diff --git a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_arduino.cpp b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_arduino.cpp
index 220c75f9d39..a433eff883b 100644
--- a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_arduino.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_arduino.cpp
@@ -220,6 +220,7 @@ bool Nextion::upload_tft(uint32_t baud_rate, bool exit_reparse) {
   }
 
   if (code != 200 and code != 206) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "HTTP request failed with status %d", code);
     return this->upload_end_(false);
   }
 
diff --git a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_esp32.cpp b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_esp32.cpp
index c4e6ff71821..46352afd750 100644
--- a/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_esp32.cpp
+++ b/esphome/components/nextion/nextion_upload_esp32.cpp
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ bool Nextion::upload_tft(uint32_t baud_rate, bool exit_reparse) {
            esp_get_free_heap_size());
   int status_code = esp_http_client_get_status_code(http_client);
   if (status_code != 200 && status_code != 206) {
+    ESP_LOGE(TAG, "HTTP request failed with status %d", status_code);
     return this->upload_end_(false);
   }