diff --git a/library/Requests/Exception/Transport.php b/library/Requests/Exception/Transport.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e60b4884c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Requests/Exception/Transport.php
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?php
+
+class Requests_Exception_Transport extends Requests_Exception {
+
+}
diff --git a/library/Requests/Exception/Transport/cURL.php b/library/Requests/Exception/Transport/cURL.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..67d157bee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/library/Requests/Exception/Transport/cURL.php
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<?php
+
+class Requests_Exception_Transport_cURL extends Requests_Exception_Transport {
+
+	const EASY = 'cURLEasy';
+	const MULTI = 'cURLMulti';
+	const SHARE = 'cURLShare';
+
+	/**
+	 * cURL error code
+	 *
+	 * @var integer
+	 */
+	protected $code = -1;
+
+	/**
+	 * Which type of cURL error
+	 *
+	 * EASY|MULTI|SHARE
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $type = 'Unknown';
+
+	/**
+	 * Clear text error message
+	 *
+	 * @var string
+	 */
+	protected $reason = 'Unknown';
+
+	public function __construct($message, $type, $data = null, $code = 0) {
+		if ($type !== null) {
+			$this->type = $type;
+		}
+
+		if ($code !== null) {
+			$this->code = $code;
+		}
+
+		if ($message !== null) {
+			$this->reason = $message;
+		}
+
+		$message = sprintf('%d %s', $this->code, $this->reason);
+		parent::__construct($message, $this->type, $data, $this->code);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Get the error message
+	 */
+	public function getReason() {
+		return $this->reason;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php b/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php
index c1ad4466a..1f674956e 100755
--- a/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php
+++ b/library/Requests/Transport/cURL.php
@@ -230,9 +230,23 @@ public function request_multiple($requests, $options) {
 			// Parse the finished requests before we start getting the new ones
 			foreach ($to_process as $key => $done) {
 				$options = $requests[$key]['options'];
-				$responses[$key] = $subrequests[$key]->process_response($subrequests[$key]->response_data, $options);
+				if (CURLE_OK !== $done['result']) {
+					//get error string for handle.
+					$reason = curl_error($done['handle']);
+					$exception = new Requests_Exception_Transport_cURL(
+									$reason,
+									Requests_Exception_Transport_cURL::EASY,
+									$done['handle'],
+									$done['result']
+								);
+					$responses[$key] = $exception;
+					$options['hooks']->dispatch('transport.internal.parse_error', array(&$responses[$key], $requests[$key]));
+				}
+				else {
+					$responses[$key] = $subrequests[$key]->process_response($subrequests[$key]->response_data, $options);
 
-				$options['hooks']->dispatch('transport.internal.parse_response', array(&$responses[$key], $requests[$key]));
+					$options['hooks']->dispatch('transport.internal.parse_response', array(&$responses[$key], $requests[$key]));
+				}
 
 				curl_multi_remove_handle($multihandle, $done['handle']);
 				curl_close($done['handle']);