diff --git a/uppsrc/Core/BlockStream.cpp b/uppsrc/Core/BlockStream.cpp
index 1b63e0210..fc5cd1bd5 100644
--- a/uppsrc/Core/BlockStream.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/Core/BlockStream.cpp
@@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ bool FileStream::Open(const char *name, dword mode) {
 		NULL
 	);
 	if(handle == INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE) {
-		SetError();
+		SetLastError();
 		return FALSE;
 	}
 	dword fsz_lo, fsz_hi;
diff --git a/uppsrc/Core/Stream.cpp b/uppsrc/Core/Stream.cpp
index 5b7e0ff2f..41064e4da 100644
--- a/uppsrc/Core/Stream.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/Core/Stream.cpp
@@ -69,6 +69,11 @@ void Stream::LoadError() {
 		throw LoadingError();
 }
 
+String Stream::GetErrorText() const
+{
+   return IsError() ? Upp::GetErrorMessage(errorcode) : String();
+}
+
 bool Stream::GetAll(void *data, int size) {
 	if(Get(data, size) != size) {
 		LoadError();
diff --git a/uppsrc/Core/Stream.h b/uppsrc/Core/Stream.h
index c5eaad8ee..01d43ce4e 100644
--- a/uppsrc/Core/Stream.h
+++ b/uppsrc/Core/Stream.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ public:
 	void      SetLastError()         { SetError(errno); }
 #endif
 	int       GetError() const       { return errorcode; }
+	String    GetErrorText() const;
 	void      ClearError()           { style = style & ~STRM_ERROR; errorcode = 0; }
 
 	int64     GetPos() const         { return dword(ptr - buffer) + pos; }
diff --git a/uppsrc/Core/src.tpp/Stream$en-us.tpp b/uppsrc/Core/src.tpp/Stream$en-us.tpp
index ae0b1a84c..f89cf174c 100644
--- a/uppsrc/Core/src.tpp/Stream$en-us.tpp
+++ b/uppsrc/Core/src.tpp/Stream$en-us.tpp
@@ -334,7 +334,12 @@ can be interpreted by GetErrorMessage function.&]
 [s4;%- &]
 [s5;:Stream`:`:GetError`(`)const:%- [@(0.0.255) int]_[* GetError]()_[@(0.0.255) const]&]
 [s2; Returns current error`-code. Zero indicates no error.&]
-[s3; &]
+[s3;%- &]
+[s4;%- &]
+[s5;:Upp`:`:Stream`:`:GetErrorText`(`)const:%- [_^Upp`:`:String^ String]_[* GetErrorText](
+)_[@(0.0.255) const]&]
+[s2; Returns the text description of the last error.&]
+[s3;%- &]
 [s4;%- &]
 [s5;:Stream`:`:ClearError`(`):%- [@(0.0.255) void]_[* ClearError]()&]
 [s2; Clears error code.&]