diff --git a/algosdk/error.py b/algosdk/error.py
index b0931977..cdc5cff7 100644
--- a/algosdk/error.py
+++ b/algosdk/error.py
@@ -178,9 +178,10 @@ def __init__(self, msg):
 
 
 class AlgodHTTPError(Exception):
-    def __init__(self, msg, code=None):
+    def __init__(self, msg, code=None, j=None):
         super().__init__(msg)
         self.code = code
+        self.json = j
 
 
 class AlgodResponseError(Exception):
diff --git a/algosdk/v2client/algod.py b/algosdk/v2client/algod.py
index bd2f4189..0c6bee12 100644
--- a/algosdk/v2client/algod.py
+++ b/algosdk/v2client/algod.py
@@ -105,10 +105,13 @@ def algod_request(
         except urllib.error.HTTPError as e:
             code = e.code
             es = e.read().decode("utf-8")
+            m = e  # If json.loads() fails, we'll return e itself
+            j = None
             try:
-                e = json.loads(es)["message"]
+                j = json.loads(es)
+                m = j["message"]
             finally:
-                raise error.AlgodHTTPError(e, code)
+                raise error.AlgodHTTPError(m, code, j)
         if response_format == "json":
             try:
                 return json.load(resp)