diff --git a/src/client.rs b/src/client.rs
index b5f8f4e2..70bf1767 100644
--- a/src/client.rs
+++ b/src/client.rs
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ impl Client {
                     }
                 }
             }
+            else if n.is("failure", ns::SASL) {
+                let msg = n.text();
+                let inner = if msg == "" { None } else { Some(msg) };
+                return Err(Error::SaslError(inner));
+            }
             else if n.is("iq", ns::CLIENT) && n.has_child("bind", ns::BIND) {
                 return Ok(());
             }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index 1d8e373f..81f41fef 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ pub enum Error {
     OpenSslErrorStack(ErrorStack),
     MinidomError(MinidomError),
     Base64Error(Base64Error),
+    SaslError(Option<String>),
     StreamError,
     EndOfDocument,
 }