1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/monitor.c b/monitor.c
index 16d611e5aa..a38a103e42 100644
--- a/monitor.c
+++ b/monitor.c
@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ static void monitor_protocol_emitter(Monitor *mon, QObject *data)
         }
     } else {
         /* error response */
+        qdict_put(mon->error->error, "desc", qerror_human(mon->error));
         qdict_put(qmp, "error", mon->error->error);
         QINCREF(mon->error->error);
         QDECREF(mon->error);