diff --git a/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.cpp b/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.cpp
index 6e8a1e93d..9e76d5ff0 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.cpp
@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ synchronousRun( QNetworkAccessManager* nam, const QUrl& url, const RequestOption
     }
     else if ( reply->error() != QNetworkReply::NoError )
     {
-        return qMakePair( RequestStatus( RequestStatus::Timeout ), nullptr );
+        return qMakePair( RequestStatus( RequestStatus::HttpError ), nullptr );
     }
     else
     {
@@ -281,6 +281,30 @@ Manager::asynchronousGet( const QUrl& url, const CalamaresUtils::Network::Reques
     return asynchronousRun( d->nam(), url, options );
 }
 
+QDebug&
+operator<<( QDebug& s, const CalamaresUtils::Network::RequestStatus& e )
+{
+    s << int( e.status ) << bool( e );
+    switch ( e.status )
+    {
+    case RequestStatus::Ok:
+        break;
+    case RequestStatus::Timeout:
+        s << "Timeout";
+        break;
+    case RequestStatus::Failed:
+        s << "Failed";
+        break;
+    case RequestStatus::HttpError:
+        s << "HTTP";
+        break;
+    case RequestStatus::Empty:
+        s << "Empty";
+        break;
+    }
+    return s;
+}
+
 
 }  // namespace Network
 }  // namespace CalamaresUtils
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.h b/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.h
index f392cdec0..0837bdc13 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.h
+++ b/src/libcalamares/network/Manager.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 #include "DllMacro.h"
 
 #include <QByteArray>
+#include <QDebug>
 #include <QObject>
 #include <QUrl>
 
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ struct RequestStatus
         Ok,
         Timeout,  // Timeout exceeded
         Failed,  // bad Url
+        HttpError,  // some other HTTP error (eg. SSL failed)
         Empty  // for ping(), response is empty
     };
 
@@ -90,6 +92,8 @@ struct RequestStatus
     State status;
 };
 
+QDebug& operator<<( QDebug& s, const RequestStatus& e );
+
 class DLLEXPORT Manager : QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
diff --git a/src/libcalamares/network/Tests.cpp b/src/libcalamares/network/Tests.cpp
index dc893a9c9..2350b79e8 100644
--- a/src/libcalamares/network/Tests.cpp
+++ b/src/libcalamares/network/Tests.cpp
@@ -49,5 +49,6 @@ NetworkTests::testPing()
     auto& nam = Manager::instance();
     auto canPing_www_kde_org
         = nam.synchronousPing( QUrl( "https://www.kde.org" ), RequestOptions( RequestOptions::FollowRedirect ) );
+    cDebug() << "Ping:" << canPing_www_kde_org;
     QVERIFY( canPing_www_kde_org );
 }