diff --git a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/admin/authentication/FlowTest.java b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/admin/authentication/FlowTest.java
index bce911703f..990175dcbf 100644
--- a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/admin/authentication/FlowTest.java
+++ b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/admin/authentication/FlowTest.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.keycloak.testsuite.admin.authentication;
 
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
+
 import org.keycloak.events.admin.OperationType;
 import org.keycloak.events.admin.ResourceType;
 import org.keycloak.representations.idm.AuthenticationExecutionExportRepresentation;
@@ -31,6 +32,10 @@ import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response.Status;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import static org.keycloak.testsuite.util.Matchers.*;
 
 /**
  * @author <a href="mailto:mstrukel@redhat.com">Marko Strukelj</a>
@@ -195,7 +200,9 @@ public class FlowTest extends AbstractAuthenticationTest {
         // copy using existing alias as new name
         Response response = authMgmtResource.copy("browser", params);
         try {
-            Assert.assertEquals("Copy flow using the new alias of existing flow should fail", 409, response.getStatus());
+            Assert.assertThat("Copy flow using the new alias of existing flow should fail", response, statusCodeIs(Status.CONFLICT));
+            Assert.assertThat("Copy flow using the new alias of existing flow should fail", response, body(containsString("already exists")));
+            Assert.assertThat("Copy flow using the new alias of existing flow should fail", response, body(containsString("flow alias")));
         } finally {
             response.close();
         }
@@ -204,7 +211,7 @@ public class FlowTest extends AbstractAuthenticationTest {
         params.clear();
         response = authMgmtResource.copy("non-existent", params);
         try {
-            Assert.assertEquals("Copy non-existing flow", 404, response.getStatus());
+            Assert.assertThat("Copy non-existing flow", response, statusCodeIs(Status.NOT_FOUND));
         } finally {
             response.close();
         }
@@ -214,7 +221,7 @@ public class FlowTest extends AbstractAuthenticationTest {
         response = authMgmtResource.copy("browser", params);
         assertAdminEvents.assertEvent(REALM_NAME, OperationType.CREATE, AdminEventPaths.authCopyFlowPath("browser"), params, ResourceType.AUTH_FLOW);
         try {
-            Assert.assertEquals("Copy flow", 201, response.getStatus());
+            Assert.assertThat("Copy flow", response, statusCodeIs(Status.CREATED));
         } finally {
             response.close();
         }
diff --git a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/Matchers.java b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/Matchers.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b66e728962
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/Matchers.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
+ * and other contributors as indicated by the @author tags.
+ *
+ * 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 org.keycloak.testsuite.util;
+
+import org.keycloak.testsuite.util.matchers.ResponseBodyMatcher;
+import org.keycloak.testsuite.util.matchers.ResponseHeaderMatcher;
+import org.keycloak.testsuite.util.matchers.ResponseStatusCodeMatcher;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+
+/**
+ * Additional hamcrest matchers for use in {@link org.junit.Assert#assertThat}.
+ * @author hmlnarik
+ */
+public class Matchers {
+
+    /**
+     * Matcher on HTTP status code of a {@link Response} instance.
+     * @param matcher
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static Matcher<Response> body(Matcher<String> matcher) {
+        return new ResponseBodyMatcher(matcher);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Matcher on HTTP status code of a {@link Response} instance.
+     * @param matcher
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static Matcher<Response> statusCode(Matcher<? extends Number> matcher) {
+        return new ResponseStatusCodeMatcher(matcher);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Matches when the HTTP status code of a {@link Response} instance is equal to the given code.
+     * @param expectedStatusCode
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static Matcher<Response> statusCodeIs(Response.Status expectedStatusCode) {
+        return new ResponseStatusCodeMatcher(org.hamcrest.Matchers.is(expectedStatusCode.getStatusCode()));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Matches when the HTTP status code of a {@link Response} instance is equal to the given code.
+     * @param expectedStatusCode
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static Matcher<Response> statusCodeIs(int expectedStatusCode) {
+        return new ResponseStatusCodeMatcher(org.hamcrest.Matchers.is(expectedStatusCode));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Matches when the HTTP status code of a {@link Response} instance is equal to the given code.
+     * @param expectedStatusCode
+     * @return
+     */
+    public static <T> Matcher<Response> header(Matcher<Map<String, T>> matcher) {
+        return new ResponseHeaderMatcher(matcher);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/matchers/ResponseBodyMatcher.java b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/matchers/ResponseBodyMatcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a9788fa93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/matchers/ResponseBodyMatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
+ * and other contributors as indicated by the @author tags.
+ *
+ * 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 org.keycloak.testsuite.util.matchers;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+
+/**
+ * Matcher for matching status code of {@link Response} instance.
+ * @author hmlnarik
+ */
+public class ResponseBodyMatcher extends BaseMatcher<Response> {
+
+    private final Matcher<String> matcher;
+
+    public ResponseBodyMatcher(Matcher<String> matcher) {
+        this.matcher = matcher;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches(Object item) {
+        if (item instanceof Response) {
+            final Response rItem = (Response) item;
+            rItem.bufferEntity();
+            return this.matcher.matches(rItem.readEntity(String.class));
+        } else {
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void describeTo(Description description) {
+        description.appendText("response body matches ").appendDescriptionOf(this.matcher);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/matchers/ResponseHeaderMatcher.java b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/matchers/ResponseHeaderMatcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e2a3bb5b71
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/matchers/ResponseHeaderMatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
+ * and other contributors as indicated by the @author tags.
+ *
+ * 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 org.keycloak.testsuite.util.matchers;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+
+/**
+ * Matcher for matching status code of {@link Response} instance.
+ * @author hmlnarik
+ */
+public class ResponseHeaderMatcher<T> extends BaseMatcher<Response> {
+
+    private final Matcher<Map<String, T>> matcher;
+
+    public ResponseHeaderMatcher(Matcher<Map<String, T>> matcher) {
+        this.matcher = matcher;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches(Object item) {
+        return (item instanceof Response) && this.matcher.matches(((Response) item).getHeaders());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void describeTo(Description description) {
+        description.appendText("response headers match ").appendDescriptionOf(this.matcher);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/matchers/ResponseStatusCodeMatcher.java b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/matchers/ResponseStatusCodeMatcher.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a4e1885b98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testsuite/integration-arquillian/tests/base/src/test/java/org/keycloak/testsuite/util/matchers/ResponseStatusCodeMatcher.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2016 Red Hat, Inc. and/or its affiliates
+ * and other contributors as indicated by the @author tags.
+ *
+ * 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 org.keycloak.testsuite.util.matchers;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
+import org.hamcrest.BaseMatcher;
+import org.hamcrest.Description;
+import org.hamcrest.Matcher;
+
+/**
+ * Matcher for matching status code of {@link Response} instance.
+ * @author hmlnarik
+ */
+public class ResponseStatusCodeMatcher extends BaseMatcher<Response> {
+
+    private final Matcher<? extends Number> matcher;
+
+    public ResponseStatusCodeMatcher(Matcher<? extends Number> matcher) {
+        this.matcher = matcher;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean matches(Object item) {
+        return (item instanceof Response) && this.matcher.matches(((Response) item).getStatus());
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void describeTo(Description description) {
+        description.appendText("response status code matches ").appendDescriptionOf(this.matcher);
+    }
+
+}