diff --git a/boxsdk/exception.py b/boxsdk/exception.py
index 1a3714aea..8ae66735b 100644
--- a/boxsdk/exception.py
+++ b/boxsdk/exception.py
@@ -25,7 +25,18 @@ class BoxAPIException(BoxException):
     """
     Exception raised from the box session layer.
     """
-    def __init__(self, status, code=None, message=None, request_id=None, headers=None, url=None, method=None, context_info=None):
+    def __init__(
+            self,
+            status,
+            code=None,
+            message=None,
+            request_id=None,
+            headers=None,
+            url=None,
+            method=None,
+            context_info=None,
+            network_response=None,
+    ):
         """
         :param status:
             HTTP status code of the failed response
@@ -59,6 +70,10 @@ def __init__(self, status, code=None, message=None, request_id=None, headers=Non
             The context_info returned in the failed response.
         :type context_info:
             `dict`
+        :param network_response:
+            The failed response
+        :type network_response:
+            Requests `Response`
         """
         super(BoxAPIException, self).__init__()
         self._status = status
@@ -69,6 +84,7 @@ def __init__(self, status, code=None, message=None, request_id=None, headers=Non
         self._url = url
         self._method = method
         self._context_info = context_info
+        self._network_response = network_response
 
     def __unicode__(self):
         return '\nMessage: {0}\nStatus: {1}\nCode: {2}\nRequest id: {3}\nHeaders: {4}\nURL: {5}\nMethod: {6}\nContext info: {7}'.format(
@@ -134,6 +150,14 @@ def context_info(self):
         """
         return self._context_info
 
+    @property
+    def network_response(self):
+        """
+        The response returned from the network.
+        :rtype: `NetworkResponse`
+        """
+        return self._network_response
+
 
 class BoxOAuthException(BoxException):
     """
diff --git a/boxsdk/network/default_network.py b/boxsdk/network/default_network.py
index f8f19af3e..b103aadb6 100644
--- a/boxsdk/network/default_network.py
+++ b/boxsdk/network/default_network.py
@@ -71,3 +71,11 @@ def response_as_stream(self):
     def access_token_used(self):
         """Base class override."""
         return self._access_token_used
+
+    @property
+    def request_response(self):
+        """
+        The response returned from the Requests library.
+        :rtype: `Response`
+        """
+        return self._request_response
diff --git a/boxsdk/session/box_session.py b/boxsdk/session/box_session.py
index 52cca9d00..ad0284100 100644
--- a/boxsdk/session/box_session.py
+++ b/boxsdk/session/box_session.py
@@ -248,6 +248,7 @@ def _raise_on_unsuccessful_request(self, network_response, expect_json_response,
                 url=url,
                 method=method,
                 context_info=response_json.get('context_info', None),
+                network_response=network_response
             )
         if expect_json_response and not self._is_json_response(network_response):
             raise BoxAPIException(
@@ -256,6 +257,7 @@ def _raise_on_unsuccessful_request(self, network_response, expect_json_response,
                 message='Non-json response received, while expecting json response.',
                 url=url,
                 method=method,
+                network_response=network_response
             )
 
     def _prepare_and_send_request(