diff --git a/gateway-js/CHANGELOG.md b/gateway-js/CHANGELOG.md
index 3ff531803..ca762eede 100644
--- a/gateway-js/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/gateway-js/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 > The changes noted within this `vNEXT` section have not been released yet.  New PRs and commits which introduce changes should include an entry in this `vNEXT` section as part of their development.  When a release is being prepared, a new header will be (manually) created below and the appropriate changes within that release will be moved into the new section.
 
-- _Nothing yet! Stay tuned!_
+- The `RemoteGraphQLDataSource`'s `didEncounterError` method will now receive [`Response`](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/blob/43470d6561bee31101f3afc56bdd154db3f92b30/packages/apollo-server-env/src/fetch.d.ts#L98-L111) as the third argument when it is available, making its signature `(error: Error, request: Request, response?: Response)`.  This compliments the existing [`Request`](https://github.com/apollographql/apollo-server/blob/43470d6561bee31101f3afc56bdd154db3f92b30/packages/apollo-server-env/src/fetch.d.ts#L37-L45) type it was already receiving.  Both of these types are [HTTP WHATWG Fetch API](https://fetch.spec.whatwg.org/) types, not `GraphQLRequest`, `GraphQLResponse` types.
 
 ## v0.17.0
 
diff --git a/gateway-js/src/datasources/RemoteGraphQLDataSource.ts b/gateway-js/src/datasources/RemoteGraphQLDataSource.ts
index 700e78e2f..9a92be9f4 100644
--- a/gateway-js/src/datasources/RemoteGraphQLDataSource.ts
+++ b/gateway-js/src/datasources/RemoteGraphQLDataSource.ts
@@ -145,9 +145,11 @@ export class RemoteGraphQLDataSource<TContext extends Record<string, any> = Reco
       body: JSON.stringify(requestWithoutHttp),
     });
 
+    let httpResponse: Response | undefined;
+
     try {
       // Use our local `fetcher` to allow for fetch injection
-      const httpResponse = await this.fetcher(httpRequest);
+      httpResponse = await this.fetcher(httpRequest);
 
       if (!httpResponse.ok) {
         throw await this.errorFromResponse(httpResponse);
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ export class RemoteGraphQLDataSource<TContext extends Record<string, any> = Reco
         http: httpResponse,
       };
     } catch (error) {
-      this.didEncounterError(error, httpRequest);
+      this.didEncounterError(error, httpRequest, httpResponse);
       throw error;
     }
   }
@@ -183,7 +185,11 @@ export class RemoteGraphQLDataSource<TContext extends Record<string, any> = Reco
     >,
   ): ValueOrPromise<GraphQLResponse>;
 
-  public didEncounterError(error: Error, _request: Request) {
+  public didEncounterError(
+    error: Error,
+    _request: Request,
+    _response?: Response
+  ) {
     throw error;
   }