diff --git a/src/api/baseapi.cpp b/src/api/baseapi.cpp
index bbc77f4840..a21798429a 100644
--- a/src/api/baseapi.cpp
+++ b/src/api/baseapi.cpp
@@ -1144,6 +1144,10 @@ bool TessBaseAPI::ProcessPagesInternal(const char *filename, const char *retry_c
       if (curlcode != CURLE_OK) {
         return error("curl_easy_setopt");
       }
+      curlcode = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, 1L);
+      if (curlcode != CURLE_OK) {
+        return error("curl_easy_setopt");
+      }
       // Follow HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS redirects.
       curlcode = curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
       if (curlcode != CURLE_OK) {