diff --git a/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Downloader.hs b/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Downloader.hs
--- a/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Downloader.hs
+++ b/Network/HTTP/Conduit/Downloader.hs
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@
     C.OverlongHeaders -> DRError "Overlong HTTP headers"
     C.ResponseTimeout -> DRError "Timeout"
     C.FailedConnectionException _host _port -> DRError "Connection failed"
-    C.FailedConnectionException2 _ _ _ _ -> DRError "Connection failed"
+    C.FailedConnectionException2 _ _ _ exn -> DRError $ "Connection failed: " ++ show exn
     C.InvalidDestinationHost _ -> DRError "Invalid destination host"
     C.HttpZlibException e -> DRError $ show e
     C.ExpectedBlankAfter100Continue -> DRError "Expected blank after 100 (Continue)"
diff --git a/http-conduit-downloader.cabal b/http-conduit-downloader.cabal
--- a/http-conduit-downloader.cabal
+++ b/http-conduit-downloader.cabal
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 cabal-version:  >= 1.6
 name:           http-conduit-downloader
-version:        1.0.21
+version:        1.0.22
 author:         Vladimir Shabanov <vshabanoff@gmail.com>
 maintainer:     Vladimir Shabanov <vshabanoff@gmail.com>
 homepage:       https://github.com/bazqux/http-conduit-downloader
@@ -39,11 +39,20 @@
     type:     git
     location: https://github.com/bazqux/http-conduit-downloader
 
+flag network-uri
+    description: Get Network.URI from the network-uri package
+    default: True
+
 library
     build-depends:
-        base == 4.*, http-conduit >= 2.1.2.3, http-client >= 0.3.4, connection, network, zlib, lifted-base,
-        conduit, resourcet, http-types, data-default, bytestring, mtl, network-uri,
+        base == 4.*, http-conduit >= 2.1.2.3, http-client >= 0.3.4, connection, zlib, lifted-base,
+        conduit, resourcet, http-types, data-default, bytestring, mtl,
         time, old-locale, HsOpenSSL
+
+    if flag(network-uri)
+        build-depends: network-uri >= 2.6, network >= 2.6
+    else
+        build-depends: network-uri < 2.6, network < 2.6
 
     exposed-modules:
         Network.HTTP.Conduit.Downloader
