diff --git a/searx/engines/xpath.py b/searx/engines/xpath.py
index 705a5211d..97656705a 100644
--- a/searx/engines/xpath.py
+++ b/searx/engines/xpath.py
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ lang_all = 'en'
 '''Replacement ``{lang}`` in :py:obj:`search_url` if language ``all`` is
 selected.
 '''
+raise_for_httperror = True
+'''True by default: raise an exception if the HTTP code of response is ``>=
+300``'''
 
 soft_max_redirects = 0
 '''Maximum redirects, soft limit. Record an error but don't stop the engine'''
@@ -176,7 +179,7 @@ def request(query, params):
 
     params['url'] = search_url.format(**fargs)
     params['soft_max_redirects'] = soft_max_redirects
-
+    params['raise_for_httperror'] = raise_for_httperror
     return params
 
 
diff --git a/searx/settings.yml b/searx/settings.yml
index 416450d9b..f83c104fd 100644
--- a/searx/settings.yml
+++ b/searx/settings.yml
@@ -1808,6 +1808,7 @@ engines:
     url_xpath: //div[@class="upper-synonyms"]/a/@href
     content_xpath: //div[@class="synonyms-list-group"]
     title_xpath: //div[@class="upper-synonyms"]/a
+    raise_for_httperror: false
     about:
       website: https://www.woxikon.de/
       wikidata_id:  # No Wikidata ID