diff --git a/nbd/client.c b/nbd/client.c
index b4d457a19adb868f0fc94dff7b7aa4fd389a470f..0ad7147ed95964802cf6994bffb988c52ffac712 100644
--- a/nbd/client.c
+++ b/nbd/client.c
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ static int nbd_handle_reply_err(QIOChannel *ioc, NBDOptionReply *reply,
             goto cleanup;
         }
         msg[reply->length] = '\0';
+        trace_nbd_server_error_msg(reply->type,
+                                   nbd_reply_type_lookup(reply->type), msg);
     }
 
     switch (reply->type) {
diff --git a/nbd/trace-events b/nbd/trace-events
index 5e1d4afe8e68479346226daf53cd3c4b01ca6b2f..5492042acbf99bdc1f6c989a92c7bc44678892d2 100644
--- a/nbd/trace-events
+++ b/nbd/trace-events
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # nbd/client.c
 nbd_send_option_request(uint32_t opt, const char *name, uint32_t len) "Sending option request %" PRIu32" (%s), len %" PRIu32
 nbd_receive_option_reply(uint32_t option, const char *optname, uint32_t type, const char *typename, uint32_t length) "Received option reply %" PRIu32" (%s), type %" PRIu32" (%s), len %" PRIu32
+nbd_server_error_msg(uint32_t err, const char *type, const char *msg) "server reported error 0x%" PRIx32 " (%s) with additional message: %s"
 nbd_reply_err_unsup(uint32_t option, const char *name) "server doesn't understand request %" PRIu32 " (%s), attempting fallback"
 nbd_opt_go_start(const char *name) "Attempting NBD_OPT_GO for export '%s'"
 nbd_opt_go_success(void) "Export is good to go"