diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/writer.py b/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/writer.py
index 5b385c75..a8c447bb 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/writer.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1/writer.py
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ def _on_response(self, response: gapic_types.AppendRowsResponse):
         future: AppendRowsFuture = self._futures_queue.get_nowait()
         if response.error.code:
             exc = exceptions.from_grpc_status(
-                response.error.code, response.error.message
+                response.error.code, response.error.message, response=response
             )
             future.set_exception(exc)
         else:
diff --git a/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta2/writer.py b/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta2/writer.py
index 58299f15..3859aeef 100644
--- a/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta2/writer.py
+++ b/google/cloud/bigquery_storage_v1beta2/writer.py
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ def _on_response(self, response: gapic_types.AppendRowsResponse):
         future: AppendRowsFuture = self._futures_queue.get_nowait()
         if response.error.code:
             exc = exceptions.from_grpc_status(
-                response.error.code, response.error.message
+                response.error.code, response.error.message, response=response
             )
             future.set_exception(exc)
         else:
diff --git a/tests/system/test_writer.py b/tests/system/test_writer.py
index ac3623ca..e7eb891a 100644
--- a/tests/system/test_writer.py
+++ b/tests/system/test_writer.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ def table(project_id, dataset, bq_client):
     schema = [
         bigquery.SchemaField("first_name", "STRING", mode="NULLABLE"),
         bigquery.SchemaField("last_name", "STRING", mode="NULLABLE"),
-        bigquery.SchemaField("age", "INTEGER", mode="NULLABLE"),
+        bigquery.SchemaField("age", "INTEGER", mode="REQUIRED"),
     ]
 
     unique_suffix = str(uuid.uuid4()).replace("-", "_")
@@ -52,15 +52,8 @@ def bqstorage_write_client(credentials):
     return bigquery_storage_v1.BigQueryWriteClient(credentials=credentials)
 
 
-def test_append_rows_with_invalid_stream_name_fails_fast(bqstorage_write_client):
-    bad_request = gapic_types.AppendRowsRequest()
-    bad_request.write_stream = "this-is-an-invalid-stream-resource-path"
-
-    with pytest.raises(exceptions.GoogleAPICallError):
-        bqstorage_write_client.append_rows(bad_request)
-
-
-def test_append_rows_with_proto3(bqstorage_write_client, table):
+@pytest.fixture(scope="function")
+def append_rows_stream(bqstorage_write_client, table):
     person_pb = person_pb2.PersonProto()
 
     stream_name = f"projects/{table.project}/datasets/{table.dataset_id}/tables/{table.table_id}/_default"
@@ -81,11 +74,22 @@ def test_append_rows_with_proto3(bqstorage_write_client, table):
         bqstorage_write_client,
         request_template,
     )
+    return append_rows_stream
+
+
+def test_append_rows_with_invalid_stream_name_fails_fast(bqstorage_write_client):
+    bad_request = gapic_types.AppendRowsRequest()
+    bad_request.write_stream = "this-is-an-invalid-stream-resource-path"
+
+    with pytest.raises(exceptions.GoogleAPICallError):
+        bqstorage_write_client.append_rows(bad_request)
 
+
+def test_append_rows_with_proto3(append_rows_stream):
     request = gapic_types.AppendRowsRequest()
     proto_data = gapic_types.AppendRowsRequest.ProtoData()
     proto_rows = gapic_types.ProtoRows()
-    row = person_pb
+    row = person_pb2.PersonProto()
     row.first_name = "fn"
     row.last_name = "ln"
     row.age = 20
@@ -96,3 +100,27 @@ def test_append_rows_with_proto3(bqstorage_write_client, table):
 
     assert response_future.result()
     # The request should success
+
+
+def test_append_rows_with_proto3_got_response_on_failure(append_rows_stream):
+    """When the request fails and there is a response, verify that the response
+    is included in the exception. For more details, see
+    https://github.com/googleapis/python-bigquery-storage/issues/836
+    """
+
+    # Make an invalid request by leaving the required field row.age blank.
+    request = gapic_types.AppendRowsRequest()
+    proto_data = gapic_types.AppendRowsRequest.ProtoData()
+    proto_rows = gapic_types.ProtoRows()
+    row = person_pb2.PersonProto()
+    row.first_name = "fn"
+    row.last_name = "ln"
+    proto_rows.serialized_rows.append(row.SerializeToString())
+    proto_data.rows = proto_rows
+    request.proto_rows = proto_data
+    response_future = append_rows_stream.send(request)
+
+    with pytest.raises(exceptions.GoogleAPICallError) as excinfo:
+        response_future.result()
+
+    assert isinstance(excinfo.value.response, gapic_types.AppendRowsResponse)