diff --git a/lib/searchkick.rb b/lib/searchkick.rb
index 719d729..c9df9a6 100644
--- a/lib/searchkick.rb
+++ b/lib/searchkick.rb
@@ -103,8 +103,12 @@ module Searchkick
     if items.any?
       response = client.bulk(body: items)
       if response["errors"]
-        first_item = response["items"].first
-        raise Searchkick::ImportError, (first_item["index"] || first_item["delete"])["error"]
+        messages = response["items"].map do |item|
+          (item["index"] || item["delete"])
+        end.select { |item| item["error"] }.map do |item|
+          "#{item["error"]} on item with id '#{item["_id"]}'"
+        end.join "\n"
+        raise Searchkick::ImportError, messages
       end
     end
   end
diff --git a/test/errors_test.rb b/test/errors_test.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..00511d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/errors_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+require_relative "test_helper"
+
+class ErrorsTest < Minitest::Test
+  def test_bulk_import_raises_with_full_message
+    valid_dog = Dog.new(name: "2016-01-01")
+    invalid_dog_1 = Dog.new(name: "Bucket")
+    invalid_dog_2 = Dog.new(name: "Ol' One-Leg")
+    index = Searchkick::Index.new "dogs"
+    message = nil
+    begin
+      index.bulk_index [valid_dog, invalid_dog_1, invalid_dog_2]
+    rescue Searchkick::ImportError => e
+      message = e.message
+    end
+    assert_match /MapperParsingException.*Bucket.*Ol' One-Leg/m, message
+  end
+end
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