diff --git a/src/server/AuthorizingHttpHandler.ts b/src/server/AuthorizingHttpHandler.ts
index 4b061fad6..956e0492e 100644
--- a/src/server/AuthorizingHttpHandler.ts
+++ b/src/server/AuthorizingHttpHandler.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,19 @@
+import { DataFactory } from 'n3';
 import type { Credentials } from '../authentication/Credentials';
 import type { CredentialsExtractor } from '../authentication/CredentialsExtractor';
 import type { Authorizer } from '../authorization/Authorizer';
 import type { PermissionReader } from '../authorization/PermissionReader';
 import type { ModesExtractor } from '../authorization/permissions/ModesExtractor';
+import type { AccessMap } from '../authorization/permissions/Permissions';
 import type { ResponseDescription } from '../http/output/response/ResponseDescription';
 import { getLoggerFor } from '../logging/LogUtil';
+import { HttpError } from '../util/errors/HttpError';
+import { SOLID_META } from '../util/Vocabularies';
 import type { OperationHttpHandlerInput } from './OperationHttpHandler';
 import { OperationHttpHandler } from './OperationHttpHandler';
 
+const { blankNode, namedNode, literal } = DataFactory;
+
 export interface AuthorizingHttpHandlerArgs {
   /**
    * Extracts the credentials from the incoming request.
@@ -77,6 +83,9 @@ export class AuthorizingHttpHandler extends OperationHttpHandler {
       await this.authorizer.handleSafe({ credentials, requestedModes, availablePermissions });
     } catch (error: unknown) {
       this.logger.verbose(`Authorization failed: ${(error as any).message}`);
+      if (HttpError.isInstance(error)) {
+        this.addAccessModesToError(error, requestedModes);
+      }
       throw error;
     }
 
@@ -84,4 +93,15 @@ export class AuthorizingHttpHandler extends OperationHttpHandler {
 
     return this.operationHandler.handleSafe(input);
   }
+
+  private addAccessModesToError(error: HttpError, requestedModes: AccessMap): void {
+    for (const [ identifier, modes ] of requestedModes.entrySets()) {
+      const bnode = blankNode();
+      error.metadata.add(SOLID_META.terms.requestedAccess, bnode);
+      error.metadata.addQuad(bnode, SOLID_META.terms.accessTarget, namedNode(identifier.path));
+      for (const mode of modes.values()) {
+        error.metadata.addQuad(bnode, SOLID_META.terms.accessMode, literal(mode));
+      }
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/util/Vocabularies.ts b/src/util/Vocabularies.ts
index 1afdfa665..e69104572 100644
--- a/src/util/Vocabularies.ts
+++ b/src/util/Vocabularies.ts
@@ -287,6 +287,10 @@ export const SOLID_META = createVocabulary('urn:npm:solid:community-server:meta:
   'value',
   // This is used to indicate whether metadata should be preserved or not during a PUT operation
   'preserve',
+  // These predicates are used to describe the requested access in case of an unauthorized request
+  'requestedAccess',
+  'accessTarget',
+  'accessMode',
 );
 
 export const VANN = createVocabulary('http://purl.org/vocab/vann/',
diff --git a/test/unit/server/AuthorizingHttpHandler.test.ts b/test/unit/server/AuthorizingHttpHandler.test.ts
index 2b3c91220..724b74792 100644
--- a/test/unit/server/AuthorizingHttpHandler.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/server/AuthorizingHttpHandler.test.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { BlankNode } from 'n3';
 import type { CredentialsExtractor } from '../../../src/authentication/CredentialsExtractor';
 import type { Authorizer } from '../../../src/authorization/Authorizer';
 import type { PermissionReader } from '../../../src/authorization/PermissionReader';
@@ -11,14 +12,18 @@ import type { HttpRequest } from '../../../src/server/HttpRequest';
 import type { HttpResponse } from '../../../src/server/HttpResponse';
 import type { OperationHttpHandler } from '../../../src/server/OperationHttpHandler';
 import { ForbiddenHttpError } from '../../../src/util/errors/ForbiddenHttpError';
+import { HttpError } from '../../../src/util/errors/HttpError';
 import { IdentifierMap, IdentifierSetMultiMap } from '../../../src/util/map/IdentifierMap';
+import { SOLID_META } from '../../../src/util/Vocabularies';
 
 describe('An AuthorizingHttpHandler', (): void => {
   const credentials = { };
   const target = { path: 'http://example.com/foo' };
-  const requestedModes: AccessMap = new IdentifierSetMultiMap<AccessMode>([[ target, AccessMode.read ]]);
+  const requestedModes: AccessMap = new IdentifierSetMultiMap<AccessMode>(
+    [[ target, new Set([ AccessMode.read, AccessMode.write ]) ]],
+  );
   const availablePermissions: PermissionMap = new IdentifierMap(
-    [[ target, { read: true }]],
+    [[ target, { read: true, write: true }]],
   );
   const request: HttpRequest = {} as any;
   const response: HttpResponse = {} as any;
@@ -73,10 +78,26 @@ describe('An AuthorizingHttpHandler', (): void => {
     expect(source.handleSafe).toHaveBeenLastCalledWith({ request, response, operation });
   });
 
-  it('errors if authorization fails.', async(): Promise<void> => {
+  it('errors with added access modes if authorization fails.', async(): Promise<void> => {
     const error = new ForbiddenHttpError();
     authorizer.handleSafe.mockRejectedValueOnce(error);
-    await expect(handler.handle({ request, response, operation })).rejects.toThrow(error);
+    let handlerError: HttpError | undefined;
+    try {
+      await handler.handle({ request, response, operation });
+    } catch (receivedError: unknown) {
+      if (receivedError instanceof HttpError) {
+        handlerError = receivedError;
+      }
+    }
+    expect(handlerError).toBe(error);
+    const [ bnode ] = handlerError?.metadata?.getAll(SOLID_META.terms.requestedAccess) ?? [];
+    expect(bnode?.termType).toBe('BlankNode');
+    const [ targetQuad ] = handlerError?.metadata?.quads(bnode as BlankNode, SOLID_META.terms.accessTarget) ?? [];
+    expect(targetQuad.object.value).toBe(target.path);
+    const modeQuads = handlerError?.metadata?.quads(bnode as BlankNode, SOLID_META.terms.accessMode) ?? [];
+    const modes = modeQuads.map((quad): string => quad.object.value);
+    expect(modes).toContain(AccessMode.read);
+    expect(modes).toContain(AccessMode.write);
     expect(source.handleSafe).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(0);
   });
 });