diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/InsufficientResourcesException.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/InsufficientResourcesException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..32ab424460
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/rest/InsufficientResourcesException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/**
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloud Conscious, LLC. <info@cloudconscious.com>
+ *
+ * ====================================================================
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ * ====================================================================
+ */
+
+package org.jclouds.rest;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown when there is a quota or otherwise limit preventing the operation from occurring.
+ * 
+ * @author Adrian Cole
+ */
+public class InsufficientResourcesException extends RuntimeException {
+
+   /** The serialVersionUID */
+   private static final long serialVersionUID = -2272965726680821281L;
+
+   public InsufficientResourcesException() {
+      super();
+   }
+
+   public InsufficientResourcesException(String arg0, Throwable arg1) {
+      super(arg0, arg1);
+   }
+
+   public InsufficientResourcesException(Throwable arg0) {
+      super(arg0);
+   }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Throwables2.java b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Throwables2.java
index d9cc364bb2..1327234c46 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Throwables2.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/org/jclouds/util/Throwables2.java
@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ import java.util.NoSuchElementException;
 
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpResponseException;
 import org.jclouds.rest.AuthorizationException;
+import org.jclouds.rest.InsufficientResourcesException;
 import org.jclouds.rest.ResourceNotFoundException;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Throwables;
 import com.google.inject.ProvisionException;
 import com.google.inject.spi.Message;
 
-
 /**
  * General utilities used in jclouds code.
  * 
@@ -72,9 +72,9 @@ public class Throwables2 {
    }
 
    // Note this needs to be kept up-to-date with all top-level exceptions jclouds works against
-   @SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+   @SuppressWarnings( { "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
    public static Exception returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(Class[] exceptionTypes,
-         Exception exception) throws Exception {
+            Exception exception) throws Exception {
       for (Class type : exceptionTypes) {
          Throwable throwable = getFirstThrowableOfType(exception, type);
          if (throwable != null) {
@@ -82,8 +82,8 @@ public class Throwables2 {
          }
       }
       for (Class<Exception> propagatableExceptionType : new Class[] { IllegalStateException.class,
-            UnsupportedOperationException.class, IllegalArgumentException.class, AuthorizationException.class,
-            ResourceNotFoundException.class, HttpResponseException.class }) {
+               UnsupportedOperationException.class, IllegalArgumentException.class, AuthorizationException.class,
+               ResourceNotFoundException.class, InsufficientResourcesException.class, HttpResponseException.class }) {
          Throwable throwable = getFirstThrowableOfType(exception, propagatableExceptionType);
          if (throwable != null) {
             throw (Exception) throwable;
@@ -101,7 +101,5 @@ public class Throwables2 {
       assert false : "exception should have propogated " + e;
       return null;
    }
- 
-
 
 }
diff --git a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/util/Throwables2Test.java b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/util/Throwables2Test.java
index ab54c99202..8a8e2992ed 100644
--- a/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/util/Throwables2Test.java
+++ b/core/src/test/java/org/jclouds/util/Throwables2Test.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpCommand;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpResponseException;
 import org.jclouds.rest.AuthorizationException;
+import org.jclouds.rest.InsufficientResourcesException;
 import org.jclouds.rest.ResourceNotFoundException;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -115,7 +116,13 @@ public class Throwables2Test {
       Exception e = new AuthorizationException();
       returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e));
    }
-
+   
+   @Test(expectedExceptions = InsufficientResourcesException.class)
+   public void testPropagateStandardExceptionInsufficientResourcesException() throws Exception {
+      Exception e = new InsufficientResourcesException();
+      returnFirstExceptionIfInListOrThrowStandardExceptionOrCause(new Class[] {}, new RuntimeException(e));
+   }
+   
    @Test(expectedExceptions = ResourceNotFoundException.class)
    public void testPropagateStandardExceptionResourceNotFoundException() throws Exception {
       Exception e = new ResourceNotFoundException();