diff --git a/C4/XISBN.pm b/C4/XISBN.pm
index 5f3fd510da..cff35c94d7 100644
--- a/C4/XISBN.pm
+++ b/C4/XISBN.pm
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ sub _get_biblio_from_xisbn {
 
 sub get_xisbns {
     my ( $isbn ) = @_;
-    my ($response,$thing_response,$xisbn_response,$syndetics_response);
+    my ($response,$thing_response,$xisbn_response,$syndetics_response,$errors);
     # THINGISBN
     if ( C4::Context->preference('ThingISBN') ) {
         my $url = "http://www.librarything.com/api/thingISBN/".$isbn;
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ sub get_xisbns {
         unless ($reached_limit) {
             $xisbn_response = _get_url($url,'xisbn');
         }
+        $errors->{xisbn} = $xisbn_response->{ stat }
+            if $xisbn_response->{ stat } ne 'ok';
     }
 
     $response->{isbn} = [ @{ $xisbn_response->{isbn} or [] },  @{ $syndetics_response->{isbn} or [] }, @{ $thing_response->{isbn} or [] } ];
@@ -132,7 +134,12 @@ sub get_xisbns {
         my $xbiblio= _get_biblio_from_xisbn($response_data->{content});
         push @xisbns, $xbiblio if $xbiblio;
     }
-    return \@xisbns;
+    if ( wantarray ) {
+        return (\@xisbns, $errors);
+    }
+    else {
+        return \@xisbns;
+    }
 }
 
 sub _get_url {
diff --git a/t/db_dependent/XISBN.t b/t/db_dependent/XISBN.t
index 2f6d63b5b8..df598ceabb 100755
--- a/t/db_dependent/XISBN.t
+++ b/t/db_dependent/XISBN.t
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
 my $search_module = new Test::MockModule('C4::Search');
 
 $search_module->mock('SimpleSearch', \&Mock_SimpleSearch );
-
+my $errors;
 my $context = C4::Context->new;
 
 my ( $biblionumber_tag, $biblionumber_subfield ) =
@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@ t::lib::Mocks::mock_preference( 'ThingISBN', 0 );
 t::lib::Mocks::mock_preference( 'XISBN', 1 );
 
 my $results_xisbn;
-eval { $results_xisbn = C4::XISBN::get_xisbns($isbn1); };
+eval { ($results_xisbn, $errors) = C4::XISBN::get_xisbns($isbn1); };
 SKIP: {
-    skip "Problem retrieving XISBN", 1
-        unless $@ eq '';
+    skip "Problem retrieving XISBN (" . $errors->{xisbn} . ")", 1
+        if $errors->{xisbn};
     is( $results_xisbn->[0]->{biblionumber},
         $biblionumber3,
         "Gets correct biblionumber from a book with a similar isbn using XISBN." );