diff --git a/Headers/Public/VLCLibrary.h b/Headers/Public/VLCLibrary.h
index 1247f2afba1bc3d560119deeb6c7bb59c2f4f367..1ea0429e4890905468e857e096c6840cf8365002 100644
--- a/Headers/Public/VLCLibrary.h
+++ b/Headers/Public/VLCLibrary.h
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ OBJC_VISIBLE
 
 @property (class, nonatomic, nullable) id<VLCEventsConfiguring> sharedEventsConfiguration;
 
+/**
+ * A human-readable error message for the last LibVLC error in the calling
+ * thread. The resulting string is valid until another error occurs (at least
+ * until the next LibVLC call).
+ *
+ * @warning
+ * This will be NULL if there was no error.
+ */
+@property (class, nonatomic, copy, nullable) NSString *currentErrorMessage;
+
 /**
  * Returns the library's shared instance
  * \return The library's shared instance
diff --git a/Sources/Core/VLCLibrary.m b/Sources/Core/VLCLibrary.m
index d1e5f91c51dbeab1e73df025fe78194c33202fef..86b6b06d393ac05fb30bbeab39668239d00f610a 100644
--- a/Sources/Core/VLCLibrary.m
+++ b/Sources/Core/VLCLibrary.m
@@ -104,6 +104,17 @@ static id<VLCEventsConfiguring> _sharedEventsConfiguration = nil;
     [self setSharedEventsConfiguration:[VLCEventsDefaultConfiguration new]];
 }
 
++ (nullable NSString *)currentErrorMessage
+{
+    const char * __nullable errmsg = libvlc_errmsg();
+    return errmsg ? @(errmsg) : nil;
+}
+
++ (void)setCurrentErrorMessage:(nullable NSString *)currentErrorMessage
+{
+    currentErrorMessage ? libvlc_printerr(currentErrorMessage.UTF8String) : libvlc_clearerr();
+}
+
 + (VLCLibrary *)sharedLibrary
 {
     static dispatch_once_t onceToken;