diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
index c1b46f7d0a439c86ec946f56e10a754b5a7847e5..a85ae949dcec45d6d532419524b8c2b19ee95299 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_blockjob.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
 #include "virthread.h"
 #include "virtime.h"
 #include "locking/domain_lock.h"
+#include "viralloc.h"
 
 #define VIR_FROM_THIS VIR_FROM_QEMU
 
@@ -66,6 +67,7 @@ qemuBlockJobUpdate(virQEMUDriverPtr driver,
                                  diskPriv->blockJobType,
                                  diskPriv->blockJobStatus);
         diskPriv->blockJobStatus = -1;
+        VIR_FREE(diskPriv->blockJobError);
     }
 
     return status;
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
index e8e03134f5cec3d08fe76b90506898db7b844e8b..cd213479cae06863bc4d983c763a60ff80236a26 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.c
@@ -892,6 +892,7 @@ qemuDomainSecretInfoFree(qemuDomainSecretInfoPtr *secinfo)
 
 
 static virClassPtr qemuDomainDiskPrivateClass;
+static void qemuDomainDiskPrivateDispose(void *obj);
 
 static int
 qemuDomainDiskPrivateOnceInit(void)
@@ -899,7 +900,7 @@ qemuDomainDiskPrivateOnceInit(void)
     qemuDomainDiskPrivateClass = virClassNew(virClassForObject(),
                                              "qemuDomainDiskPrivate",
                                              sizeof(qemuDomainDiskPrivate),
-                                             NULL);
+                                             qemuDomainDiskPrivateDispose);
     if (!qemuDomainDiskPrivateClass)
         return -1;
     else
@@ -922,6 +923,13 @@ qemuDomainDiskPrivateNew(void)
     return (virObjectPtr) priv;
 }
 
+static void
+qemuDomainDiskPrivateDispose(void *obj)
+{
+    qemuDomainDiskPrivatePtr priv = obj;
+
+    VIR_FREE(priv->blockJobError);
+}
 
 static virClassPtr qemuDomainStorageSourcePrivateClass;
 static void qemuDomainStorageSourcePrivateDispose(void *obj);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
index c33af3671b05708c3be9340b658b361ae34f42d2..ba807ca0b8b0ca49f7296d72e7cfdb02f94d0bf9 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_domain.h
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ struct _qemuDomainDiskPrivate {
     /* for some synchronous block jobs, we need to notify the owner */
     int blockJobType;   /* type of the block job from the event */
     int blockJobStatus; /* status of the finished block job */
+    char *blockJobError; /* block job completed event error */
     bool blockJobSync; /* the block job needs synchronized termination */
 
     bool migrating; /* the disk is being migrated */
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
index 473a52735802184fdc2d935046147c29a13030a1..4db12c512a24ae0acebe3ef5d7943c780cf521d4 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.c
@@ -1515,13 +1515,14 @@ int
 qemuMonitorEmitBlockJob(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                         const char *diskAlias,
                         int type,
-                        int status)
+                        int status,
+                        const char *error)
 {
     int ret = -1;
     VIR_DEBUG("mon=%p", mon);
 
     QEMU_MONITOR_CALLBACK(mon, ret, domainBlockJob, mon->vm,
-                          diskAlias, type, status);
+                          diskAlias, type, status, error);
     return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
index f81fb7f2ad00aaa665a22d4a077bc43a503367cb..67b785e6038530959bd5fea2aa90ee778cf4372a 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor.h
@@ -176,6 +176,7 @@ typedef int (*qemuMonitorDomainBlockJobCallback)(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                                  const char *diskAlias,
                                                  int type,
                                                  int status,
+                                                 const char *error,
                                                  void *opaque);
 typedef int (*qemuMonitorDomainTrayChangeCallback)(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                                    virDomainObjPtr vm,
@@ -375,7 +376,8 @@ int qemuMonitorEmitPMSuspend(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
 int qemuMonitorEmitBlockJob(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                             const char *diskAlias,
                             int type,
-                            int status);
+                            int status,
+                            const char *error);
 int qemuMonitorEmitBalloonChange(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
                                  unsigned long long actual);
 int qemuMonitorEmitPMSuspendDisk(qemuMonitorPtr mon);
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
index 64394f76fe67ad2bb2a3e48340bf140ecc5c3c01..e45868b01fc87cb80b8a8bc19901aff9e046d115 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_monitor_json.c
@@ -851,6 +851,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONHandleBlockJobImpl(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 {
     const char *device;
     const char *type_str;
+    const char *error = NULL;
     int type = VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_JOB_TYPE_UNKNOWN;
     unsigned long long offset, len;
 
@@ -883,6 +884,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONHandleBlockJobImpl(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
 
     switch ((virConnectDomainEventBlockJobStatus) event) {
     case VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_JOB_COMPLETED:
+        error = virJSONValueObjectGetString(data, "error");
         /* Make sure the whole device has been processed */
         if (offset != len)
             event = VIR_DOMAIN_BLOCK_JOB_FAILED;
@@ -897,7 +899,7 @@ qemuMonitorJSONHandleBlockJobImpl(qemuMonitorPtr mon,
     }
 
  out:
-    qemuMonitorEmitBlockJob(mon, device, type, event);
+    qemuMonitorEmitBlockJob(mon, device, type, event, error);
 }
 
 static void
diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
index ea70885dd950150334a4e8b78e161d3242632cf0..93a24cde15503c57908fc1be2020e6a1188b0dc0 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_process.c
@@ -1000,6 +1000,7 @@ qemuProcessHandleBlockJob(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
                           const char *diskAlias,
                           int type,
                           int status,
+                          const char *error,
                           void *opaque)
 {
     virQEMUDriverPtr driver = opaque;
@@ -1021,6 +1022,8 @@ qemuProcessHandleBlockJob(qemuMonitorPtr mon ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
         /* We have a SYNC API waiting for this event, dispatch it back */
         diskPriv->blockJobType = type;
         diskPriv->blockJobStatus = status;
+        VIR_FREE(diskPriv->blockJobError);
+        ignore_value(VIR_STRDUP_QUIET(diskPriv->blockJobError, error));
         virDomainObjBroadcast(vm);
     } else {
         /* there is no waiting SYNC API, dispatch the update to a thread */