diff --git a/httpclient-jetty/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/jetty/JettyAsyncResponseListener.java b/httpclient-jetty/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/jetty/JettyAsyncResponseListener.java
index c2e88b2ca2d..3e41a791645 100644
--- a/httpclient-jetty/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/jetty/JettyAsyncResponseListener.java
+++ b/httpclient-jetty/src/main/java/io/fabric8/kubernetes/client/jetty/JettyAsyncResponseListener.java
@@ -103,6 +103,11 @@ public void onContent(Response response, ByteBuffer content, Callback callback)
     }
   }
 
+  @Override
+  public void onFailure(Response response, Throwable failure) {
+    asyncResponse.completeExceptionally(failure);
+  }
+
   /**
    * Implement to consume the content of the chunked response.
    * <p>