diff --git a/0003-curl-7.26.0-d317ca50.patch b/0003-curl-7.26.0-d317ca50.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..513b074
--- /dev/null
+++ b/0003-curl-7.26.0-d317ca50.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+From 402328f2fc91e82c1f8b73500e3e8ce2e5b728c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com>
+Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:33:58 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] http: print reason phrase from HTTP status line on error
+
+[upstream commit d317ca50ae7d8bb250431f86709e53b94f7f6ddf]
+
+Bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/676596
+---
+ lib/http.c        |   39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
+ tests/data/test24 |    5 ++++-
+ 2 files changed, 41 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/lib/http.c b/lib/http.c
+index a139894..1d6519f 100644
+--- a/lib/http.c
++++ b/lib/http.c
+@@ -2727,6 +2727,42 @@ static CURLcode header_append(struct SessionHandle *data,
+   return CURLE_OK;
+ }
+ 
++static void print_http_error(struct SessionHandle *data)
++{
++  struct SingleRequest *k = &data->req;
++  char *beg = k->p;
++
++  /* make sure that data->req.p points to the HTTP status line */
++  if(!strncmp(beg, "HTTP", 4)) {
++
++    /* skip to HTTP status code */
++    beg = strchr(beg, ' ');
++    if(beg && *++beg) {
++
++      /* find trailing CR */
++      char end_char = '\r';
++      char *end = strchr(beg, end_char);
++      if(!end) {
++        /* try to find LF (workaround for non-compliant HTTP servers) */
++        end_char = '\n';
++        end = strchr(beg, end_char);
++      }
++
++      if(end) {
++        /* temporarily replace CR or LF by NUL and print the error message */
++        *end = '\0';
++        failf(data, "The requested URL returned error: %s", beg);
++
++        /* restore the previously replaced CR or LF */
++        *end = end_char;
++        return;
++      }
++    }
++  }
++
++  /* fall-back to printing the HTTP status code only */
++  failf(data, "The requested URL returned error: %d", k->httpcode);
++}
+ 
+ /*
+  * Read any HTTP header lines from the server and pass them to the client app.
+@@ -3114,8 +3150,7 @@ CURLcode Curl_http_readwrite_headers(struct SessionHandle *data,
+           }
+           else {
+             /* serious error, go home! */
+-            failf (data, "The requested URL returned error: %d",
+-                   k->httpcode);
++            print_http_error(data);
+             return CURLE_HTTP_RETURNED_ERROR;
+           }
+         }
+diff --git a/tests/data/test24 b/tests/data/test24
+index 7985f43..18e7d5b 100644
+--- a/tests/data/test24
++++ b/tests/data/test24
+@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ http
+ HTTP GET fail silently on HTTP error return
+  </name>
+  <command>
+-http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/24 --fail
++http://%HOSTIP:%HTTPPORT/24 --fail --silent --show-error
+ </command>
+ </client>
+ 
+@@ -43,5 +43,8 @@ Accept: */*
+ <errorcode>
+ 22
+ </errorcode>
++<file2 name="log/stderr24">
++curl: (22) The requested URL returned error: 404 BAD BOY
++</file2>
+ </verify>
+ </testcase>
+-- 
+1.7.1
+
diff --git a/curl.spec b/curl.spec
index 039c6dc..76cd42f 100644
--- a/curl.spec
+++ b/curl.spec
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Summary: A utility for getting files from remote servers (FTP, HTTP, and others)
 Name: curl
 Version: 7.26.0
-Release: 5%{?dist}
+Release: 6%{?dist}
 License: MIT
 Group: Applications/Internet
 Source: http://curl.haxx.se/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.lzma
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ Patch1: 0001-curl-7.26.0-72f4b534.patch
 # fix duplicated SSL handshake with multi interface and proxy (#788526)
 Patch2: 0002-curl-7.26.0-68857e40.patch
 
+# print reason phrase from HTTP status line on error (#676596)
+Patch3: 0003-curl-7.26.0-d317ca50.patch
+
 # patch making libcurl multilib ready
 Patch101: 0101-curl-7.25.0-multilib.patch
 
@@ -115,6 +118,7 @@ documentation of the library, too.
 # upstream patches
 %patch1 -p1
 %patch2 -p1
+%patch3 -p1
 
 # Fedora patches
 %patch101 -p1
@@ -237,6 +241,9 @@ rm -rf $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
 %{_datadir}/aclocal/libcurl.m4
 
 %changelog
+* Mon Jul 23 2012 Kamil Dudka <kdudka@redhat.com> 7.26.0-6
+- print reason phrase from HTTP status line on error (#676596)
+
 * Wed Jul 18 2012 Fedora Release Engineering <rel-eng@lists.fedoraproject.org> - 7.26.0-5
 - Rebuilt for https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora_18_Mass_Rebuild