diff --git a/v2/protocol/http/protocol_retry_test.go b/v2/protocol/http/protocol_retry_test.go
index 45612eed9..3e967a3b6 100644
--- a/v2/protocol/http/protocol_retry_test.go
+++ b/v2/protocol/http/protocol_retry_test.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"context"
 	"net/http"
 	"net/http/httptest"
+	"sync"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
 
@@ -215,6 +216,48 @@ func TestRequestWithRetries_linear(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestSendWithRetriesPreservesResponseBody(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		mu           sync.Mutex
+		requestCount int
+	)
+
+	srv := httptest.NewServer(http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, _ *http.Request) {
+		mu.Lock()
+		defer mu.Unlock()
+
+		requestCount++
+		switch requestCount {
+		case 1:
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusTooEarly)
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte("retry this"))
+		default:
+			w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+			_, _ = w.Write([]byte("final failure"))
+		}
+	}))
+	defer srv.Close()
+
+	p, err := New(WithClient(http.Client{Timeout: time.Second}))
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	ctx := cecontext.WithTarget(context.Background(), srv.URL)
+	ctx = cecontext.WithRetriesLinearBackoff(ctx, time.Nanosecond, 2)
+
+	evt := newEvent(t, event.ApplicationJSON, map[string]string{"hello": "world"})
+	err = p.Send(ctx, binding.ToMessage(&evt))
+	require.Error(t, err)
+
+	mu.Lock()
+	assert.Equal(t, 2, requestCount)
+	mu.Unlock()
+
+	var result *Result
+	require.True(t, protocol.ResultAs(err, &result))
+	assert.Equal(t, http.StatusBadRequest, result.StatusCode)
+	assert.Contains(t, err.Error(), "final failure")
+}
+
 func newEvent(t *testing.T, encoding string, body interface{}) event.Event {
 	e := event.New()
 	if body != nil {
diff --git a/v2/protocol/http/retries_result.go b/v2/protocol/http/retries_result.go
index f4046d522..21e49b113 100644
--- a/v2/protocol/http/retries_result.go
+++ b/v2/protocol/http/retries_result.go
@@ -57,3 +57,11 @@ func (e *RetriesResult) Error() string {
 	}
 	return fmt.Sprintf("%s (%dx)", e.Result.Error(), e.Retries)
 }
+
+// Unwrap returns the wrapped result to preserve standard error traversal.
+func (e *RetriesResult) Unwrap() error {
+	if e == nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	return e.Result
+}
diff --git a/v2/protocol/http/retries_result_test.go b/v2/protocol/http/retries_result_test.go
index bf844eded..167ebfeea 100644
--- a/v2/protocol/http/retries_result_test.go
+++ b/v2/protocol/http/retries_result_test.go
@@ -71,6 +71,19 @@ func TestRetriesNew_As(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestRetriesNewHTTPResult_As(t *testing.T) {
+	err := NewRetriesResult(NewResult(404, "this is an example error, %s", "yep"), 5, time.Now(), nil)
+
+	var result *Result
+	if !protocol.ResultAs(err, &result) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected error to unwrap to an HTTP Result, is not")
+	}
+
+	if result.StatusCode != 404 {
+		t.Errorf("Mismatched status code")
+	}
+}
+
 func TestRetriesNil_As(t *testing.T) {
 	var err error