diff --git a/lib/solr.js b/lib/solr.js
index 73cbddc8..d828b9de 100644
--- a/lib/solr.js
+++ b/lib/solr.js
@@ -995,6 +995,7 @@ function handleJSONResponse(request, bigint, callback){
                data = pickJSON(bigint).parse(text);
             }catch(error){
                err = error;
+               err.body = text;
             }finally{
                if(callback)  callback(err,data);
             }
@@ -1003,4 +1004,4 @@ function handleJSONResponse(request, bigint, callback){
    };
 };
 
-Promise.promisifyAll(Client.prototype);
\ No newline at end of file
+Promise.promisifyAll(Client.prototype);