diff --git a/src/store/fileUploadStore.js b/src/store/fileUploadStore.js
index 2c9d66813c8..49f7269bd0e 100644
--- a/src/store/fileUploadStore.js
+++ b/src/store/fileUploadStore.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import {
 	getFileNamePrompt,
 	separateDuplicateUploads,
 } from '../utils/fileUpload.js'
+import { parseUploadError } from '../utils/propfindErrorParse.ts'
 
 const state = {
 	attachmentFolder: loadState('spreed', 'attachment_folder', ''),
@@ -349,7 +350,14 @@ const actions = {
 				context.commit('markFileAsPendingUpload', { uploadId, index, sharePath: uniquePath })
 			} catch (exception) {
 				console.error(`Error while uploading file "${fileName}":` + exception.message, fileName)
-				showError(t('spreed', 'Error while uploading file "{fileName}"', { fileName }))
+				if (exception.response) {
+					const message = await parseUploadError(exception)
+					if (message) {
+						showError(message)
+					} else {
+						showError(t('spreed', 'Error while uploading file "{fileName}"', { fileName }))
+					}
+				}
 				// Mark the upload as failed in the store
 				context.commit('markFileAsFailedUpload', { uploadId, index })
 				const { id } = uploadedFile.temporaryMessage
diff --git a/src/utils/propfindErrorParse.ts b/src/utils/propfindErrorParse.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f5ea9a33bf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils/propfindErrorParse.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/**
+ * SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Nextcloud GmbH and Nextcloud contributors
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
+ */
+
+import { t } from '@nextcloud/l10n'
+
+type PROPFINDException = {
+	response: {
+		text: () => Promise<string>
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Parse PROPFIND error when uploading a file and return a readable message.
+ *
+ * @param exception error object
+ */
+async function parseUploadError(exception : PROPFINDException) {
+	try {
+		const responseText = await exception.response.text()
+		const parser = new DOMParser()
+		const xmlDoc = parser.parseFromString(responseText, 'application/xml')
+		const messageElement = xmlDoc.getElementsByTagName('s:message')[0]
+
+		return messageElement?.textContent
+	} catch (parseError) {
+		console.error(t('spreed', 'Error while parsing a PROPFIND error'))
+	}
+}
+
+export {
+	parseUploadError,
+}