diff --git a/src/ios/CDVFileTransfer.m b/src/ios/CDVFileTransfer.m
index 70ddb35..3113c26 100644
--- a/src/ios/CDVFileTransfer.m
+++ b/src/ios/CDVFileTransfer.m
@@ -592,7 +592,8 @@ static CFIndex WriteDataToStream(NSData* data, CFWriteStreamRef stream)
             result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_OK messageAsDictionary:[self.filePlugin makeEntryForURL:self.targetURL]];
         } else {
             downloadResponse = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:self.responseData encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
-            result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsDictionary:[command createFileTransferError:CONNECTION_ERR AndSource:source AndTarget:target AndHttpStatus:self.responseCode AndBody:downloadResponse]];
+            CDVFileTransferError errorCode = self.responseCode == 404 ? FILE_NOT_FOUND_ERR : CONNECTION_ERR;
+            result = [CDVPluginResult resultWithStatus:CDVCommandStatus_ERROR messageAsDictionary:[command createFileTransferError:errorCode AndSource:source AndTarget:target AndHttpStatus:self.responseCode AndBody:downloadResponse]];
         }
     }