diff --git a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestExecution.java b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestExecution.java
index 442b433..ab56feb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestExecution.java
+++ b/src/main/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestExecution.java
@@ -489,6 +489,18 @@ private void responseCodeIsValid(ResponseContentSupplier response) throws AbortE
                 return;
             }
         }
+        // Log response body to help debug errors from REST APIs (only if not already logged)
+        if (!consoleLogResponseBody) {
+            try {
+                String content = response.getContent();
+                if (content != null && !content.isEmpty()) {
+                    logger().println("Response: \n" + content);
+                }
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                // Ignore errors when trying to read response content
+                logger().println("Unable to read response body: " + e.getMessage());
+            }
+        }
         throw new AbortException("Fail: Status code " + response.getStatus() + " is not in the accepted range: " + validResponseCodes + " while calling " + url);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestStepTest.java b/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestStepTest.java
index fd1cf84..80f2bd8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestStepTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestStepTest.java
@@ -249,6 +249,32 @@ void invalidResponseCodeFailsTheBuild() throws Exception {
         j.assertLogContains("Throwing status 400 for test",run);
         j.assertLogContains("Fail: Status code 400 is not in the accepted range: 100:399", run);
         j.assertLogContains(" while calling " + baseURL(), run);
+        // Not logged twice: consoleLogResponseBody already printed it, the
+        // failure-path logging must not print the body again
+        assertEquals(1, j.getLog(run).split("Response: \n", -1).length - 1);
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void invalidResponseCodeLogsResponseBody() throws Exception {
+        // Prepare the server
+        registerInvalidStatusCode();
+
+        // Configure the build (consoleLogResponseBody not set, defaults to false)
+        WorkflowJob proj = j.jenkins.createProject(WorkflowJob.class, "proj");
+        proj.setDefinition(new CpsFlowDefinition(
+            "def response = httpRequest url:'"+baseURL()+"/invalidStatusCode'\n" +
+            "println('Status: '+response.getStatus())\n",
+            true));
+
+        // Execute the build
+        WorkflowRun run = proj.scheduleBuild2(0).get();
+
+        // Check expectations: the response body is logged on failure even
+        // without consoleLogResponseBody, so the error explanation from the
+        // server is not lost
+        j.assertBuildStatus(Result.FAILURE, run);
+        j.assertLogContains("Throwing status 400 for test",run);
+        j.assertLogContains("Fail: Status code 400 is not in the accepted range: 100:399", run);
     }
 
     @Test
diff --git a/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestTest.java b/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestTest.java
index a3b5969..d2f2242 100644
--- a/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/jenkins/plugins/http_request/HttpRequestTest.java
@@ -410,6 +410,27 @@ void invalidResponseCodeFailsTheBuild() throws Exception {
         this.j.assertLogContains("Fail: Status code 400 is not in the accepted range: 100:399", build);
     }
 
+    @Test
+    void invalidResponseCodeLogsResponseBody() throws Exception {
+        // Prepare the server
+        registerInvalidStatusCode();
+
+        // Prepare HttpRequest (consoleLogResponseBody not set, defaults to false)
+        HttpRequest httpRequest = new HttpRequest(baseURL() + "/invalidStatusCode");
+
+        // Run build
+        FreeStyleProject project = this.j.createFreeStyleProject();
+        project.getBuildersList().add(httpRequest);
+        FreeStyleBuild build = project.scheduleBuild2(0).get();
+
+        // Check expectations: the response body is logged on failure even
+        // without consoleLogResponseBody, so the error explanation from the
+        // server is not lost
+        this.j.assertBuildStatus(Result.FAILURE, build);
+        this.j.assertLogContains("Throwing status 400 for test", build);
+        this.j.assertLogContains("Fail: Status code 400 is not in the accepted range: 100:399", build);
+    }
+
     @Test
     void invalidResponseCodeIsAccepted() throws Exception {
         // Prepare the server