diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index b3842e6..bc2e278 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@
 History
 -------
 
-4.1.0
+4.1.0 (2020-09-25)
 ++++++++++++++++++
 
 * Added the ``is_residential_proxy`` attribute to ``geoip2.model.AnonymousIP``
   and ``geoip2.record.Traits``.
+* ``HTTPError`` now provides the decoded response content in the
+  ``decoded_content`` attribute. Requested by Oleg Serbokryl. GitHub #95.
 
 4.0.2 (2020-07-28)
 ++++++++++++++++++
diff --git a/geoip2/errors.py b/geoip2/errors.py
index d3d40d9..a1f65f2 100644
--- a/geoip2/errors.py
+++ b/geoip2/errors.py
@@ -32,15 +32,21 @@ class HTTPError(GeoIP2Error):
 
     :ivar http_status: The HTTP status code returned
     :ivar uri: The URI queried
+    :ivar decoded_content: The decoded response content
 
     """
 
     def __init__(
-        self, message: str, http_status: Optional[int] = None, uri: Optional[str] = None
+        self,
+        message: str,
+        http_status: Optional[int] = None,
+        uri: Optional[str] = None,
+        decoded_content: Optional[str] = None,
     ) -> None:
         super().__init__(message)
         self.http_status = http_status
         self.uri = uri
+        self.decoded_content = decoded_content
 
 
 class InvalidRequestError(GeoIP2Error):
diff --git a/geoip2/webservice.py b/geoip2/webservice.py
index 2a01a7b..32a1e67 100644
--- a/geoip2/webservice.py
+++ b/geoip2/webservice.py
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ def _exception_for_error(
         if 400 <= status < 500:
             return self._exception_for_4xx_status(status, content_type, body, uri)
         if 500 <= status < 600:
-            return self._exception_for_5xx_status(status, uri)
-        return self._exception_for_non_200_status(status, uri)
+            return self._exception_for_5xx_status(status, uri, body)
+        return self._exception_for_non_200_status(status, uri, body)
 
     def _exception_for_4xx_status(
         self, status: int, content_type: str, body: str, uri: str
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ def _exception_for_4xx_status(
                 "Received a %(status)i error for %(uri)s " "with no body." % locals(),
                 status,
                 uri,
+                body,
             )
         if content_type.find("json") == -1:
             return HTTPError(
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ def _exception_for_4xx_status(
                 "body: %s" % (status, uri, str(content_type)),
                 status,
                 uri,
+                body,
             )
         try:
             decoded_body = json.loads(body)
@@ -139,9 +141,10 @@ def _exception_for_4xx_status(
                 " not include the expected JSON body: " % locals() + ", ".join(ex.args),
                 status,
                 uri,
+                body,
             )
         else:
-            if "code" in body and "error" in body:
+            if "code" in decoded_body and "error" in decoded_body:
                 return self._exception_for_web_service_error(
                     decoded_body.get("error"), decoded_body.get("code"), status, uri
                 )
@@ -149,6 +152,7 @@ def _exception_for_4xx_status(
                 "Response contains JSON but it does not specify " "code or error keys",
                 status,
                 uri,
+                body,
             )
 
     @staticmethod
@@ -180,20 +184,26 @@ def _exception_for_web_service_error(
         return InvalidRequestError(message, code, status, uri)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _exception_for_5xx_status(status: int, uri: str) -> HTTPError:
+    def _exception_for_5xx_status(
+        status: int, uri: str, body: Optional[str]
+    ) -> HTTPError:
         return HTTPError(
             "Received a server error (%(status)i) for " "%(uri)s" % locals(),
             status,
             uri,
+            body,
         )
 
     @staticmethod
-    def _exception_for_non_200_status(status: int, uri: str) -> HTTPError:
+    def _exception_for_non_200_status(
+        status: int, uri: str, body: Optional[str]
+    ) -> HTTPError:
         return HTTPError(
             "Received a very surprising HTTP status "
             "(%(status)i) for %(uri)s" % locals(),
             status,
             uri,
+            body,
         )