diff --git a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
index b440818ec2..f129e6a1af 100644
--- a/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
+++ b/include/libvirt/libvirt-domain.h
@@ -3612,6 +3612,15 @@ typedef enum {
  */
 # define VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_SUCCESS "success"
 
+/**
+ * VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_ERRMSG:
+ *
+ * virDomainGetJobStats field: Present only in statistics for a completed job.
+ * Optional error message for a failed job.
+ */
+# define VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_ERRMSG "errmsg"
+
+
 /**
  * VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_DISK_TEMP_USED:
  * virDomainGetJobStats field: current usage of temporary disk space for the
diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain.c b/tools/virsh-domain.c
index 502685f44b..0704529458 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain.c
@@ -6226,6 +6226,7 @@ cmdDomjobinfo(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
     unsigned long long value;
     unsigned int flags = 0;
     int ivalue;
+    const char *svalue;
     int op;
     int rc;
     size_t i;
@@ -6506,6 +6507,13 @@ cmdDomjobinfo(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
         vshPrint(ctl, "%-17s %-.3lf %s\n", _("Temporary disk space total:"), val, unit);
     }
 
+    if ((rc = virTypedParamsGetString(params, nparams, VIR_DOMAIN_JOB_ERRMSG,
+                                      &svalue)) < 0) {
+        goto save_error;
+    } else if (rc == 1) {
+        vshPrint(ctl, "%-17s %s\n", _("Error message:"), svalue);
+    }
+
     ret = true;
 
  cleanup: