diff --git a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/SearchIncludeFragment.java b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/SearchIncludeFragment.java
index a8e83ba89dc..50f22293030 100644
--- a/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/SearchIncludeFragment.java
+++ b/src/main/java/edu/harvard/iq/dataverse/SearchIncludeFragment.java
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ public class SearchIncludeFragment {
 //    private boolean showUnpublished;
     List<String> filterQueriesDebug = new ArrayList<>();
 //    private Map<String, String> friendlyName = new HashMap<>();
+    private String errorFromSolr;
 
     /**
      * @todo:
@@ -288,6 +289,7 @@ public void search(boolean onlyDataRelatedToMe) {
             this.datasetfieldFriendlyNamesBySolrField = solrQueryResponse.getDatasetfieldFriendlyNamesBySolrField();
             this.staticSolrFieldFriendlyNamesBySolrField = solrQueryResponse.getStaticSolrFieldFriendlyNamesBySolrField();
             this.filterQueriesDebug = solrQueryResponse.getFilterQueriesActual();
+            this.errorFromSolr = solrQueryResponse.getError();
             paginationGuiStart = paginationStart + 1;
             paginationGuiEnd = Math.min(page * paginationGuiRows,searchResultsCount);            
             List<SolrSearchResult> searchResults = solrQueryResponse.getSolrSearchResults();
@@ -904,4 +906,13 @@ public String getNewSelectedTypes(String typeClicked) {
         return combine(arr, ":");
 
     }
+
+    public String getErrorFromSolr() {
+        return errorFromSolr;
+    }
+
+    public void setErrorFromSolr(String errorFromSolr) {
+        this.errorFromSolr = errorFromSolr;
+    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/search-include-fragment.xhtml b/src/main/webapp/search-include-fragment.xhtml
index bcc77fb397e..b7a4023c351 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/search-include-fragment.xhtml
+++ b/src/main/webapp/search-include-fragment.xhtml
@@ -192,6 +192,7 @@
                                 <h:outputText value="mode:#{SearchIncludeFragment.mode} "/>
                                 <h:outputText value="sort=#{SearchIncludeFragment.sortField}:#{SearchIncludeFragment.sortOrder}"/><br/>
                                 <h:outputText value="#{SearchIncludeFragment.filterQueriesDebug}"/><br/>
+                                <h:outputText value="errorFromSolr: #{SearchIncludeFragment.errorFromSolr}" rendered="#{SearchIncludeFragment.errorFromSolr != null}"/>
                             </tt>
                         </div>
                     </ui:fragment>