diff --git a/fastapi/applications.py b/fastapi/applications.py
index 02193312b..5bc2c2798 100644
--- a/fastapi/applications.py
+++ b/fastapi/applications.py
@@ -18,10 +18,15 @@ from fastapi import routing
 from fastapi.datastructures import Default, DefaultPlaceholder
 from fastapi.exception_handlers import (
     http_exception_handler,
+    request_malformed_exception_handler,
     request_validation_exception_handler,
     websocket_request_validation_exception_handler,
 )
-from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError, WebSocketRequestValidationError
+from fastapi.exceptions import (
+    RequestMalformedError,
+    RequestValidationError,
+    WebSocketRequestValidationError,
+)
 from fastapi.logger import logger
 from fastapi.middleware.asyncexitstack import AsyncExitStackMiddleware
 from fastapi.openapi.docs import (
@@ -984,6 +989,9 @@ class FastAPI(Starlette):
             Any, Callable[[Request, Any], Union[Response, Awaitable[Response]]]
         ] = {} if exception_handlers is None else dict(exception_handlers)
         self.exception_handlers.setdefault(HTTPException, http_exception_handler)
+        self.exception_handlers.setdefault(
+            RequestMalformedError, request_malformed_exception_handler
+        )
         self.exception_handlers.setdefault(
             RequestValidationError, request_validation_exception_handler
         )
diff --git a/fastapi/exception_handlers.py b/fastapi/exception_handlers.py
index 475dd7bdd..5cc0976af 100644
--- a/fastapi/exception_handlers.py
+++ b/fastapi/exception_handlers.py
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 from fastapi.encoders import jsonable_encoder
-from fastapi.exceptions import RequestValidationError, WebSocketRequestValidationError
+from fastapi.exceptions import (
+    RequestMalformedError,
+    RequestValidationError,
+    WebSocketRequestValidationError,
+)
 from fastapi.utils import is_body_allowed_for_status_code
 from fastapi.websockets import WebSocket
 from starlette.exceptions import HTTPException
@@ -17,6 +21,15 @@ async def http_exception_handler(request: Request, exc: HTTPException) -> Respon
     )
 
 
+async def request_malformed_exception_handler(
+    request: Request, exc: RequestMalformedError
+) -> JSONResponse:
+    return JSONResponse(
+        status_code=400,
+        content={"detail": jsonable_encoder(exc.errors())},
+    )
+
+
 async def request_validation_exception_handler(
     request: Request, exc: RequestValidationError
 ) -> JSONResponse:
diff --git a/fastapi/exceptions.py b/fastapi/exceptions.py
index a46e82350..33f3cf9c0 100644
--- a/fastapi/exceptions.py
+++ b/fastapi/exceptions.py
@@ -199,6 +199,18 @@ class ValidationException(Exception):
         return message.rstrip()
 
 
+class RequestMalformedError(ValidationException):
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        errors: Sequence[Any],
+        *,
+        body: Any = None,
+        endpoint_ctx: Optional[EndpointContext] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        super().__init__(errors, endpoint_ctx=endpoint_ctx)
+        self.body = body
+
+
 class RequestValidationError(ValidationException):
     def __init__(
         self,
diff --git a/fastapi/routing.py b/fastapi/routing.py
index 9be2b44bc..a0c45f32f 100644
--- a/fastapi/routing.py
+++ b/fastapi/routing.py
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ from fastapi.encoders import jsonable_encoder
 from fastapi.exceptions import (
     EndpointContext,
     FastAPIError,
+    RequestMalformedError,
     RequestValidationError,
     ResponseValidationError,
     WebSocketRequestValidationError,
@@ -388,7 +389,7 @@ def get_request_handler(
                         else:
                             body = body_bytes
         except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
-            validation_error = RequestValidationError(
+            raise RequestMalformedError(
                 [
                     {
                         "type": "json_invalid",
@@ -400,8 +401,7 @@ def get_request_handler(
                 ],
                 body=e.doc,
                 endpoint_ctx=endpoint_ctx,
-            )
-            raise validation_error from e
+            ) from e
         except HTTPException:
             # If a middleware raises an HTTPException, it should be raised again
             raise
diff --git a/tests/test_tutorial/test_body/test_tutorial001.py b/tests/test_tutorial/test_body/test_tutorial001.py
index f8b5aee8d..a595b0ec1 100644
--- a/tests/test_tutorial/test_body/test_tutorial001.py
+++ b/tests/test_tutorial/test_body/test_tutorial001.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ def test_post_broken_body(client: TestClient):
         headers={"content-type": "application/json"},
         content="{some broken json}",
     )
-    assert response.status_code == 422, response.text
+    assert response.status_code == 400, response.text
     assert response.json() == IsDict(
         {
             "detail": [