diff --git a/src/access/viraccessmanager.c b/src/access/viraccessmanager.c
index e7b5bf38da84f7ab50b4786535943fab56fea2c9..1dfff32b9d6e9e154e9111135bf0df9f148b090f 100644
--- a/src/access/viraccessmanager.c
+++ b/src/access/viraccessmanager.c
@@ -196,11 +196,12 @@ static void virAccessManagerDispose(void *object)
  * should the admin need to debug things
  */
 static int
-virAccessManagerSanitizeError(int ret)
+virAccessManagerSanitizeError(int ret,
+                              const char *driverName)
 {
     if (ret < 0) {
         virResetLastError();
-        virAccessError(VIR_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED, NULL);
+        virAccessError(VIR_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED, driverName, NULL);
     }
 
     return ret;
@@ -217,7 +218,7 @@ int virAccessManagerCheckConnect(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
     if (manager->drv->checkConnect)
         ret = manager->drv->checkConnect(manager, driverName, perm);
 
-    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret);
+    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret, driverName);
 }
 
 
@@ -233,7 +234,7 @@ int virAccessManagerCheckDomain(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
     if (manager->drv->checkDomain)
         ret = manager->drv->checkDomain(manager, driverName, domain, perm);
 
-    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret);
+    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret, driverName);
 }
 
 int virAccessManagerCheckInterface(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
@@ -248,7 +249,7 @@ int virAccessManagerCheckInterface(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
     if (manager->drv->checkInterface)
         ret = manager->drv->checkInterface(manager, driverName, iface, perm);
 
-    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret);
+    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret, driverName);
 }
 
 int virAccessManagerCheckNetwork(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
@@ -263,7 +264,7 @@ int virAccessManagerCheckNetwork(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
     if (manager->drv->checkNetwork)
         ret = manager->drv->checkNetwork(manager, driverName, network, perm);
 
-    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret);
+    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret, driverName);
 }
 
 int virAccessManagerCheckNodeDevice(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
@@ -278,7 +279,7 @@ int virAccessManagerCheckNodeDevice(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
     if (manager->drv->checkNodeDevice)
         ret = manager->drv->checkNodeDevice(manager, driverName, nodedev, perm);
 
-    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret);
+    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret, driverName);
 }
 
 int virAccessManagerCheckNWFilter(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
@@ -293,7 +294,7 @@ int virAccessManagerCheckNWFilter(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
     if (manager->drv->checkNWFilter)
         ret = manager->drv->checkNWFilter(manager, driverName, nwfilter, perm);
 
-    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret);
+    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret, driverName);
 }
 
 int virAccessManagerCheckNWFilterBinding(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
@@ -308,7 +309,7 @@ int virAccessManagerCheckNWFilterBinding(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
     if (manager->drv->checkNWFilterBinding)
         ret = manager->drv->checkNWFilterBinding(manager, driverName, binding, perm);
 
-    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret);
+    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret, driverName);
 }
 
 int virAccessManagerCheckSecret(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
@@ -323,7 +324,7 @@ int virAccessManagerCheckSecret(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
     if (manager->drv->checkSecret)
         ret = manager->drv->checkSecret(manager, driverName, secret, perm);
 
-    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret);
+    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret, driverName);
 }
 
 int virAccessManagerCheckStoragePool(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
@@ -338,7 +339,7 @@ int virAccessManagerCheckStoragePool(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
     if (manager->drv->checkStoragePool)
         ret = manager->drv->checkStoragePool(manager, driverName, pool, perm);
 
-    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret);
+    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret, driverName);
 }
 
 int virAccessManagerCheckStorageVol(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
@@ -354,5 +355,5 @@ int virAccessManagerCheckStorageVol(virAccessManagerPtr manager,
     if (manager->drv->checkStorageVol)
         ret = manager->drv->checkStorageVol(manager, driverName, pool, vol, perm);
 
-    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret);
+    return virAccessManagerSanitizeError(ret, driverName);
 }
diff --git a/src/rpc/gendispatch.pl b/src/rpc/gendispatch.pl
index 0c4648c0fb841727613c60aa21f58b8f54429889..f599002056b591dfb6cb326c2742a8eb17f37c18 100755
--- a/src/rpc/gendispatch.pl
+++ b/src/rpc/gendispatch.pl
@@ -2199,7 +2199,7 @@ elsif ($mode eq "client") {
                     print "        virObjectUnref(mgr);\n";
                     if ($action eq "Ensure") {
                         print "        if (rv == 0)\n";
-                        print "            virReportError(VIR_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED, NULL);\n";
+                        print "            virReportError(VIR_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED, conn->driver->name, NULL);\n";
                         print "        return $fail;\n";
                     } else {
                         print "        virResetLastError();\n";
diff --git a/src/util/virerror.c b/src/util/virerror.c
index 683e51aa19250da252e1477ef29cdb3453a62cd4..10f1b55c5f6689132fef14bc3216cba6c44c8249 100644
--- a/src/util/virerror.c
+++ b/src/util/virerror.c
@@ -1442,9 +1442,9 @@ virErrorMsg(virErrorNumber error, const char *info)
             break;
         case VIR_ERR_ACCESS_DENIED:
             if (info == NULL)
-                errmsg = _("access denied");
+                errmsg = _("access denied from '%s'");
             else
-                errmsg = _("access denied: %s");
+                errmsg = _("access denied from '%s': %s");
             break;
         case VIR_ERR_DBUS_SERVICE:
             if (info == NULL)