diff --git a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
index 822a02b78..f03aa83f0 100644
--- a/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
+++ b/components/esp_http_client/esp_http_client.c
@@ -1145,7 +1145,7 @@ int esp_http_client_write(esp_http_client_handle_t client, const char *buffer, i
 esp_err_t esp_http_client_close(esp_http_client_handle_t client)
 {
     if (client->state >= HTTP_STATE_INIT) {
-        http_dispatch_event(client, HTTP_EVENT_DISCONNECTED, NULL, 0);
+        http_dispatch_event(client, HTTP_EVENT_DISCONNECTED, esp_transport_get_error_handle(client->transport), 0);
         client->state = HTTP_STATE_INIT;
         return esp_transport_close(client->transport);
     }
diff --git a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c
index c1aa73ea9..d6ae5b270 100644
--- a/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c
+++ b/examples/protocols/esp_http_client/main/esp_http_client_example.c
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 #include "esp_event.h"
 #include "tcpip_adapter.h"
 #include "protocol_examples_common.h"
+#include "esp_tls.h"
 
 #include "esp_http_client.h"
 
@@ -63,7 +64,13 @@ esp_err_t _http_event_handler(esp_http_client_event_t *evt)
             ESP_LOGD(TAG, "HTTP_EVENT_ON_FINISH");
             break;
         case HTTP_EVENT_DISCONNECTED:
-            ESP_LOGD(TAG, "HTTP_EVENT_DISCONNECTED");
+            ESP_LOGI(TAG, "HTTP_EVENT_DISCONNECTED");
+            int mbedtls_err = 0;
+            esp_err_t err = esp_tls_get_and_clear_last_error(evt->data, &mbedtls_err, NULL);
+            if (err != 0) {
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Last esp error code: 0x%x", err);
+                ESP_LOGI(TAG, "Last mbedtls failure: 0x%x", mbedtls_err);
+            }
             break;
     }
     return ESP_OK;