diff --git a/git/remote.py b/git/remote.py
index 2cf5678b6..7d5918a5a 100644
--- a/git/remote.py
+++ b/git/remote.py
@@ -235,6 +235,22 @@ def iter_items(cls, repo: 'Repo', *args: Any, **kwargs: Any
         raise NotImplementedError
 
 
+class PushInfoList(IterableList[PushInfo]):
+    def __new__(cls) -> 'PushInfoList':
+        return cast(PushInfoList, IterableList.__new__(cls, 'push_infos'))
+
+    def __init__(self) -> None:
+        super().__init__('push_infos')
+        self.error: Optional[Exception] = None
+
+    def raise_if_error(self) -> None:
+        """
+        Raise an exception if any ref failed to push.
+        """
+        if self.error:
+            raise self.error
+
+
 class FetchInfo(IterableObj, object):
 
     """
@@ -774,7 +790,7 @@ def _get_fetch_info_from_stderr(self, proc: 'Git.AutoInterrupt',
 
     def _get_push_info(self, proc: 'Git.AutoInterrupt',
                        progress: Union[Callable[..., Any], RemoteProgress, None],
-                       kill_after_timeout: Union[None, float] = None) -> IterableList[PushInfo]:
+                       kill_after_timeout: Union[None, float] = None) -> PushInfoList:
         progress = to_progress_instance(progress)
 
         # read progress information from stderr
@@ -782,7 +798,7 @@ def _get_push_info(self, proc: 'Git.AutoInterrupt',
         # read the lines manually as it will use carriage returns between the messages
         # to override the previous one. This is why we read the bytes manually
         progress_handler = progress.new_message_handler()
-        output: IterableList[PushInfo] = IterableList('push_infos')
+        output: PushInfoList = PushInfoList()
 
         def stdout_handler(line: str) -> None:
             try:
@@ -796,13 +812,14 @@ def stdout_handler(line: str) -> None:
         stderr_text = progress.error_lines and '\n'.join(progress.error_lines) or ''
         try:
             proc.wait(stderr=stderr_text)
-        except Exception:
+        except Exception as e:
             # This is different than fetch (which fails if there is any std_err
             # even if there is an output)
             if not output:
                 raise
             elif stderr_text:
                 log.warning("Error lines received while fetching: %s", stderr_text)
+                output.error = e
 
         return output
 
diff --git a/test/test_docs.py b/test/test_docs.py
index 220156bce..8897bbb75 100644
--- a/test/test_docs.py
+++ b/test/test_docs.py
@@ -393,7 +393,8 @@ def test_references_and_objects(self, rw_dir):
         origin.rename('new_origin')
         # push and pull behaves similarly to `git push|pull`
         origin.pull()
-        origin.push()
+        origin.push()  # attempt push, ignore errors
+        origin.push().raise_if_error()  # push and raise error if it fails
         # assert not empty_repo.delete_remote(origin).exists()     # create and delete remotes
         # ![25-test_references_and_objects]
 
diff --git a/test/test_remote.py b/test/test_remote.py
index 088fdad55..761a7a3e7 100644
--- a/test/test_remote.py
+++ b/test/test_remote.py
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     fixture,
     GIT_DAEMON_PORT
 )
-from git.util import rmtree, HIDE_WINDOWS_FREEZE_ERRORS
+from git.util import rmtree, HIDE_WINDOWS_FREEZE_ERRORS, IterableList
 import os.path as osp
 
 
@@ -128,6 +128,9 @@ def _do_test_fetch_result(self, results, remote):
         # END for each info
 
     def _do_test_push_result(self, results, remote):
+        self.assertIsInstance(results, list)
+        self.assertIsInstance(results, IterableList)
+
         self.assertGreater(len(results), 0)
         self.assertIsInstance(results[0], PushInfo)
         for info in results:
@@ -151,6 +154,12 @@ def _do_test_push_result(self, results, remote):
             # END error checking
         # END for each info
 
+        if any([info.flags & info.ERROR for info in results]):
+            self.assertRaises(GitCommandError, results.raise_if_error)
+        else:
+            # No errors, so this should do nothing
+            results.raise_if_error()
+
     def _do_test_fetch_info(self, repo):
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, FetchInfo._from_line, repo, "nonsense", '')
         self.assertRaises(