diff --git a/src/main/java/com/qualinsight/plugins/sonarqube/badges/internal/ProjectNotFoundException.java b/src/main/java/com/qualinsight/plugins/sonarqube/badges/internal/ProjectNotFoundException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1eebb11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/qualinsight/plugins/sonarqube/badges/internal/ProjectNotFoundException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+/*
+ * qualinsight-plugins-sonarqube-badges
+ * Copyright (c) 2015, QualInsight
+ * http://www.qualinsight.com/
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License as published by the Free Software Foundation, either
+ * version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * Lesser General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+ * License along with this program. If not, you can retrieve a copy
+ * from <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ */
+package com.qualinsight.plugins.sonarqube.badges.internal;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class ProjectNotFoundException extends IOException {
+
+    /**
+     *
+     */
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/qualinsight/plugins/sonarqube/badges/internal/QualityGateStatus.java b/src/main/java/com/qualinsight/plugins/sonarqube/badges/internal/QualityGateStatus.java
index 7964e44..8cb294e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/qualinsight/plugins/sonarqube/badges/internal/QualityGateStatus.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/qualinsight/plugins/sonarqube/badges/internal/QualityGateStatus.java
@@ -56,7 +56,13 @@ public enum QualityGateStatus {
      */
     ERROR("failing",
         new Color(224, 93, 68, 255),
-        44);
+        44),
+    /**
+     * The project / view does not pass the quality gate due to gate errors.
+     */
+    NOT_FOUND("not found",
+        new Color(224, 93, 68, 255),
+        65);
 
     private final String displayText;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/qualinsight/plugins/sonarqube/badges/internal/QualityGateStatusRetriever.java b/src/main/java/com/qualinsight/plugins/sonarqube/badges/internal/QualityGateStatusRetriever.java
index 493afde..fe03983 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/qualinsight/plugins/sonarqube/badges/internal/QualityGateStatusRetriever.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/qualinsight/plugins/sonarqube/badges/internal/QualityGateStatusRetriever.java
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ public String handleResponse(final HttpResponse response) throws IOException {
                 if ((status >= 200) && (status < 300)) {
                     final HttpEntity entity = response.getEntity();
                     return entity != null ? EntityUtils.toString(entity) : null;
+                } else if (status == 404) {
+                    throw new ProjectNotFoundException();
                 } else {
                     throw new ClientProtocolException("Unexpected response status: " + status);
                 }
@@ -99,6 +101,8 @@ public QualityGateStatus retrieveFor(final String key) {
         QualityGateStatus status;
         try {
             status = statusFromReponseBody(responseBodyForKey(key));
+        } catch (final ProjectNotFoundException e) {
+            status = QualityGateStatus.NOT_FOUND;
         } catch (URISyntaxException | IOException | JSONException e) {
             status = QualityGateStatus.SERVER_ERROR;
             // We do not want to spam server logs with malformed requests, therefore we only log in debug mode