diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6f0f531..ae856cd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
  - Proper replacements for all deprecated playlist endpoints
  (See https://developer.spotify.com/community/news/2018/06/12/changes-to-playlist-uris/ and below)
 - Allow for OAuth 2.0 authorization by instructing the user to open the URL in a browser instead of opening the browser.
+- Reason for 403 error in SpotifyException
 - Support for the PKCE Auth Flow
 - Support to advertise different language to Spotify
 
diff --git a/spotipy/client.py b/spotipy/client.py
index 469f871..0c5e3d8 100644
--- a/spotipy/client.py
+++ b/spotipy/client.py
@@ -248,6 +248,10 @@ class Spotify(object):
                 msg = response.json()["error"]["message"]
             except (ValueError, KeyError):
                 msg = "error"
+            try:
+                reason = response.json()["error"]["reason"]
+            except (ValueError, KeyError):
+                reason = None
 
             logger.error('HTTP Error for %s to %s returned %s due to %s',
                          method, url, response.status_code, msg)
@@ -256,6 +260,7 @@ class Spotify(object):
                 response.status_code,
                 -1,
                 "%s:\n %s" % (response.url, msg),
+                reason=reason,
                 headers=response.headers,
             )
         except requests.exceptions.RetryError:
diff --git a/spotipy/exceptions.py b/spotipy/exceptions.py
index 5c979a5..df503f1 100644
--- a/spotipy/exceptions.py
+++ b/spotipy/exceptions.py
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 class SpotifyException(Exception):
 
-    def __init__(self, http_status, code, msg, headers=None):
+    def __init__(self, http_status, code, msg, reason=None, headers=None):
         self.http_status = http_status
         self.code = code
         self.msg = msg
+        self.reason = reason
         # `headers` is used to support `Retry-After` in the event of a
         # 429 status code.
         if headers is None:
@@ -11,5 +12,5 @@ class SpotifyException(Exception):
         self.headers = headers
 
     def __str__(self):
-        return 'http status: {0}, code:{1} - {2}'.format(
-            self.http_status, self.code, self.msg)
+        return 'http status: {0}, code:{1} - {2}, reason: {3}'.format(
+            self.http_status, self.code, self.msg, self.reason)