diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs
index 106e5fc71..cba13d63f 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/Clients/Sabnzbd/SabnzbdClient.cs
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download.Clients.Sabnzbd
                 historyItem.DownloadTime = sabHistoryItem.DownloadTime;
                 historyItem.Storage = sabHistoryItem.Storage;
                 historyItem.Category = sabHistoryItem.Category;
+                historyItem.Message = sabHistoryItem.FailMessage;
                 historyItem.Status = sabHistoryItem.Status == "Failed" ? HistoryStatus.Failed : HistoryStatus.Completed;
 
                 historyItems.Add(historyItem);
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadFailedEvent.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadFailedEvent.cs
index e2ebde2bc..188ab24f9 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadFailedEvent.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/DownloadFailedEvent.cs
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
         public String SourceTitle { get; set; }
         public String DownloadClient { get; set; }
         public String DownloadClientId { get; set; }
+        public String Message { get; set; }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/FailedDownloadService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/FailedDownloadService.cs
index edcd10da1..60accd3bc 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/FailedDownloadService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/FailedDownloadService.cs
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
                     Quality = historyItem.Quality,
                     SourceTitle = historyItem.SourceTitle,
                     DownloadClient = historyItem.Data[DOWNLOAD_CLIENT],
-                    DownloadClientId = historyItem.Data[DOWNLOAD_CLIENT_ID]
+                    DownloadClientId = historyItem.Data[DOWNLOAD_CLIENT_ID],
+                    Message = failedItem.Message
                 });
             }
         }
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/HistoryItem.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/HistoryItem.cs
index 094270107..1dd969f29 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/HistoryItem.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/Download/HistoryItem.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.Download
         public String Category { get; set; }
         public Int32 DownloadTime { get; set; }
         public String Storage { get; set; }
+        public String Message { get; set; }
         public HistoryStatus Status { get; set; }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/NzbDrone.Core/History/HistoryService.cs b/src/NzbDrone.Core/History/HistoryService.cs
index 881900b26..e738393db 100644
--- a/src/NzbDrone.Core/History/HistoryService.cs
+++ b/src/NzbDrone.Core/History/HistoryService.cs
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ namespace NzbDrone.Core.History
 
                 history.Data.Add("DownloadClient", message.DownloadClient);
                 history.Data.Add("DownloadClientId", message.DownloadClientId);
+                history.Data.Add("Message", message.Message);
 
                 _historyRepository.Insert(history);
             }