diff --git a/shared/fetcher.js b/shared/fetcher.js
index 4ff6adf3..26d54c8b 100644
--- a/shared/fetcher.js
+++ b/shared/fetcher.js
@@ -187,6 +187,7 @@ Fetcher.prototype.fetchFromApi = function(spec, options, callback) {
         respOutput = JSON.stringify(resp);
         err = new Error("ERROR fetching model '" + fetcher.modelUtils.modelName(model.constructor) + "' with options '" + JSON.stringify(options) + "'. Response: " + respOutput);
         err.status = resp.status;
+        err.statusText = resp.statusText;
         err.body = body;
         callback(err);
       }
diff --git a/shared/syncer.js b/shared/syncer.js
index 00d2800c..8a45d187 100644
--- a/shared/syncer.js
+++ b/shared/syncer.js
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ function clientSync(method, model, options) {
       }
       resp = {
         body: body,
-        status: xhr.status
+        status: xhr.status,
+        statusText: xhr.statusText
       };
       error(resp);
     }
diff --git a/test/shared/syncer.test.js b/test/shared/syncer.test.js
index bfb8d68f..8d7f148f 100644
--- a/test/shared/syncer.test.js
+++ b/test/shared/syncer.test.js
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ describe('syncer', function() {
             fakeXhr = {
               responseText: '{"foo": "bar"}',
               status: 418,
+              statusText: 0,
               getResponseHeader: sinon.stub()
             };
             options.error = syncErrorHandler;
@@ -264,7 +265,8 @@ describe('syncer', function() {
           it('should call the original error handler with status and body', function () {
             var expectedResponse = {
               body: fakeXhr.responseText,
-              status: fakeXhr.status
+              status: fakeXhr.status,
+              statusText: fakeXhr.statusText
             };
 
             syncer.clientSync.call(model, 'read', model, options);
@@ -276,7 +278,8 @@ describe('syncer', function() {
           it('should parse the payload if content-type is "application/json"', function () {
             var expectedResponse = {
               body: JSON.parse(fakeXhr.responseText),
-              status: fakeXhr.status
+              status: fakeXhr.status,
+              statusText: fakeXhr.statusText,
             };
 
             fakeXhr.getResponseHeader.withArgs('content-type').returns('application/json');
@@ -334,6 +337,7 @@ describe('syncer', function() {
               fakeXhr = {
                 responseText: '{"foo": "bar"}',
                 status: 418,
+                statusText: 0,
                 getResponseHeader: sinon.stub()
               };
               options.error = syncErrorHandler;
@@ -343,7 +347,8 @@ describe('syncer', function() {
             it('should call the original error handler with status and body', function () {
               var expectedResponse = {
                 body: fakeXhr.responseText,
-                status: fakeXhr.status
+                status: fakeXhr.status,
+                statusText: fakeXhr.statusText
               };
 
               syncer.clientSync.call(model, 'read', model, options);
@@ -355,7 +360,8 @@ describe('syncer', function() {
             it('should parse the payload if content-type is "application/json"', function () {
               var expectedResponse = {
                 body: JSON.parse(fakeXhr.responseText),
-                status: fakeXhr.status
+                status: fakeXhr.status,
+                statusText: fakeXhr.statusText
               };
 
               fakeXhr.getResponseHeader.withArgs('content-type').returns('application/json');