diff --git a/spi/data-plane/data-plane-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/dataplane/spi/pipeline/StreamFailure.java b/spi/data-plane/data-plane-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/dataplane/spi/pipeline/StreamFailure.java
index da65a0e3c7d..ddbe79e24f0 100644
--- a/spi/data-plane/data-plane-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/dataplane/spi/pipeline/StreamFailure.java
+++ b/spi/data-plane/data-plane-spi/src/main/java/org/eclipse/edc/connector/dataplane/spi/pipeline/StreamFailure.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Copyright (c) 2023 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG)
+ *  Copyright (c) 2024 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG)
  *
  *  This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
  *  terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0 which is available at
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *
  *  Contributors:
  *       Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG) - initial API and implementation
+ *       zub4t - Improving failure detail message
  *
  */
 
@@ -29,6 +30,16 @@ public StreamFailure(List<String> messages, Reason reason) {
         this.reason = reason;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public String getFailureDetail() {
+        var str = super.getFailureDetail();
+        if (str != null && !str.isEmpty()) {
+            str = reason + ": " + str;
+            return str;
+        }
+        return String.valueOf(reason);
+    }
+
     public Reason getReason() {
         return reason;
     }