diff --git a/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php b/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
index 4074d8338..e08596747 100644
--- a/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
+++ b/src/Composer/Util/RemoteFilesystem.php
@@ -286,7 +286,12 @@ class RemoteFilesystem
             $contentLength = !empty($http_response_header[0]) ? $this->findHeaderValue($http_response_header, 'content-length') : null;
             if ($contentLength && Platform::strlen($result) < $contentLength) {
                 // alas, this is not possible via the stream callback because STREAM_NOTIFY_COMPLETED is documented, but not implemented anywhere in PHP
-                throw new TransportException('Content-Length mismatch');
+                $e = new TransportException('Content-Length mismatch, received '.Platform::strlen($result).' bytes out of the expected '.$contentLength);
+                $e->setHeaders($http_response_header);
+                $e->setStatusCode($this->findStatusCode($http_response_header));
+                $e->setResponse($result);
+
+                throw $e;
             }
 
             if (PHP_VERSION_ID < 50600 && !empty($options['ssl']['peer_fingerprint'])) {