diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel.cpp b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel.cpp
index 39f392a79bf..e81f042bdc2 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkconnectionchannel.cpp
@@ -1099,6 +1099,7 @@ void QHttpNetworkConnectionChannel::_q_error(QAbstractSocket::SocketError socket
 
         if (reply) {
             reply->d_func()->errorString = errorString;
+            reply->d_func()->httpErrorCode = errorCode;
             emit reply->finishedWithError(errorCode, errorString);
             reply = 0;
             if (protocolHandler)
diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply.cpp b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply.cpp
index a8b635c45aa..7ccac88878b 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply.cpp
@@ -158,6 +158,11 @@ QString QHttpNetworkReply::errorString() const
     return d_func()->errorString;
 }
 
+QNetworkReply::NetworkError QHttpNetworkReply::errorCode() const
+{
+    return d_func()->httpErrorCode;
+}
+
 QString QHttpNetworkReply::reasonPhrase() const
 {
     return d_func()->reasonPhrase;
diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply_p.h b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply_p.h
index 12cfe359aaf..9c03a403e17 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply_p.h
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpnetworkreply_p.h
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ public:
     QString errorString() const;
     void setErrorString(const QString &error);
 
+    QNetworkReply::NetworkError errorCode() const;
+
     QString reasonPhrase() const;
 
     qint64 bytesAvailable() const;
@@ -259,6 +261,7 @@ public:
     qint64 removedContentLength;
     QPointer<QHttpNetworkConnection> connection;
     QPointer<QHttpNetworkConnectionChannel> connectionChannel;
+    QNetworkReply::NetworkError httpErrorCode = QNetworkReply::NoError;
 
     bool autoDecompress;
 
diff --git a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
index 63a3c4f204a..de14260d692 100644
--- a/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
+++ b/src/network/access/qhttpthreaddelegate.cpp
@@ -428,6 +428,12 @@ void QHttpThreadDelegate::startRequest()
 
     connect(httpReply, SIGNAL(cacheCredentials(QHttpNetworkRequest,QAuthenticator*)),
             this, SLOT(cacheCredentialsSlot(QHttpNetworkRequest,QAuthenticator*)));
+    if (httpReply->errorCode() != QNetworkReply::NoError) {
+        if (synchronous)
+            synchronousFinishedWithErrorSlot(httpReply->errorCode(), httpReply->errorString());
+        else
+            finishedWithErrorSlot(httpReply->errorCode(), httpReply->errorString());
+    }
 }
 
 // This gets called from the user thread or by the synchronous HTTP timeout timer