diff --git a/dirmngr/ks-engine-hkp.c b/dirmngr/ks-engine-hkp.c
index 20d29e960..e3c09c26e 100644
--- a/dirmngr/ks-engine-hkp.c
+++ b/dirmngr/ks-engine-hkp.c
@@ -1271,6 +1271,10 @@ send_request (ctrl_t ctrl, const char *request, const char *hostportstr,
       err = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_NOT_IMPLEMENTED);
       goto leave;
 
+    case 413:  /* Payload too large */
+      err = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_TOO_LARGE);
+      goto leave;
+
     default:
       log_error (_("error accessing '%s': http status %u\n"),
                  request, http_get_status_code (http));
diff --git a/dirmngr/ks-engine-http.c b/dirmngr/ks-engine-http.c
index 1abb3501d..a9600dbca 100644
--- a/dirmngr/ks-engine-http.c
+++ b/dirmngr/ks-engine-http.c
@@ -174,6 +174,10 @@ ks_http_fetch (ctrl_t ctrl, const char *url, unsigned int flags,
       }
       goto once_more;
 
+    case 413:  /* Payload too large */
+      err = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_TOO_LARGE);
+      goto leave;
+
     default:
       log_error (_("error accessing '%s': http status %u\n"),
                  url, http_get_status_code (http));
diff --git a/dirmngr/ocsp.c b/dirmngr/ocsp.c
index 2067b7ba0..7edac804f 100644
--- a/dirmngr/ocsp.c
+++ b/dirmngr/ocsp.c
@@ -238,6 +238,10 @@ do_ocsp_request (ctrl_t ctrl, ksba_ocsp_t ocsp, gcry_md_hd_t md,
               }
               break;
 
+            case 413:  /* Payload too large */
+              err = gpg_error (GPG_ERR_TOO_LARGE);
+              break;
+
             default:
               log_error (_("error accessing '%s': http status %u\n"),
                          url, http_get_status_code (http));