diff --git a/libpod/events/config.go b/libpod/events/config.go
index c67f0daae2..deb8f9e4f1 100644
--- a/libpod/events/config.go
+++ b/libpod/events/config.go
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@ type Event struct {
 	Type Type
 	// Health status of the current container
 	HealthStatus string `json:"health_status,omitempty"`
+	// Error code for certain events involving errors.
+	Error error `json:"error,omitempty"`
 
 	Details
 }
@@ -170,6 +172,8 @@ const (
 	Prune Status = "prune"
 	// Pull ...
 	Pull Status = "pull"
+	// PullError is an error pulling an image
+	PullError Status = "pull-error"
 	// Push ...
 	Push Status = "push"
 	// Refresh indicates that the system refreshed the state after a
diff --git a/libpod/events/events.go b/libpod/events/events.go
index 18f5314691..11a1785b3d 100644
--- a/libpod/events/events.go
+++ b/libpod/events/events.go
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ func StringToStatus(name string) (Status, error) {
 		return Prune, nil
 	case Pull.String():
 		return Pull, nil
+	case PullError.String():
+		return PullError, nil
 	case Push.String():
 		return Push, nil
 	case Refresh.String():
diff --git a/libpod/events/journal_linux.go b/libpod/events/journal_linux.go
index 273c5307dc..e31c63c6b7 100644
--- a/libpod/events/journal_linux.go
+++ b/libpod/events/journal_linux.go
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ func (e EventJournalD) Write(ee Event) error {
 	case Image:
 		m["PODMAN_NAME"] = ee.Name
 		m["PODMAN_ID"] = ee.ID
+		if ee.Error != nil {
+			m["ERROR"] = ee.Error.Error()
+		}
 	case Container, Pod:
 		m["PODMAN_IMAGE"] = ee.Image
 		m["PODMAN_NAME"] = ee.Name
@@ -228,6 +231,9 @@ func newEventFromJournalEntry(entry *sdjournal.JournalEntry) (*Event, error) {
 		newEvent.Network = entry.Fields["PODMAN_NETWORK_NAME"]
 	case Image:
 		newEvent.ID = entry.Fields["PODMAN_ID"]
+		if _, ok := entry.Fields["ERROR"]; ok {
+			newEvent.Error = errors.New(entry.Fields["ERROR"])
+		}
 	}
 	return &newEvent, nil
 }
diff --git a/libpod/runtime.go b/libpod/runtime.go
index 50b2c75eb9..d430f3a421 100644
--- a/libpod/runtime.go
+++ b/libpod/runtime.go
@@ -696,15 +696,16 @@ func (r *Runtime) GetConfig() (*config.Config, error) {
 
 // libimageEventsMap translates a libimage event type to a libpod event status.
 var libimageEventsMap = map[libimage.EventType]events.Status{
-	libimage.EventTypeImagePull:    events.Pull,
-	libimage.EventTypeImagePush:    events.Push,
-	libimage.EventTypeImageRemove:  events.Remove,
-	libimage.EventTypeImageLoad:    events.LoadFromArchive,
-	libimage.EventTypeImageSave:    events.Save,
-	libimage.EventTypeImageTag:     events.Tag,
-	libimage.EventTypeImageUntag:   events.Untag,
-	libimage.EventTypeImageMount:   events.Mount,
-	libimage.EventTypeImageUnmount: events.Unmount,
+	libimage.EventTypeImagePull:      events.Pull,
+	libimage.EventTypeImagePullError: events.PullError,
+	libimage.EventTypeImagePush:      events.Push,
+	libimage.EventTypeImageRemove:    events.Remove,
+	libimage.EventTypeImageLoad:      events.LoadFromArchive,
+	libimage.EventTypeImageSave:      events.Save,
+	libimage.EventTypeImageTag:       events.Tag,
+	libimage.EventTypeImageUntag:     events.Untag,
+	libimage.EventTypeImageMount:     events.Mount,
+	libimage.EventTypeImageUnmount:   events.Unmount,
 }
 
 // libimageEvents spawns a goroutine which will listen for events on