diff --git a/uppsrc/XmlRpc/Server.cpp b/uppsrc/XmlRpc/Server.cpp
index 2a8b3f4ef..80ab02d9c 100644
--- a/uppsrc/XmlRpc/Server.cpp
+++ b/uppsrc/XmlRpc/Server.cpp
@@ -38,6 +38,11 @@ void ThrowXmlRpcError(int code, const char *s)
 	throw e;
 }
 
+void ThrowXmlRpcError(const char *s)
+{
+	ThrowXmlRpcError(-1, s);
+}
+
 String XmlRpcExecute(const String& request, const char *group, const char *peeraddr)
 {
 	XmlParser p(request);
diff --git a/uppsrc/XmlRpc/XmlRpc.h b/uppsrc/XmlRpc/XmlRpc.h
index 8cc68dfb2..0a2882dea 100644
--- a/uppsrc/XmlRpc/XmlRpc.h
+++ b/uppsrc/XmlRpc/XmlRpc.h
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ INITBLOCK { Register(#x, xmlrpc##x, group); } \
 void xmlrpc##x(XmlRpcData& rpc)
 
 void ThrowXmlRpcError(int code, const char *s);
+void ThrowXmlRpcError(const char *s);
 
 class XmlRpcCall {
 	bool       shorted;