diff --git a/client/css/style.css b/client/css/style.css
index 68ce4c4c..061a0b97 100644
--- a/client/css/style.css
+++ b/client/css/style.css
@@ -1365,6 +1365,10 @@ kbd {
 	display: block;
 }
 
+#chat .prefetch-error {
+	display: none;
+}
+
 #chat .toggle-content .thumb {
 	max-width: 48px;
 	max-height: 38px;
diff --git a/client/views/msg_preview.tpl b/client/views/msg_preview.tpl
index 51e199de..12240a8a 100644
--- a/client/views/msg_preview.tpl
+++ b/client/views/msg_preview.tpl
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@
 				to open it in a new window.
 			</em>
 		{{/equal}}
+		{{#equal error "message"}}
+			<em>There was an error when loading this image. <small class="prefetch-error">({{message}})</small></em>
+		{{/equal}}
 	{{/equal}}
 </div>
 {{/preview}}
diff --git a/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js b/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js
index e0c738ad..037b769b 100644
--- a/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js
+++ b/src/plugins/irc-events/link.js
@@ -38,7 +38,14 @@ module.exports = function(client, chan, msg) {
 	})).slice(0, 5); // Only preview the first 5 URLs in message to avoid abuse
 
 	msg.previews.forEach((preview) => {
-		fetch(preview.link, function(res) {
+		fetch(preview.link, function(res, err) {
+			if (err) {
+				preview.type = "error";
+				preview.error = "message";
+				preview.message = err.message;
+				handlePreview(client, msg, preview, res);
+			}
+
 			if (res === null) {
 				return;
 			}
@@ -204,7 +211,7 @@ function fetch(uri, cb) {
 			},
 		});
 	} catch (e) {
-		return cb(null);
+		return cb(null, e);
 	}
 
 	const buffers = [];
@@ -229,7 +236,7 @@ function fetch(uri, cb) {
 				limit = 1024 * 50;
 			}
 		})
-		.on("error", () => cb(null))
+		.on("error", (e) => cb(null, e))
 		.on("data", (data) => {
 			length += data.length;
 			buffers.push(data);
@@ -240,7 +247,7 @@ function fetch(uri, cb) {
 		})
 		.on("end", () => {
 			if (req.response.statusCode < 200 || req.response.statusCode > 299) {
-				return cb(null);
+				return cb(null, new Error(`HTTP ${req.response.statusCode}`));
 			}
 
 			let type = "";