diff --git a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/firebase/firestore/FlutterFirebaseFirestoreException.java b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/firebase/firestore/FlutterFirebaseFirestoreException.java
index 7caa39dc96e5..39823ce0e2e7 100644
--- a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/firebase/firestore/FlutterFirebaseFirestoreException.java
+++ b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/android/src/main/java/io/flutter/plugins/firebase/firestore/FlutterFirebaseFirestoreException.java
@@ -219,6 +219,12 @@ public FlutterFirebaseFirestoreException(
       }
     }
 
+    if (nativeException != null
+        && nativeException.getMessage() != null
+        && !nativeException.getMessage().isEmpty()) {
+      message = nativeException.getMessage();
+    }
+
     this.code = code;
     this.message = message;
   }
diff --git a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/example/integration_test/document_reference_e2e.dart b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/example/integration_test/document_reference_e2e.dart
index fd611f7f0ef7..cf47634c2a95 100644
--- a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/example/integration_test/document_reference_e2e.dart
+++ b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/example/integration_test/document_reference_e2e.dart
@@ -268,6 +268,30 @@ void runDocumentReferenceTests() {
     });
 
     group('DocumentReference.get()', () {
+      test(
+        'preserves native error messages when offline',
+        () async {
+          final document =
+              await initializeTest('document-get-server-while-offline');
+          await firestore.disableNetwork();
+          addTearDown(firestore.enableNetwork);
+
+          await expectLater(
+            document.get(const GetOptions(source: Source.server)),
+            throwsA(
+              isA<FirebaseException>()
+                  .having((error) => error.code, 'code', 'unavailable')
+                  .having(
+                    (error) => error.message,
+                    'message',
+                    contains('offline'),
+                  ),
+            ),
+          );
+        },
+        skip: kIsWeb,
+      );
+
       test('gets a document from server', () async {
         DocumentReference<Map<String, dynamic>> document =
             await initializeTest('document-get-server');
diff --git a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/ios/cloud_firestore/Sources/cloud_firestore/FLTFirebaseFirestoreUtils.m b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/ios/cloud_firestore/Sources/cloud_firestore/FLTFirebaseFirestoreUtils.m
index db06c89e52a0..c1e557790706 100644
--- a/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/ios/cloud_firestore/Sources/cloud_firestore/FLTFirebaseFirestoreUtils.m
+++ b/packages/cloud_firestore/cloud_firestore/ios/cloud_firestore/Sources/cloud_firestore/FLTFirebaseFirestoreUtils.m
@@ -253,6 +253,10 @@ + (NSArray *)ErrorCodeAndMessageFromNSError:(NSError *)error {
       break;
   }
 
+  if (error.localizedDescription.length > 0) {
+    message = error.localizedDescription;
+  }
+
   return @[ code, message ];
 }