diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/integrations/integration_settings_form.js b/app/assets/javascripts/integrations/integration_settings_form.js
index ddd3a6aab99..cf1e6a14725 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/integrations/integration_settings_form.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/integrations/integration_settings_form.js
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ export default class IntegrationSettingsForm {
     })
     .done((res) => {
       if (res.error) {
-        new Flash(res.message, null, null, {
+        new Flash(`${res.message} ${res.service_response}`, null, null, {
           title: 'Save anyway',
           clickHandler: (e) => {
             e.preventDefault();
diff --git a/app/models/project_services/jira_service.rb b/app/models/project_services/jira_service.rb
index 37f2c96a22f..2aa19443198 100644
--- a/app/models/project_services/jira_service.rb
+++ b/app/models/project_services/jira_service.rb
@@ -160,7 +160,10 @@ class JiraService < IssueTrackerService
 
   def test(_)
     result = test_settings
-    { success: result.present?, result: result }
+    success = result.present?
+    result = @error if @error && !success
+
+    { success: success, result: result }
   end
 
   # JIRA does not need test data.
@@ -288,7 +291,8 @@ class JiraService < IssueTrackerService
     yield
 
   rescue Timeout::Error, Errno::EINVAL, Errno::ECONNRESET, Errno::ECONNREFUSED, URI::InvalidURIError, JIRA::HTTPError, OpenSSL::SSL::SSLError => e
-    Rails.logger.info "#{self.class.name} Send message ERROR: #{client_url} - #{e.message}"
+    @error = e.message
+    Rails.logger.info "#{self.class.name} Send message ERROR: #{client_url} - #{@error}"
     nil
   end
 
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/32483-jira-error.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/32483-jira-error.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1c530ca5e0f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/32483-jira-error.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Display specific error message when JIRA test fails
+merge_request:
+author:
diff --git a/spec/features/projects/services/jira_service_spec.rb b/spec/features/projects/services/jira_service_spec.rb
index b71eec0ecfd..28870261596 100644
--- a/spec/features/projects/services/jira_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/projects/services/jira_service_spec.rb
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ feature 'Setup Jira service', :feature, :js do
         click_button('Test settings and save changes')
         wait_for_requests
 
-        expect(find('.flash-container-page')).to have_content 'Test failed.'
+        expect(find('.flash-container-page')).to have_content 'Test failed. message'
         expect(find('.flash-container-page')).to have_content 'Save anyway'
 
         find('.flash-alert .flash-action').trigger('click')
diff --git a/spec/javascripts/integrations/integration_settings_form_spec.js b/spec/javascripts/integrations/integration_settings_form_spec.js
index 45909d4e70e..3daeb91b1e2 100644
--- a/spec/javascripts/integrations/integration_settings_form_spec.js
+++ b/spec/javascripts/integrations/integration_settings_form_spec.js
@@ -135,10 +135,10 @@ describe('IntegrationSettingsForm', () => {
 
       integrationSettingsForm.testSettings(formData);
 
-      deferred.resolve({ error: true, message: errorMessage });
+      deferred.resolve({ error: true, message: errorMessage, service_response: 'some error' });
 
       const $flashContainer = $('.flash-container');
-      expect($flashContainer.find('.flash-text').text()).toEqual(errorMessage);
+      expect($flashContainer.find('.flash-text').text()).toEqual('Test failed. some error');
       expect($flashContainer.find('.flash-action')).toBeDefined();
       expect($flashContainer.find('.flash-action').text()).toEqual('Save anyway');
     });
diff --git a/spec/models/project_services/jira_service_spec.rb b/spec/models/project_services/jira_service_spec.rb
index d7d09808a98..ded8e709c38 100644
--- a/spec/models/project_services/jira_service_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/project_services/jira_service_spec.rb
@@ -197,21 +197,38 @@ describe JiraService, models: true do
       )
     end
 
-    def test_settings(api_url)
+    def test_settings(api_url = nil)
+      api_url ||= 'jira.example.com'
       test_url = "http://#{api_url}/rest/api/2/serverInfo"
 
       WebMock.stub_request(:get, test_url).with(basic_auth: %w(jira_username jira_password)).to_return(body: { url: 'http://url' }.to_json )
 
-      jira_service.test_settings
+      jira_service.test(nil)
     end
 
-    it 'tries to get JIRA project with URL when API URL not set' do
-      test_settings('jira.example.com')
+    context 'when the test succeeds' do
+      it 'tries to get JIRA project with URL when API URL not set' do
+        test_settings('jira.example.com')
+      end
+
+      it 'returns correct result' do
+        expect(test_settings).to eq( { success: true, result: { 'url' => 'http://url' } })
+      end
+
+      it 'tries to get JIRA project with API URL if set' do
+        jira_service.update(api_url: 'http://jira.api.com')
+        test_settings('jira.api.com')
+      end
     end
 
-    it 'tries to get JIRA project with API URL if set' do
-      jira_service.update(api_url: 'http://jira.api.com')
-      test_settings('jira.api.com')
+    context 'when the test fails' do
+      it 'returns result with the error' do
+        test_url = 'http://jira.example.com/rest/api/2/serverInfo'
+        WebMock.stub_request(:get, test_url).with(basic_auth: %w(jira_username jira_password))
+          .to_raise(JIRA::HTTPError.new(double(message: 'Some specific failure.')))
+
+        expect(jira_service.test(nil)).to eq( { success: false, result: 'Some specific failure.' })
+      end
     end
   end