diff --git a/lib/adapters/http.js b/lib/adapters/http.js
index f081d49e143faa7c4c011cb2af9a524343745a05..0fe6a7dc79fbd843050ca8a081071378f8306160 100755
--- a/lib/adapters/http.js
+++ b/lib/adapters/http.js
@@ -233,7 +233,9 @@ module.exports = function httpAdapter(config) {
 
     // Send the request
     if (utils.isStream(data)) {
-      data.pipe(req);
+      data.on('error', function handleStreamError(err) {
+        reject(enhanceError(err, config, null, req));
+      }).pipe(req);
     } else {
       req.end(data);
     }
diff --git a/test/unit/adapters/http.js b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
index 11144cf62eb28a0c3fc13e078db420173b50f2be..a661563a827248f8e0499c97ecae815062f3fc7c 100644
--- a/test/unit/adapters/http.js
+++ b/test/unit/adapters/http.js
@@ -268,6 +268,21 @@ module.exports = {
     });
   },
 
+  testFailedStream: function(test) {
+    server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+      req.pipe(res);
+    }).listen(4444, function () {
+      axios.post('http://localhost:4444/',
+        fs.createReadStream('/does/not/exist')
+      ).then(function (res) {
+        test.fail();
+      }).catch(function (err) {
+        test.equal(err.message, 'ENOENT: no such file or directory, open \'/does/not/exist\'');
+        test.done();
+      });
+    });
+  },
+
   testBuffer: function(test) {
     var buf = new Buffer(1024); // Unsafe buffer < Buffer.poolSize (8192 bytes)
     buf.fill('x');