diff --git a/pkgs/cupertino_http/CHANGELOG.md b/pkgs/cupertino_http/CHANGELOG.md
index e21c2fd886..b5b1c56c8d 100644
--- a/pkgs/cupertino_http/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/pkgs/cupertino_http/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-## 2.1.2-wip
+## 2.2.0
 
 * Cancel requests when the response stream is cancelled.
+* Add a new exception type `NSErrorClientException` that contains the
+  `NSError` associated with the failure.
 
 ## 2.1.1
 
diff --git a/pkgs/cupertino_http/example/integration_test/client_profile_test.dart b/pkgs/cupertino_http/example/integration_test/client_profile_test.dart
index aa74415881..eba570d800 100644
--- a/pkgs/cupertino_http/example/integration_test/client_profile_test.dart
+++ b/pkgs/cupertino_http/example/integration_test/client_profile_test.dart
@@ -164,7 +164,8 @@ void main() {
         expect(profile.requestData.bodyBytes, 'Hi'.codeUnits);
         expect(profile.requestData.contentLength, 2);
         expect(profile.requestData.endTime, isNotNull);
-        expect(profile.requestData.error, startsWith('ClientException:'));
+        expect(
+            profile.requestData.error, startsWith('NSErrorClientException:'));
         expect(
             profile.requestData.headers, containsPair('Content-Length', ['2']));
         expect(profile.requestData.headers,
@@ -247,7 +248,8 @@ void main() {
         expect(profile.responseData.compressionState, isNull);
         expect(profile.responseData.contentLength, 11);
         expect(profile.responseData.endTime, isNotNull);
-        expect(profile.responseData.error, startsWith('ClientException:'));
+        expect(
+            profile.responseData.error, startsWith('NSErrorClientException:'));
         expect(profile.responseData.headers,
             containsPair('content-type', ['text/plain']));
         expect(profile.responseData.headers,
diff --git a/pkgs/cupertino_http/example/integration_test/ns_error_client_exception.dart b/pkgs/cupertino_http/example/integration_test/ns_error_client_exception.dart
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..46b34befeb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkgs/cupertino_http/example/integration_test/ns_error_client_exception.dart
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2025, the Dart project authors.  Please see the AUTHORS file
+// for details. All rights reserved. Use of this source code is governed by a
+// BSD-style license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+import 'package:cupertino_http/cupertino_http.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_test/flutter_test.dart';
+import 'package:integration_test/integration_test.dart';
+import 'package:objective_c/objective_c.dart';
+
+void main() {
+  IntegrationTestWidgetsFlutterBinding.ensureInitialized();
+
+  group('NSErrorClientException', () {
+    late CupertinoClient client;
+
+    setUpAll(() => client = CupertinoClient.defaultSessionConfiguration());
+    tearDownAll(() => client.close());
+
+    test('thrown', () async {
+      expect(
+          () => client.get(Uri.http('doesnotexist', '/')),
+          throwsA(isA<NSErrorClientException>()
+              .having((e) => e.error.domain.toDartString(), 'error.domain',
+                  'NSURLErrorDomain')
+              .having((e) => e.error.code, 'error.code', -1003)
+              .having(
+                  (e) => e.toString(),
+                  'toString()',
+                  'NSErrorClientException: A server with the specified '
+                      'hostname could not be found. '
+                      '[domain=NSURLErrorDomain, code=-1003], '
+                      'uri=http://doesnotexist/')));
+    });
+  });
+}
diff --git a/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/cupertino_http.dart b/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/cupertino_http.dart
index b85a868b4e..a24e2a8fc3 100644
--- a/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/cupertino_http.dart
+++ b/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/cupertino_http.dart
@@ -92,5 +92,5 @@ import 'package:http/http.dart';
 import 'src/cupertino_client.dart';
 
 export 'src/cupertino_api.dart';
-export 'src/cupertino_client.dart' show CupertinoClient;
+export 'src/cupertino_client.dart' show CupertinoClient, NSErrorClientException;
 export 'src/cupertino_web_socket.dart';
diff --git a/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/src/cupertino_client.dart b/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/src/cupertino_client.dart
index 72db68525e..7e592eb3e6 100644
--- a/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/src/cupertino_client.dart
+++ b/pkgs/cupertino_http/lib/src/cupertino_client.dart
@@ -17,6 +17,26 @@ final _digitRegex = RegExp(r'^\d+$');
 
 const _nsurlErrorCancelled = -999;
 
+/// A [ClientException] generated from an [NSError].
+class NSErrorClientException extends ClientException {
+  final NSError error;
+
+  NSErrorClientException(this.error, [Uri? uri])
+      : super(error.localizedDescription.toDartString(), uri);
+
+  @override
+  String toString() {
+    final b = StringBuffer(
+        'NSErrorClientException: ${error.localizedDescription.toDartString()} '
+        '[domain=${error.domain.toDartString()}, code=${error.code}]');
+
+    if (uri != null) {
+      b.write(', uri=$uri');
+    }
+    return b.toString();
+  }
+}
+
 /// This class can be removed when `package:http` v2 is released.
 class _StreamedResponseWithUrl extends StreamedResponse
     implements BaseResponseWithUrl {
@@ -176,8 +196,7 @@ class CupertinoClient extends BaseClient {
     if (error != null &&
         !(error.domain.toDartString() == 'NSURLErrorDomain' &&
             error.code == _nsurlErrorCancelled)) {
-      final exception = ClientException(
-          error.localizedDescription.toDartString(), taskTracker.request.url);
+      final exception = NSErrorClientException(error, taskTracker.request.url);
       if (taskTracker.profile != null &&
           taskTracker.profile!.requestData.endTime == null) {
         // Error occurred during the request.
diff --git a/pkgs/cupertino_http/pubspec.yaml b/pkgs/cupertino_http/pubspec.yaml
index 585b5ea7ac..fd5a228ff6 100644
--- a/pkgs/cupertino_http/pubspec.yaml
+++ b/pkgs/cupertino_http/pubspec.yaml
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name: cupertino_http
-version: 2.1.2-wip
+version: 2.2.0-wip
 description: >-
   A macOS/iOS Flutter plugin that provides access to the Foundation URL
   Loading System.