diff --git a/spec/type_aliases/httpstatus_spec.rb b/spec/type_aliases/httpstatus_spec.rb
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+++ b/spec/type_aliases/httpstatus_spec.rb
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+require 'spec_helper'
+
+if Puppet::Util::Package.versioncmp(Puppet.version, '4.5.0') >= 0
+  describe 'Stdlib::HttpStatus' do
+    describe 'valid HTTP Status' do
+      [
+        200,
+        302,
+        404,
+        418,
+        503,
+      ].each do |value|
+        describe value.inspect do
+          it { is_expected.to allow_value(value) }
+        end
+      end
+    end
+
+    describe 'invalid path handling' do
+      context 'garbage inputs' do
+        [
+          nil,
+          [nil],
+          [nil, nil],
+          { 'foo' => 'bar' },
+          {},
+          '',
+          'https',
+          '199',
+          600,
+          1_000,
+        ].each do |value|
+          describe value.inspect do
+            it { is_expected.not_to allow_value(value) }
+          end
+        end
+      end
+    end
+  end
+end
diff --git a/types/httpstatus.pp b/types/httpstatus.pp
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+type Stdlib::HttpStatus = Integer[100, 599]