diff --git a/awx/api/views/__init__.py b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
index f88995b53e..13826a1078 100644
--- a/awx/api/views/__init__.py
+++ b/awx/api/views/__init__.py
@@ -1738,6 +1738,12 @@ class HostInsights(GenericAPIView):
         data = self._get_insights(platform_id, session, headers)
         return Response(data, status=status.HTTP_200_OK)
 
+    def handle_exception(self, exc):
+        # Continue supporting the slightly different way we have handled error responses on this view.
+        response = super().handle_exception(exc)
+        response.data['error'] = response.data.pop('detail')
+        return response
+
 
 class GroupList(ListCreateAPIView):
 
diff --git a/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_host_insights.py b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_host_insights.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3ab3ac61e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/awx/main/tests/functional/api/test_host_insights.py
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+import pytest
+import requests
+
+from awx.api.versioning import reverse
+
+
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+class TestHostInsights:
+    def test_insights_bad_host(self, get, hosts, user, mocker):
+        mocker.patch.object(requests.Session, 'get')
+
+        host = hosts(host_count=1)[0]
+
+        url = reverse('api:host_insights', kwargs={'pk': host.pk})
+        response = get(url, user('admin', True))
+
+        assert response.data['error'] == 'This host is not recognized as an Insights host.'
+        assert response.status_code == 404
+
+    def test_insights_no_credential(self, get, hosts, user, mocker):
+        mocker.patch.object(requests.Session, 'get')
+
+        host = hosts(host_count=1)[0]
+        host.insights_system_id = '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000'
+        host.save()
+
+        url = reverse('api:host_insights', kwargs={'pk': host.pk})
+        response = get(url, user('admin', True))
+
+        assert response.data['error'] == 'The Insights Credential for "test-inv" was not found.'
+        assert response.status_code == 404
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize("status_code, exception, error, message", [
+        (502, requests.exceptions.SSLError, 'SSLError while trying to connect to https://myexample.com/whocares/me/', None,),
+        (504, requests.exceptions.Timeout, 'Request to https://myexample.com/whocares/me/ timed out.', None,),
+        (502, requests.exceptions.RequestException, 'booo!', 'Unknown exception booo! while trying to GET https://myexample.com/whocares/me/'),
+    ])
+    def test_insights_exception(self, get, hosts, insights_credential, user, mocker, status_code, exception, error, message):
+        mocker.patch.object(requests.Session, 'get', side_effect=exception(error))
+
+        host = hosts(host_count=1)[0]
+        host.insights_system_id = '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000'
+        host.inventory.insights_credential = insights_credential
+        host.inventory.save()
+        host.save()
+
+        url = reverse('api:host_insights', kwargs={'pk': host.pk})
+        response = get(url, user('admin', True))
+
+        assert response.data['error'] == message or error
+        assert response.status_code == status_code
+
+    def test_insights_unauthorized(self, get, hosts, insights_credential, user, mocker):
+        Response = namedtuple('Response', 'status_code content')
+        mocker.patch.object(requests.Session, 'get', return_value=Response(401, 'mock 401 err msg'))
+
+        host = hosts(host_count=1)[0]
+        host.insights_system_id = '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000'
+        host.inventory.insights_credential = insights_credential
+        host.inventory.save()
+        host.save()
+
+        url = reverse('api:host_insights', kwargs={'pk': host.pk})
+        response = get(url, user('admin', True))
+
+        assert response.data['error'] == (
+            "Unauthorized access. Please check your Insights Credential username and password.")
+        assert response.status_code == 502
+
+    def test_insights_bad_status(self, get, hosts, insights_credential, user, mocker):
+        Response = namedtuple('Response', 'status_code content')
+        mocker.patch.object(requests.Session, 'get', return_value=Response(500, 'mock 500 err msg'))
+
+        host = hosts(host_count=1)[0]
+        host.insights_system_id = '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000'
+        host.inventory.insights_credential = insights_credential
+        host.inventory.save()
+        host.save()
+
+        url = reverse('api:host_insights', kwargs={'pk': host.pk})
+        response = get(url, user('admin', True))
+
+        assert response.data['error'].startswith("Failed to access the Insights API at URL")
+        assert "Server responded with 500 status code and message mock 500 err msg" in response.data['error']
+        assert response.status_code == 502
+
+    def test_insights_bad_json(self, get, hosts, insights_credential, user, mocker):
+        class Response:
+            status_code = 200
+            content = 'booo!'
+
+            def json(self):
+                raise ValueError("we do not care what this is")
+
+        mocker.patch.object(requests.Session, 'get', return_value=Response())
+
+        host = hosts(host_count=1)[0]
+        host.insights_system_id = '123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000'
+        host.inventory.insights_credential = insights_credential
+        host.inventory.save()
+        host.save()
+
+        url = reverse('api:host_insights', kwargs={'pk': host.pk})
+        response = get(url, user('admin', True))
+
+        assert response.data['error'] == "Expected JSON response from Insights but instead got booo!"
+        assert response.status_code == 502