diff --git a/src/net/tcp/httpcore.c b/src/net/tcp/httpcore.c
index 4a1300cd7..01143a1a7 100644
--- a/src/net/tcp/httpcore.c
+++ b/src/net/tcp/httpcore.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ FILE_LICENCE ( GPL2_OR_LATER_OR_UBDL );
 #include <ipxe/params.h>
 #include <ipxe/profile.h>
 #include <ipxe/vsprintf.h>
+#include <ipxe/errortab.h>
 #include <ipxe/http.h>
 
 /* Disambiguate the various error causes */
@@ -110,6 +111,12 @@ static struct profiler http_rx_profiler __profiler = { .name = "http.rx" };
 /** Data transfer profiler */
 static struct profiler http_xfer_profiler __profiler = { .name = "http.xfer" };
 
+/** Human-readable error messages */
+struct errortab http_errors[] __errortab = {
+	__einfo_errortab ( EINFO_EIO_4XX ),
+	__einfo_errortab ( EINFO_EIO_5XX ),
+};
+
 static struct http_state http_request;
 static struct http_state http_headers;
 static struct http_state http_trailers;