diff --git a/src/objecttypes/conf/api.py b/src/objecttypes/conf/api.py
index 286b0dbe..60dddd8d 100644
--- a/src/objecttypes/conf/api.py
+++ b/src/objecttypes/conf/api.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
     "DEFAULT_VERSION": "v2",  # NOT to be confused with API_VERSION - it's the major version part
     "ALLOWED_VERSIONS": ("v2",),
     "VERSION_PARAM": "version",
+    "EXCEPTION_HANDLER": "objecttypes.utils.views.exception_handler",
     # test
     "TEST_REQUEST_DEFAULT_FORMAT": "json",
 }
diff --git a/src/objecttypes/utils/views.py b/src/objecttypes/utils/views.py
index 1830e37c..dd65a4ff 100644
--- a/src/objecttypes/utils/views.py
+++ b/src/objecttypes/utils/views.py
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 from django import http
 from django.template import TemplateDoesNotExist, loader
+from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import requires_csrf_token
 from django.views.defaults import ERROR_500_TEMPLATE_NAME
 
+import structlog
+from open_api_framework.conf.utils import config
+from rest_framework import status
+from rest_framework.response import Response
+from rest_framework.views import exception_handler as drf_exception_handler
+
+logger = structlog.stdlib.get_logger(__name__)
+
+DEFAULT_CODE = "invalid"
+DEFAULT_DETAIL = _("Invalid input.")
+
 
 @requires_csrf_token
 def server_error(request, template_name=ERROR_500_TEMPLATE_NAME):
@@ -23,3 +35,38 @@ def server_error(request, template_name=ERROR_500_TEMPLATE_NAME):
         )
     context = {"request": request}
     return http.HttpResponseServerError(template.render(context))
+
+
+def exception_handler(exc, context):
+    """
+    Transform 5xx errors into DSO-compliant shape.
+    """
+    response = drf_exception_handler(exc, context)
+    if not response:
+        if config("DEBUG", default=False):
+            return None
+
+        data = {
+            "code": "error",
+            "title": "Internal Server Error",
+            "status": status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+            "detail": _("A server error has occurred."),
+        }
+        event = "api.uncaught_exception"
+
+        response = Response(status=status.HTTP_500_INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR, data=data)
+        logger.exception(event, exc_info=exc)
+
+        return response
+
+    # exception logger event
+    logger.exception(
+        "api.handled_exception",
+        title=getattr(exc, "default_detail", DEFAULT_DETAIL).strip("'"),
+        code=getattr(exc, "default_code", DEFAULT_CODE),
+        status=getattr(response, "status_code", status.HTTP_400_BAD_REQUEST),
+        data=getattr(response, "data", {}),
+        exc_info=False,
+    )
+
+    return response