diff --git a/rietveld.py b/rietveld.py
index bf06f3150..c24ba4d3c 100644
--- a/rietveld.py
+++ b/rietveld.py
@@ -449,6 +449,9 @@ class Rietveld(object):
             raise
         # If reaching this line, loop again. Uses a small backoff.
         time.sleep(min(10, 1+retry*2))
+    except urllib2.HTTPError as e:
+      print 'Request to %s failed: %s' % (e.geturl(), e.read())
+      raise
     finally:
       upload.ErrorExit = old_error_exit