+        if (! is_string($text)) {
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException(sprintf(
+                'Invalid content (%s) provided to %s',
+                (is_object($text) ? get_class($text) : gettype($text)),
+                __CLASS__
+            ));
+        }
+
+        $body = new Stream('php://temp', 'wb+');
+        $body->write($text);
+        return $body;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/test/Response/HtmlResponseTest.php b/test/Response/HtmlResponseTest.php
index d2e43e15..e7489910 100644
--- a/test/Response/HtmlResponseTest.php
+++ b/test/Response/HtmlResponseTest.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ public function testConstructorAllowsPassingHeaders()
 
         $response = new HtmlResponse($body, $status, $headers);
         $this->assertEquals(['foo-bar'], $response->getHeader('x-custom'));
-        $this->assertEquals('text/html', $response->getHeaderLine('content-type'));
+        $this->assertEquals('text/html; charset=utf-8', $response->getHeaderLine('content-type'));
         $this->assertEquals(404, $response->getStatusCode());
         $this->assertSame($body, (string) $response->getBody());
     }
diff --git a/test/Response/TextResponseTest.php b/test/Response/TextResponseTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56403cff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/Response/TextResponseTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Zend Framework (http://framework.zend.com/)
+ *
+ * @see       http://github.com/zendframework/zend-diactoros for the canonical source repository
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2015 Zend Technologies USA Inc. (http://www.zend.com)
+ * @license   https://github.com/zendframework/zend-diactoros/blob/master/LICENSE.md New BSD License
+ */
+
+namespace ZendTest\Diactoros\Response;
+
+use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase as TestCase;
+use Zend\Diactoros\Response\TextResponse;
+
+class TextResponseTest extends TestCase
+{
+    public function testConstructorAcceptsBodyAsString()
+    {
+        $body = 'Uh oh not found';
+
+        $response = new TextResponse($body);
+        $this->assertSame($body, (string) $response->getBody());
+        $this->assertEquals(200, $response->getStatusCode());
+    }
+
+    public function testConstructorAllowsPassingStatus()
+    {
+        $body = 'Uh oh not found';
+        $status = 404;
+
+        $response = new TextResponse($body, $status);
+        $this->assertEquals(404, $response->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertSame($body, (string) $response->getBody());
+    }
+
+    public function testConstructorAllowsPassingHeaders()
+    {
+        $body = 'Uh oh not found';
+        $status = 404;
+        $headers = [
+            'x-custom' => [ 'foo-bar' ],
+        ];
+
+        $response = new TextResponse($body, $status, $headers);
+        $this->assertEquals(['foo-bar'], $response->getHeader('x-custom'));
+        $this->assertEquals('text/plain; charset=utf-8', $response->getHeaderLine('content-type'));
+        $this->assertEquals(404, $response->getStatusCode());
+        $this->assertSame($body, (string) $response->getBody());
+    }
+
+    public function testAllowsStreamsForResponseBody()
+    {
+        $stream = $this->prophesize('Psr\Http\Message\StreamInterface');
+        $body   = $stream->reveal();
+        $response = new TextResponse($body);
+        $this->assertSame($body, $response->getBody());
+    }
+
+    public function invalidContent()
+    {
+        return [
+            'null'       => [null],
+            'true'       => [true],
+            'false'      => [false],
+            'zero'       => [0],
+            'int'        => [1],
+            'zero-float' => [0.0],
+            'float'      => [1.1],
+            'array'      => [['php://temp']],
+            'object'     => [(object) ['php://temp']],
+        ];
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @dataProvider invalidContent
+     * @expectedException \InvalidArgumentException
+     */
+    public function testRaisesExceptionforNonStringNonStreamBodyContent($body)
+    {
+        new TextResponse($body);
+    }
+}