diff --git a/signalfx/ingest.py b/signalfx/ingest.py
index 08f32ed..d3d930b 100644
--- a/signalfx/ingest.py
+++ b/signalfx/ingest.py
@@ -284,6 +284,7 @@ def _post(self, data, url, session=None, timeout=None):
         _logger.debug('Sending to SignalFx %s (%d %s)',
                       'succeeded' if response.ok else 'failed',
                       response.status_code, response.text)
+        return response
 
 
 class ProtoBufSignalFxIngestClient(_BaseSignalFxIngestClient):