diff --git a/src/imageloader.js b/src/imageloader.js
index a61c8936..ef3a4f4f 100644
--- a/src/imageloader.js
+++ b/src/imageloader.js
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ function ImageJob ( options ) {
 }
 
 ImageJob.prototype = {
+    errorMsg: null,
     start: function(){
         var _this = this;
 
@@ -64,10 +65,12 @@ ImageJob.prototype = {
             _this.finish( true );
         };
         this.image.onabort = this.image.onerror = function(){
+            _this.errorMsg = "Image load aborted";
             _this.finish( false );
         };
 
         this.jobId = window.setTimeout( function(){
+            _this.errorMsg = "Image load exceeded timeout";
             _this.finish( false );
         }, this.timeout);
 
@@ -173,7 +176,7 @@ function completeJob( loader, job, callback ) {
         loader.jobsInProgress++;
     }
 
-    callback( job.image );
+    callback( job.image, job.errorMsg );
 }
 
 }( OpenSeadragon ));
diff --git a/src/tiledimage.js b/src/tiledimage.js
index 363df7c6..f4f9ee3f 100644
--- a/src/tiledimage.js
+++ b/src/tiledimage.js
@@ -1011,8 +1011,8 @@ function loadTile( tiledImage, tile, time ) {
     tiledImage._imageLoader.addJob({
         src: tile.url,
         crossOriginPolicy: tiledImage.crossOriginPolicy,
-        callback: function( image ){
-            onTileLoad( tiledImage, tile, time, image );
+        callback: function( image, errorMsg ){
+            onTileLoad( tiledImage, tile, time, image, errorMsg );
         },
         abort: function() {
             tile.loading = false;
@@ -1020,9 +1020,9 @@ function loadTile( tiledImage, tile, time ) {
     });
 }
 
-function onTileLoad( tiledImage, tile, time, image ) {
+function onTileLoad( tiledImage, tile, time, image, errorMsg ) {
     if ( !image ) {
-        $.console.log( "Tile %s failed to load: %s", tile, tile.url );
+        $.console.log( "Tile %s failed to load: %s", tile.url, errorMsg );
         if( !tiledImage.debugMode ){
             tile.loading = false;
             tile.exists = false;