diff --git a/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/Analytics.java b/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/Analytics.java
index 4c560ab57..c01bb2145 100644
--- a/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/Analytics.java
+++ b/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/Analytics.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 import static com.segment.analytics.internal.Utils.assertNotNull;
 import static com.segment.analytics.internal.Utils.buffer;
 import static com.segment.analytics.internal.Utils.closeQuietly;
+import static com.segment.analytics.internal.Utils.getInputStream;
 import static com.segment.analytics.internal.Utils.getResourceString;
 import static com.segment.analytics.internal.Utils.getSegmentSharedPreferences;
 import static com.segment.analytics.internal.Utils.hasPermission;
@@ -360,7 +361,7 @@ void trackAttributionInformation() {
 
       // Read the response body.
       Map<String, Object> map =
-          cartographer.fromJson(buffer(connection.connection.getInputStream()));
+          cartographer.fromJson(buffer(getInputStream(connection.connection)));
       Properties properties = new Properties(map);
 
       track("Install Attributed", properties);
diff --git a/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/Client.java b/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/Client.java
index 4c50f69e7..bd369741e 100644
--- a/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/Client.java
+++ b/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/Client.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 package com.segment.analytics;
 
 import static com.segment.analytics.internal.Utils.readFully;
+import static com.segment.analytics.internal.Utils.getInputStream;
 import static java.net.HttpURLConnection.HTTP_OK;
 
 import android.text.TextUtils;
@@ -58,7 +59,7 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
           if (responseCode >= 300) {
             String responseBody;
             try {
-              responseBody = readFully(connection.getInputStream());
+              responseBody = readFully(getInputStream(connection));
             } catch (IOException e) {
               responseBody = "Could not read response body for rejected message: " + e.toString();
             }
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ public void close() throws IOException {
   }
 
   private static Connection createGetConnection(HttpURLConnection connection) throws IOException {
-    return new Connection(connection, connection.getInputStream(), null) {
+    return new Connection(connection, getInputStream(connection), null) {
       @Override
       public void close() throws IOException {
         super.close();
diff --git a/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/internal/Utils.java b/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/internal/Utils.java
index 8adb8878d..98f6de3d4 100644
--- a/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/internal/Utils.java
+++ b/analytics/src/main/java/com/segment/analytics/internal/Utils.java
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
 import java.text.ParseException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Collection;
@@ -351,6 +352,14 @@ public static String readFully(BufferedReader reader) throws IOException {
     return sb.toString();
   }
 
+  public static InputStream getInputStream(HttpURLConnection connection) throws IOException {
+    try {
+      return connection.getInputStream();
+    } catch (IOException ignored) {
+      return connection.getErrorStream();
+    }
+  }
+
   /**
    * Transforms the given map by replacing the keys mapped by {@code mapper}. Any keys not in the
    * mapper preserve their original keys. If a key in the mapper maps to null or a blank string,
diff --git a/analytics/src/test/java/com/segment/analytics/ClientTest.java b/analytics/src/test/java/com/segment/analytics/ClientTest.java
index e1d86500f..c797991cb 100644
--- a/analytics/src/test/java/com/segment/analytics/ClientTest.java
+++ b/analytics/src/test/java/com/segment/analytics/ClientTest.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.MockResponse;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.RecordedRequest;
 import com.squareup.okhttp.mockwebserver.rule.MockWebServerRule;
+
+import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.OutputStream;
@@ -150,6 +152,34 @@ public void uploadFailureClosesStreamsAndThrowsException() throws Exception {
     verify(os).close();
   }
 
+  @Test
+  public void uploadFailureWithErrorStreamClosesStreamsAndThrowsException() throws Exception {
+    OutputStream os = mock(OutputStream.class);
+    InputStream is = mock(InputStream.class);
+    when(mockConnection.getOutputStream()).thenReturn(os);
+    when(mockConnection.getResponseCode()).thenReturn(404);
+    when(mockConnection.getResponseMessage()).thenReturn("bar");
+    when(mockConnection.getInputStream()).thenThrow(new FileNotFoundException());
+    when(mockConnection.getErrorStream()).thenReturn(is);
+
+    Client.Connection connection = mockClient.upload();
+    verify(mockConnection).setDoOutput(true);
+    verify(mockConnection).setChunkedStreamingMode(0);
+
+    try {
+      connection.close();
+      fail(">= 300 return code should throw an exception");
+    } catch (Client.HTTPException e) {
+      assertThat(e)
+              .hasMessage(
+                      "HTTP 404: bar. "
+                              + "Response: Could not read response body for rejected message: "
+                              + "java.io.IOException: Underlying input stream returned zero bytes");
+    }
+    verify(mockConnection).disconnect();
+    verify(os).close();
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void fetchSettings() throws Exception {
     server.enqueue(new MockResponse());