diff --git a/src/managesieve/cmd-putscript.c b/src/managesieve/cmd-putscript.c
index 3fd7185659419de7d38616bb32d4d12103ef7fde..e477743ed90c7713bf437a664eea316312f84b14 100644
--- a/src/managesieve/cmd-putscript.c
+++ b/src/managesieve/cmd-putscript.c
@@ -211,7 +211,8 @@ cmd_putscript_finish_script(struct cmd_putscript_context *ctx,
 
 		if (errormsg == NULL) {
 			struct event_passthrough *e =
-				client_command_create_finish_event(cmd);
+				client_command_create_finish_event(cmd)->
+				add_str("error", "Compilation failed");
 			e_debug(e->event(), "Failed to %s: "
 				"Compilation failed (%u errors, %u warnings)",
 				action, sieve_get_errors(ehandler),
@@ -220,7 +221,8 @@ cmd_putscript_finish_script(struct cmd_putscript_context *ctx,
 			client_send_no(client, str_c(errors));
 		} else {
 			struct event_passthrough *e =
-				client_command_create_finish_event(cmd);
+				client_command_create_finish_event(cmd)->
+				add_str("error", errormsg);
 			e_debug(e->event(), "Failed to %s: %s",
 				action, errormsg);