diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index bb6c843b..df85aa5d 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
       special versions for the old behavior
     * IMPORTANT: renamed Startup and Quit autocmd events to VimperatorEnter and
       VimperatorLeave respectively
+    * add 'errorbells'
     * add shell command completion for :!
     * add :map <silent> to prevent a mapping from being echoed
     * add guioptions=nN to number tabs
diff --git a/content/liberator.js b/content/liberator.js
index 7f9e85e6..214da768 100644
--- a/content/liberator.js
+++ b/content/liberator.js
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
     // Only general options are added here, which are valid for all vimperator like extensions
     function addOptions()
     {
+        options.add(["errorbells", "eb"],
+            "Ring the bell when an error message is displayed",
+            "boolean", false);
+
         const tabopts = [
             ["n", "Tab number", null, ".hl-TabNumber"],
             ["N", "Tab number over icon", null, ".hl-TabIconNumber"],
@@ -606,6 +610,7 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
 
         beep: function ()
         {
+            // FIXME: popups clear the command-line
             if (options["visualbell"])
             {
                 // flash the visual bell
@@ -825,6 +830,9 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
             else if (str instanceof Error)
                 str = str.fileName + ":" + str.lineNumber + ": " + str;
 
+            if (options["errorbells"])
+                liberator.beep();
+
             commandline.echo(str, commandline.HL_ERRORMSG, flags);
         },
 
@@ -840,7 +848,7 @@ const liberator = (function () //{{{
                 commandline.echo(str, commandline.HL_INFOMSG, flags);
         },
 
-        // return true, if this VIM-like extension has a certain feature
+        // return true, if this liberator extension has a certain feature
         has: function (feature)
         {
             var features = config.features || [];
diff --git a/locale/en-US/index.txt b/locale/en-US/index.txt
index d45646ae..ebbd1f38 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/index.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/index.txt
@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@ section:Options[option-index]
 ||'defsearch'|| Set the default search engine +
 ||'disabledcssheets'|| Set disabled CSS stylesheets +
 ||'editor'|| Set the external text editor +
+||'errorbells'|| Ring the bell when an error message is displayed +
 ||'eventignore'|| List of autocommand event names which should be ignored +
 ||'extendedhinttags'|| XPath string of hintable elements activated by ';' +
 ||'fileencoding'|| set the charactor encoding for the current page +
diff --git a/locale/en-US/options.txt b/locale/en-US/options.txt
index 1095710e..74442e05 100644
--- a/locale/en-US/options.txt
+++ b/locale/en-US/options.txt
@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ The XPath string of hintable elements activated by [m];[m].
 ____
 
 
+|\'noeb'| |\'noerrorbells'| |\'eb'| |\'errorbells'|
+||'errorbells' 'eb'|| boolean (default: off)
+____
+Ring the bell when an error message is displayed.
+____
+
+
 |\'ei'| |\'eventignore'|
 ||'eventignore'|| stringlist (default: "")
 ____