diff --git a/jsonapi.go b/jsonapi.go
index af347d90f..af693c899 100644
--- a/jsonapi.go
+++ b/jsonapi.go
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ package btcjson
 
 import (
 	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 )
 
@@ -157,6 +158,7 @@ type ListUnSpentResult struct {
 type Error struct {
 	Code    int    `json:"code,omitempty"`
 	Message string `json:"message,omitempty"`
+	Error   error  `json:"-"`
 }
 
 // jsonWithArgs takes a command, an id,  and an interface which contains an
@@ -703,6 +705,7 @@ func ReadResultCmd(cmd string, message []byte) (Reply, error) {
 	var jsonErr Error
 	var id interface{}
 	err = json.Unmarshal(objmap["error"], &jsonErr)
+	jsonErr.Error = errors.New(string(jsonErr.Code) + ": " + jsonErr.Message)
 	if err != nil {
 		err = fmt.Errorf("Error unmarshalling json reply: %v", err)
 		return result, err
diff --git a/test_coverage.txt b/test_coverage.txt
index 341904580..55d1ee00f 100644
--- a/test_coverage.txt
+++ b/test_coverage.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 CreateMessageWithId	 100.00% (332/332)
-github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 ReadResultCmd		 100.00% (63/63)
+github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 ReadResultCmd		 100.00% (64/64)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 JSONToAmount		 100.00% (15/15)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 JSONGetMethod		 100.00% (14/14)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonfxns.go jsonRpcSend		 100.00% (7/7)
@@ -11,5 +11,5 @@ github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 IsValidIdType		 100.00% (3/3)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 CreateMessage		 100.00% (2/2)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 RpcCommand		 61.54% (8/13)
 github.com/conformal/btcjson/jsonapi.go	 RpcRawCommand		 53.33% (8/15)
-github.com/conformal/btcjson		 -------------------	 97.51% (470/482)
+github.com/conformal/btcjson		 -------------------	 97.52% (471/483)