diff --git a/core-modules/000QubesVm.py b/core-modules/000QubesVm.py
index 0b2010cd5..cc06bbc86 100644
--- a/core-modules/000QubesVm.py
+++ b/core-modules/000QubesVm.py
@@ -711,6 +711,8 @@ def xid(self):
             if e.get_error_code() == libvirt.VIR_ERR_NO_DOMAIN:
                 return -1
             else:
+                print >>sys.stderr, "libvirt error code: {!r}".format(
+                    e.get_error_code())
                 raise
 
 
@@ -766,6 +768,8 @@ def get_mem(self):
             elif e.get_error_code() == libvirt.VIR_ERR_INTERNAL_ERROR:
                 return 0
             else:
+                print >>sys.stderr, "libvirt error code: {!r}".format(
+                    e.get_error_code())
                 raise
 
     def get_cputime(self):
@@ -783,6 +787,8 @@ def get_cputime(self):
             elif e.get_error_code() == libvirt.VIR_INTERNAL_ERROR:
                 return 0
             else:
+                print >>sys.stderr, "libvirt error code: {!r}".format(
+                    e.get_error_code())
                 raise
 
     def get_mem_static_max(self):
@@ -824,6 +830,8 @@ def get_per_cpu_time(self):
             if e.get_error_code() == libvirt.VIR_ERR_NO_DOMAIN:
                 return 0
             else:
+                print >>sys.stderr, "libvirt error code: {!r}".format(
+                    e.get_error_code())
                 raise
 
     def get_disk_utilization_root_img(self):
@@ -899,6 +907,8 @@ def is_running(self):
             if e.get_error_code() == libvirt.VIR_ERR_NO_DOMAIN:
                 return False
             else:
+                print >>sys.stderr, "libvirt error code: {!r}".format(
+                    e.get_error_code())
                 raise
 
     def is_paused(self):
@@ -911,6 +921,8 @@ def is_paused(self):
             if e.get_error_code() == libvirt.VIR_ERR_NO_DOMAIN:
                 return False
             else:
+                print >>sys.stderr, "libvirt error code: {!r}".format(
+                    e.get_error_code())
                 raise
 
     def get_start_time(self):
@@ -1355,6 +1367,8 @@ def remove_from_disk(self):
                 # already undefined
                 pass
             else:
+                print >>sys.stderr, "libvirt error code: {!r}".format(
+                    e.get_error_code())
                 raise
 
         self.storage.remove_from_disk()