diff --git a/plugins/client.go b/plugins/client.go
index e9d2adb..ba7772d 100644
--- a/plugins/client.go
+++ b/plugins/client.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package plugins
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"encoding/json"
-	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"io/ioutil"
 	"net/http"
@@ -124,7 +123,7 @@ func (c *Client) callWithRetry(serviceMethod string, data io.Reader, retry bool)
 		if resp.StatusCode != http.StatusOK {
 			b, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
 			if err != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", serviceMethod, err)
+				return nil, &statusError{resp.StatusCode, serviceMethod, err.Error()}
 			}
 
 			// Plugins' Response(s) should have an Err field indicating what went
@@ -136,11 +135,11 @@ func (c *Client) callWithRetry(serviceMethod string, data io.Reader, retry bool)
 			remoteErr := responseErr{}
 			if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &remoteErr); err == nil {
 				if remoteErr.Err != "" {
-					return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", serviceMethod, remoteErr.Err)
+					return nil, &statusError{resp.StatusCode, serviceMethod, remoteErr.Err}
 				}
 			}
 			// old way...
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("%s: %s", serviceMethod, string(b))
+			return nil, &statusError{resp.StatusCode, serviceMethod, string(b)}
 		}
 		return resp.Body, nil
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/errors.go b/plugins/errors.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1826c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/errors.go
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+package plugins
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+type statusError struct {
+	status int
+	method string
+	err    string
+}
+
+// Error returns a formated string for this error type
+func (e *statusError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%s: %v", e.method, e.err)
+}
+
+// IsNotFound indicates if the passed in error is from an http.StatusNotFound from the plugin
+func IsNotFound(err error) bool {
+	return isStatusError(err, http.StatusNotFound)
+}
+
+func isStatusError(err error, status int) bool {
+	if err == nil {
+		return false
+	}
+	e, ok := err.(*statusError)
+	if !ok {
+		return false
+	}
+	return e.status == status
+}