diff --git a/harbour/ChangeLog b/harbour/ChangeLog
index 5f88900ee0..9b7c12d8b6 100644
--- a/harbour/ChangeLog
+++ b/harbour/ChangeLog
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@
    The license applies to all entries newer than 2009-04-28.
 */
 
+2012-06-16 22:16 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour syenar.net)
+  * contrib/make.hb
+    + added textual hbmk2 results
+
 2012-06-16 21:52 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour syenar.net)
   * contrib/hbcurl/hbcurl.hbp
   * contrib/hbssl/hbssl.hbp
diff --git a/harbour/contrib/make.hb b/harbour/contrib/make.hb
index 9ef509f35e..b757013336 100755
--- a/harbour/contrib/make.hb
+++ b/harbour/contrib/make.hb
@@ -572,11 +572,30 @@ STATIC FUNCTION call_hbmk2( cProjectPath, cOptionsPre, cDynSuffix, cStdErr, cStd
    ENDIF
 
    IF nErrorLevel != 0
-      OutStd( hb_StrFormat( "! '%1$s' returned status: %2$d", cProjectPath, nErrorLevel ) + hb_eol() )
+      OutStd( hb_StrFormat( "! '%1$s' returned status: %2$d '%3$s'", cProjectPath, nErrorLevel, hbmk2_errorstr( nErrorLevel ) ) + hb_eol() )
    ENDIF
 
    RETURN nErrorLevel
 
+STATIC FUNCTION hbmk2_errorstr( nErrorLevel )
+   SWITCH nErrorLevel
+   CASE 0  ; RETURN "no error"
+   CASE 1  ; RETURN "unknown platform"
+   CASE 2  ; RETURN "unknown compiler"
+   CASE 3  ; RETURN "failed Harbour detection"
+   CASE 5  ; RETURN "failed stub creation"
+   CASE 6  ; RETURN "failed in compilation phase"
+   CASE 7  ; RETURN "failed in final assembly phase"
+   CASE 8  ; RETURN "unsupported"
+   CASE 9  ; RETURN "failed to create working directory"
+   CASE 19 ; RETURN "help"
+   CASE 10 ; RETURN "dependency missing or disabled"
+   CASE 20 ; RETURN "plugin initialization"
+   CASE 30 ; RETURN "too deep nesting"
+   CASE 50 ; RETURN "stop requested by makefile"
+   ENDSWITCH
+   RETURN "unknown"
+
 STATIC FUNCTION mk_hb_processRun( cCommand, ... )
 
    OutStd( cCommand + hb_eol() )