diff --git a/graphene_django/tests/test_views.py b/graphene_django/tests/test_views.py
index 729342344..c31db8dfb 100644
--- a/graphene_django/tests/test_views.py
+++ b/graphene_django/tests/test_views.py
@@ -457,6 +457,21 @@ def test_handles_invalid_json_bodies(client):
     }
 
 
+def test_handles_django_request_error(client, monkeypatch):
+    def mocked_read(*args):
+        raise IOError("foo-bar")
+
+    monkeypatch.setattr("django.http.request.HttpRequest.read", mocked_read)
+
+    valid_json = json.dumps(dict(foo='bar'))
+    response = client.post(url_string(), valid_json, 'application/json')
+
+    assert response.status_code == 400
+    assert response_json(response) == {
+        'errors': [{'message': 'foo-bar'}]
+    }
+
+
 def test_handles_incomplete_json_bodies(client):
     response = client.post(url_string(), '{"query":', 'application/json')
 
diff --git a/graphene_django/views.py b/graphene_django/views.py
index 412966802..afe04d771 100644
--- a/graphene_django/views.py
+++ b/graphene_django/views.py
@@ -179,7 +179,6 @@ def json_encode(self, request, d, pretty=False):
         return json.dumps(d, sort_keys=True,
                           indent=2, separators=(',', ': '))
 
-    # noinspection PyBroadException
     def parse_body(self, request):
         content_type = self.get_content_type(request)
 
@@ -187,8 +186,14 @@ def parse_body(self, request):
             return {'query': request.body.decode()}
 
         elif content_type == 'application/json':
+            # noinspection PyBroadException
             try:
-                request_json = json.loads(request.body.decode('utf-8'))
+                body = request.body.decode('utf-8')
+            except Exception as e:
+                raise HttpError(HttpResponseBadRequest(str(e)))
+
+            try:
+                request_json = json.loads(body)
                 if self.batch:
                     assert isinstance(request_json, list), (
                         'Batch requests should receive a list, but received {}.'
@@ -203,7 +208,7 @@ def parse_body(self, request):
                 return request_json
             except AssertionError as e:
                 raise HttpError(HttpResponseBadRequest(str(e)))
-            except:
+            except (TypeError, ValueError):
                 raise HttpError(HttpResponseBadRequest('POST body sent invalid JSON.'))
 
         elif content_type in ['application/x-www-form-urlencoded', 'multipart/form-data']: