diff --git a/src/rgw/rgw_http_client.cc b/src/rgw/rgw_http_client.cc
index f5dbef6ec50..c2764b816ed 100644
--- a/src/rgw/rgw_http_client.cc
+++ b/src/rgw/rgw_http_client.cc
@@ -1154,6 +1154,7 @@ void *RGWHTTPManager::reqs_thread_entry()
               << cct->_conf->rgw_curl_low_speed_limit << " Bytes per second during " << cct->_conf->rgw_curl_low_speed_time << " seconds." << dendl;
           default:
             dout(20) << "ERROR: msg->data.result=" << result << " req_data->id=" << id << " http_status=" << http_status << dendl;
+            dout(20) << "ERROR: curl error: " << curl_easy_strerror((CURLcode)result) << dendl;
 	    break;
         }
       }