diff --git a/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/HttpDataSource.java b/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/HttpDataSource.java
index 9d4f9b6811..f892ca8ab1 100644
--- a/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/HttpDataSource.java
+++ b/library/common/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/HttpDataSource.java
@@ -306,6 +306,11 @@ public interface HttpDataSource extends DataSource {
      */
     public final Map<String, List<String>> headerFields;
 
+    /**
+     * The response body, if one was provided.
+     */
+    @Nullable public final byte[] responseBody;
+
     /** @deprecated Use {@link #InvalidResponseCodeException(int, String, Map, DataSpec)}. */
     @Deprecated
     public InvalidResponseCodeException(
@@ -313,15 +318,27 @@ public interface HttpDataSource extends DataSource {
       this(responseCode, /* responseMessage= */ null, headerFields, dataSpec);
     }
 
+    /** @deprecated Use {@link #InvalidResponseCodeException(int, String, Map, DataSpec byte[])}. */
+    @Deprecated
     public InvalidResponseCodeException(
         int responseCode,
         @Nullable String responseMessage,
         Map<String, List<String>> headerFields,
         DataSpec dataSpec) {
+      this(responseCode, responseMessage, headerFields, dataSpec, /* responseBody= */ null);
+    }
+
+    public InvalidResponseCodeException(
+        int responseCode,
+        @Nullable String responseMessage,
+        Map<String, List<String>> headerFields,
+        DataSpec dataSpec,
+        @Nullable byte[] responseBody) {
       super("Response code: " + responseCode, dataSpec, TYPE_OPEN);
       this.responseCode = responseCode;
       this.responseMessage = responseMessage;
       this.headerFields = headerFields;
+      this.responseBody = responseBody;
     }
 
   }
diff --git a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DefaultHttpDataSource.java b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DefaultHttpDataSource.java
index f2cf344b9f..00461b543c 100644
--- a/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DefaultHttpDataSource.java
+++ b/library/core/src/main/java/com/google/android/exoplayer2/upstream/DefaultHttpDataSource.java
@@ -284,9 +284,16 @@ public class DefaultHttpDataSource extends BaseDataSource implements HttpDataSou
     }
 
     String responseMessage;
+    byte[] errorResponseBody = null;
     try {
       responseCode = connection.getResponseCode();
       responseMessage = connection.getResponseMessage();
+      InputStream errorStream = connection.getErrorStream();
+      // Android Studio says errorStream will never be null, but Android docs say otherwise.
+      // Just check to be sure.
+      if (errorStream != null) {
+        errorResponseBody = Util.toByteArray(errorStream);
+      }
     } catch (IOException e) {
       closeConnectionQuietly();
       throw new HttpDataSourceException("Unable to connect to " + dataSpec.uri.toString(), e,
@@ -298,7 +305,9 @@ public class DefaultHttpDataSource extends BaseDataSource implements HttpDataSou
       Map<String, List<String>> headers = connection.getHeaderFields();
       closeConnectionQuietly();
       InvalidResponseCodeException exception =
-          new InvalidResponseCodeException(responseCode, responseMessage, headers, dataSpec);
+          new InvalidResponseCodeException(responseCode, responseMessage, headers, dataSpec,
+              errorResponseBody);
+
       if (responseCode == 416) {
         exception.initCause(new DataSourceException(DataSourceException.POSITION_OUT_OF_RANGE));
       }