diff --git a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
index 7fed1789165..0c7659cbb41 100644
--- a/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
+++ b/cmd/kube-controller-manager/app/controllermanager.go
@@ -342,6 +342,7 @@ func NewControllerInitializers() map[string]InitFunc {
 func GetAvailableResources(clientBuilder controller.ControllerClientBuilder) (map[schema.GroupVersionResource]bool, error) {
 	var discoveryClient discovery.DiscoveryInterface
 
+	var healthzContent string
 	// If apiserver is not running we should wait for some time and fail only then. This is particularly
 	// important when we start apiserver and controller manager at the same time.
 	err := wait.PollImmediate(time.Second, 10*time.Second, func() (bool, error) {
@@ -352,17 +353,19 @@ func GetAvailableResources(clientBuilder controller.ControllerClientBuilder) (ma
 		}
 
 		healthStatus := 0
-		client.Discovery().RESTClient().Get().AbsPath("/healthz").Do().StatusCode(&healthStatus)
+		resp := client.Discovery().RESTClient().Get().AbsPath("/healthz").Do().StatusCode(&healthStatus)
 		if healthStatus != http.StatusOK {
 			glog.Errorf("Server isn't healthy yet.  Waiting a little while.")
 			return false, nil
 		}
+		content, _ := resp.Raw()
+		healthzContent = string(content)
 
 		discoveryClient = client.Discovery()
 		return true, nil
 	})
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get api versions from server: %v", err)
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to get api versions from server: %v: %v", healthzContent, err)
 	}
 
 	resourceMap, err := discoveryClient.ServerResources()