diff --git a/sharkd_session.c b/sharkd_session.c
index c9aa258407..7faef005f6 100644
--- a/sharkd_session.c
+++ b/sharkd_session.c
@@ -1087,7 +1087,17 @@ sharkd_session_process_load(const char *buf, const jsmntok_t *tokens, int count)
     ENDTRY;
 
     if (err == 0)
+    {
         sharkd_json_simple_ok(rpcid);
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        sharkd_json_result_prologue(rpcid);
+        sharkd_json_value_string("status", wtap_strerror(err));
+        sharkd_json_value_anyf("err", "%d", err);
+        sharkd_json_result_epilogue();
+    }
+
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/test/captures/trunc.pcap b/test/captures/trunc.pcap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8dd75ed5ac
Binary files /dev/null and b/test/captures/trunc.pcap differ
diff --git a/test/suite_sharkd.py b/test/suite_sharkd.py
index 4f3a8d4fcb..93b263dd50 100644
--- a/test/suite_sharkd.py
+++ b/test/suite_sharkd.py
@@ -70,6 +70,15 @@ class case_sharkd(subprocesstest.SubprocessTestCase):
             {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"error":{"code":-2001,"message":"Unable to open the file"}},
         ))
 
+    def test_sharkd_req_load_truncated_pcap(self, check_sharkd_session, capture_file):
+        check_sharkd_session((
+            {"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"load",
+            "params":{"file": capture_file('trunc.pcap')}
+            },
+        ), (
+            {"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"result":{"status":"Less data was read than was expected","err":-12}},
+        ))
+
     def test_sharkd_req_status_no_pcap(self, check_sharkd_session):
         check_sharkd_session((
             {"jsonrpc":"2.0", "id":1, "method":"status"},