diff --git a/packages/common/exceptions/im-a-teapot.exception.ts b/packages/common/exceptions/im-a-teapot.exception.ts
index 4b345681e..76c67861e 100644
--- a/packages/common/exceptions/im-a-teapot.exception.ts
+++ b/packages/common/exceptions/im-a-teapot.exception.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { HttpStatus } from '../enums/http-status.enum';
-import { HttpException } from './http.exception';
+import { HttpException, HttpExceptionOptions } from './http.exception';
 
 /**
  * Defines an HTTP exception for *ImATeapotException* type errors.
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export class ImATeapotException extends HttpException {
    * @usageNotes
    * The HTTP response status code will be 418.
    * - The `objectOrError` argument defines the JSON response body or the message string.
-   * - The `description` argument contains a short description of the HTTP error.
+   * - The `descriptionOrOptions` argument contains either a short description of the HTTP error or an options object used to provide an underlying error cause.
    *
    * By default, the JSON response body contains two properties:
    * - `statusCode`: this will be the value 418.
@@ -34,12 +34,15 @@ export class ImATeapotException extends HttpException {
    * and return it as the JSON response body.
    *
    * @param objectOrError string or object describing the error condition.
-   * @param description a short description of the HTTP error.
+   * @param descriptionOrOptions either a short description of the HTTP error or an options object used to provide an underlying error cause
    */
   constructor(
     objectOrError?: string | object | any,
-    description = `I'm a teapot`,
+    descriptionOrOptions: string | HttpExceptionOptions = `I'm a teapot`,
   ) {
+    const { description, httpExceptionOptions } =
+      HttpException.extractDescriptionAndOptionsFrom(descriptionOrOptions);
+
     super(
       HttpException.createBody(
         objectOrError,
@@ -47,6 +50,7 @@ export class ImATeapotException extends HttpException {
         HttpStatus.I_AM_A_TEAPOT,
       ),
       HttpStatus.I_AM_A_TEAPOT,
+      httpExceptionOptions,
     );
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/common/test/exceptions/http.exception.spec.ts b/packages/common/test/exceptions/http.exception.spec.ts
index 70da9502d..563c35ec0 100644
--- a/packages/common/test/exceptions/http.exception.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/common/test/exceptions/http.exception.spec.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import {
   GoneException,
   HttpException,
   HttpVersionNotSupportedException,
+  ImATeapotException,
   NotFoundException,
 } from '../../exceptions';
 
@@ -189,6 +190,7 @@ describe('HttpException', () => {
         GatewayTimeoutException,
         GoneException,
         HttpVersionNotSupportedException,
+        ImATeapotException,
       ];
 
       builtInErrorClasses.forEach(ExceptionClass => {