diff --git a/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py b/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
index 0c00fe87be9..26185672864 100644
--- a/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
+++ b/lib/ansible/module_utils/urls.py
@@ -897,7 +897,11 @@ def fetch_url(module, url, data=None, headers=None, method=None,
     except (ConnectionError, ValueError), e:
         module.fail_json(msg=str(e))
     except urllib2.HTTPError, e:
-        info.update(dict(msg=str(e), status=e.code, **e.info()))
+        try:
+            body = e.read()
+        except AttributeError:
+            body = ''
+        info.update(dict(msg=str(e), status=e.code, body=body, **e.info()))
     except urllib2.URLError, e:
         code = int(getattr(e, 'code', -1))
         info.update(dict(msg="Request failed: %s" % str(e), status=code))