diff --git a/pkg/api/quota/bandwidth_cap.go b/pkg/api/quota/bandwidth_cap.go
index 331aa0dbe..7b47a48cd 100644
--- a/pkg/api/quota/bandwidth_cap.go
+++ b/pkg/api/quota/bandwidth_cap.go
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ package quota
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkg/iodine"
 	"io"
 	"net"
 	"net/http"
 	"time"
+
+	"github.com/minio-io/minio/pkg/iodine"
 )
 
 // bandwidthQuotaHandler
@@ -31,28 +32,12 @@ type bandwidthQuotaHandler struct {
 	quotas  *quotaMap
 }
 
-var bandwidthQuotaExceeded = ErrorResponse{
-	Code:      "BandwithQuotaExceeded",
-	Message:   "Bandwidth Quota Exceeded",
-	Resource:  "",
-	RequestID: "",
-	HostID:    "",
-}
-
-var bandwidthInsufficientToProceed = ErrorResponse{
-	Code:      "BandwidthQuotaWillBeExceeded",
-	Message:   "Bandwidth quota will be exceeded with this request",
-	Resource:  "",
-	RequestID: "",
-	HostID:    "",
-}
-
 // ServeHTTP is an http.Handler ServeHTTP method
 func (h *bandwidthQuotaHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(req.RemoteAddr)
 	longIP := longIP{net.ParseIP(host)}.IptoUint32()
 	if h.quotas.WillExceedQuota(longIP, req.ContentLength) {
-		writeError(w, req, bandwidthInsufficientToProceed, 429)
+		writeErrorResponse(w, req, BandWidthInsufficientToProceed, req.URL.Path)
 		return
 	}
 	req.Body = &quotaReader{
@@ -98,7 +83,7 @@ func (q *quotaReader) Read(b []byte) (int, error) {
 	}
 	if q.quotas.IsQuotaMet(q.ip) {
 		q.err = true
-		writeError(q.w, q.req, bandwidthQuotaExceeded, 429)
+		writeErrorResponse(q.w, q.req, BandWidthQuotaExceeded, q.req.URL.Path)
 		return 0, iodine.New(errors.New("Quota Met"), nil)
 	}
 	n, err := q.ReadCloser.Read(b)
diff --git a/pkg/api/quota/errors.go b/pkg/api/quota/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d236aee79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/api/quota/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+/*
+ * Minimalist Object Storage, (C) 2015 Minio, Inc.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package quota
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/xml"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+// copied from api, no cyclic deps allowed
+
+// Error structure
+type Error struct {
+	Code           string
+	Description    string
+	HTTPStatusCode int
+}
+
+// ErrorResponse - error response format
+type ErrorResponse struct {
+	XMLName   xml.Name `xml:"Error" json:"-"`
+	Code      string
+	Message   string
+	Resource  string
+	RequestID string
+	HostID    string
+}
+
+// Quota standard errors non exhaustive list
+const (
+	RequestTimeTooSkewed = iota
+	BandWidthQuotaExceeded
+	BandWidthInsufficientToProceed
+	SlowDown
+)
+
+// Golang http doesn't implement these
+const (
+	StatusTooManyRequests = 429
+)
+
+func writeErrorResponse(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, errorType int, resource string) {
+	error := getErrorCode(errorType)
+	errorResponse := getErrorResponse(error, resource)
+	// set headers
+	writeErrorHeaders(w)
+	w.WriteHeader(error.HTTPStatusCode)
+	// write body
+	encodedErrorResponse := encodeErrorResponse(errorResponse)
+	w.Write(encodedErrorResponse)
+}
+
+func writeErrorHeaders(w http.ResponseWriter) {
+	w.Header().Set("Server", "Minio")
+	w.Header().Set("Accept-Ranges", "bytes")
+	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "application/xml")
+	w.Header().Set("Connection", "close")
+}
+
+// Error code to Error structure map
+var errorCodeResponse = map[int]Error{
+	BandWidthQuotaExceeded: {
+		Code:           "BandwidthQuotaExceeded",
+		Description:    "Bandwidth Quota Exceeded",
+		HTTPStatusCode: StatusTooManyRequests,
+	},
+	BandWidthInsufficientToProceed: {
+		Code:           "BandwidthQuotaWillBeExceeded",
+		Description:    "Bandwidth quota will be exceeded with this request",
+		HTTPStatusCode: StatusTooManyRequests,
+	},
+	SlowDown: {
+		Code:           "SlowDown",
+		Description:    "Reduce your request rate.",
+		HTTPStatusCode: StatusTooManyRequests,
+	},
+}
+
+// Write error response headers
+func encodeErrorResponse(response interface{}) []byte {
+	var bytesBuffer bytes.Buffer
+	encoder := xml.NewEncoder(&bytesBuffer)
+	encoder.Encode(response)
+	return bytesBuffer.Bytes()
+}
+
+// errorCodeError provides errorCode to Error. It returns empty if the code provided is unknown
+func getErrorCode(code int) Error {
+	return errorCodeResponse[code]
+}
+
+// getErrorResponse gets in standard error and resource value and
+// provides a encodable populated response values
+func getErrorResponse(err Error, resource string) ErrorResponse {
+	var data = ErrorResponse{}
+	data.Code = err.Code
+	data.Message = err.Description
+	if resource != "" {
+		data.Resource = resource
+	}
+	// TODO implement this in future
+	data.RequestID = "3L137"
+	data.HostID = "3L137"
+
+	return data
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/quota/quota_handler.go b/pkg/api/quota/quota_handler.go
index e012fba5c..461d3d919 100644
--- a/pkg/api/quota/quota_handler.go
+++ b/pkg/api/quota/quota_handler.go
@@ -17,11 +17,8 @@
 package quota
 
 import (
-	"bytes"
 	"encoding/binary"
-	"encoding/xml"
 	"net"
-	"net/http"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 )
@@ -95,24 +92,3 @@ func (p longIP) IptoUint32() (result uint32) {
 	}
 	return binary.BigEndian.Uint32(ip)
 }
-
-// copied from api, no cyclic deps allowed
-
-// ErrorResponse - error response format
-type ErrorResponse struct {
-	XMLName   xml.Name `xml:"Error" json:"-"`
-	Code      string
-	Message   string
-	Resource  string
-	RequestID string
-	HostID    string
-}
-
-func writeError(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request, errorResponse ErrorResponse, status int) {
-	var buf bytes.Buffer
-	encoder := xml.NewEncoder(&buf)
-	w.WriteHeader(status)
-	encoder.Encode(errorResponse)
-	encoder.Flush()
-	w.Write(buf.Bytes())
-}
diff --git a/pkg/api/quota/request_limit.go b/pkg/api/quota/request_limit.go
index 2a612a3f5..d85c593e8 100644
--- a/pkg/api/quota/request_limit.go
+++ b/pkg/api/quota/request_limit.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ func (h *requestLimitHandler) ServeHTTP(w http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request
 	host, _, _ := net.SplitHostPort(req.RemoteAddr)
 	longIP := longIP{net.ParseIP(host)}.IptoUint32()
 	if h.quotas.IsQuotaMet(longIP) {
-		return
+		writeErrorResponse(w, req, SlowDown, req.URL.Path)
 	}
 	h.quotas.Add(longIP, 1)
 	h.handler.ServeHTTP(w, req)