diff --git a/service/topology_coordinator.cc b/service/topology_coordinator.cc
index 7447ed8804..1e100cb477 100644
--- a/service/topology_coordinator.cc
+++ b/service/topology_coordinator.cc
@@ -1803,15 +1803,27 @@ class topology_coordinator : public endpoint_lifecycle_subscriber {
                 break;
             }
             case node_state::rebuilding: {
-                node = co_await exec_direct_command(
-                        std::move(node), raft_topology_cmd::command::stream_ranges);
+                bool retake = false;
+                auto id = node.id;
                 topology_mutation_builder builder(node.guard.write_timestamp());
-                builder.del_session();
                 topology_request_tracking_mutation_builder rtbuilder(node.rs->request_id);
-                builder.with_node(node.id)
+                try {
+                    node = co_await exec_direct_command(std::move(node), raft_topology_cmd::command::stream_ranges);
+                    rtbuilder.done();
+                } catch (term_changed_error&) {
+                    throw;
+                } catch (...) {
+                    rtlogger.error("send_raft_topology_cmd(stream_ranges) failed with exception"
+                                    " (node state is rebuilding): {}", std::current_exception());
+                    rtbuilder.done("streaming failed");
+                    retake = true;
+                }
+                if (retake) {
+                    node = retake_node(co_await start_operation(), id);
+                }
+                builder.del_session().with_node(node.id)
                        .set("node_state", node_state::normal)
                        .del("rebuild_option");
-                rtbuilder.done();
                 co_await update_topology_state(take_guard(std::move(node)), {builder.build(), rtbuilder.build()}, "rebuilding completed");
             }
                 break;
diff --git a/test/pylib/manager_client.py b/test/pylib/manager_client.py
index 56e7522ee3..16c54c2fa0 100644
--- a/test/pylib/manager_client.py
+++ b/test/pylib/manager_client.py
@@ -326,10 +326,12 @@ class ManagerClient():
                                    timeout=ScyllaServer.TOPOLOGY_TIMEOUT)
         self._driver_update()
 
-    async def rebuild_node(self, server_id: ServerNum) -> None:
+    async def rebuild_node(self, server_id: ServerNum,
+                           expected_error: str | None = None) -> None:
         """Tell a node to rebuild with Scylla REST API"""
         logger.debug("ManagerClient rebuild %s", server_id)
-        await self.client.put_json(f"/cluster/rebuild-node/{server_id}",
+        data = {"expected_error": expected_error}
+        await self.client.put_json(f"/cluster/rebuild-node/{server_id}", data,
                                    timeout=ScyllaServer.TOPOLOGY_TIMEOUT)
         self._driver_update()
 
diff --git a/test/pylib/scylla_cluster.py b/test/pylib/scylla_cluster.py
index 20779e17c4..c7721bd603 100644
--- a/test/pylib/scylla_cluster.py
+++ b/test/pylib/scylla_cluster.py
@@ -1386,16 +1386,32 @@ class ScyllaClusterManager:
     async def _cluster_rebuild_node(self, request) -> None:
         """Run rebuild node on Scylla REST API for a specified server"""
         assert self.cluster
+        data = await request.json()
         server_id = ServerNum(int(request.match_info["server_id"]))
         self.logger.info("_cluster_rebuild_node %s", server_id)
         assert server_id in self.cluster.running, "Can't rebuild not running node"
         server = self.cluster.running[server_id]
+        expected_error = data["expected_error"]
         try:
             await self.cluster.api.rebuild_node(server.ip_addr, timeout=ScyllaServer.TOPOLOGY_TIMEOUT)
         except (RuntimeError, HTTPError) as exc:
-            raise RuntimeError(
-                f"rebuild failed (server: {server}), check log at {server.log_filename},"
-                f" error: \"{exc}\"")
+            if expected_error:
+                if expected_error not in str(exc):
+                    raise RuntimeError(
+                            f"rebuild failed (server: {server}) but did not contain expected error"
+                            f"(\"{expected_error}\", check log file at {server.log_filename}, error: \"{exc}\"")
+                else:
+                    return
+            else:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    f"rebuild failed (server: {server}), check log at {server.log_filename},"
+                    f" error: \"{exc}\"")
+        else:
+            if expected_error:
+                raise RuntimeError(
+                    f"rebuild succeeded when it should have failed (server: {server},"
+                    f" expected_error: \"{expected_error}\"), check log file at {server.log_filename}")
+
         await self.cluster.server_stop(server_id, gracefully=True)
 
     async def _server_get_config(self, request: aiohttp.web.Request) -> dict[str, object]:
diff --git a/test/topology/test_topology_failure_recovery.py b/test/topology/test_topology_failure_recovery.py
index a1b62065f8..c83019c358 100644
--- a/test/topology/test_topology_failure_recovery.py
+++ b/test/topology/test_topology_failure_recovery.py
@@ -63,6 +63,11 @@ async def test_topology_streaming_failure(request, manager: ManagerClient):
     matches = [await log.grep("raft_topology - rollback.*after bootstrapping failure, moving transition state to left token ring",
                from_mark=mark) for log, mark in zip(logs, marks)]
     assert sum(len(x) for x in matches) == 1
+    # rebuild failure
+    marks = [await log.mark() for log in logs]
+    servers = await manager.running_servers()
+    await manager.api.enable_injection(servers[1].ip_addr, 'stream_ranges_fail', one_shot=True)
+    await manager.rebuild_node(servers[1].server_id, expected_error="rebuild failed:")
     # replace failure
     marks = [await log.mark() for log in logs]
     servers = await manager.running_servers()