diff --git a/packages/apollo-engine-reporting/src/agent.ts b/packages/apollo-engine-reporting/src/agent.ts
index dae6c1bdad8..706e9b36cc4 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-engine-reporting/src/agent.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-engine-reporting/src/agent.ts
@@ -403,7 +403,11 @@ export class EngineReportingAgent<TContext = any> {
         });
 
         if (curResponse.status >= 500 && curResponse.status < 600) {
-          throw new Error(`${curResponse.status}: ${curResponse.statusText}`);
+          throw new Error(
+            `${curResponse.status}: ${
+              curResponse.statusText
+            } (${await curResponse.text()})`,
+          );
         } else {
           return curResponse;
         }
diff --git a/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/src/ApolloServer.ts b/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/src/ApolloServer.ts
index 29687688743..8ffba9099da 100644
--- a/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/src/ApolloServer.ts
+++ b/packages/apollo-server-integration-testsuite/src/ApolloServer.ts
@@ -1953,7 +1953,7 @@ export function testApolloServer<AS extends ApolloServerBase>(
         const fakeEngineServer = http.createServer(async (_, res) => {
           await return502Promise;
           res.writeHead(502);
-          res.end();
+          res.end('Important text in the body');
         });
         await new Promise(resolve => {
           fakeEngineServer.listen(0, '127.0.0.1', () => {
@@ -2006,6 +2006,7 @@ export function testApolloServer<AS extends ApolloServerBase>(
           // Make sure we can get the 502 error from reporting.
           const sendingError = await reportErrorPromise;
           expect(sendingError.message).toContain('Error: 502: Bad Gateway');
+          expect(sendingError.message).toContain('Important text in the body');
         } finally {
           await new Promise(resolve => fakeEngineServer.close(() => resolve()));
         }