diff --git a/src/calendarimportmodel.cpp b/src/calendarimportmodel.cpp
index bee22c48..30400af1 100644
--- a/src/calendarimportmodel.cpp
+++ b/src/calendarimportmodel.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@
 #include <KCalendarCore/MemoryCalendar>
 
 CalendarImportModel::CalendarImportModel(QObject *parent)
-    : QAbstractListModel(parent)
+    : QAbstractListModel(parent),
+      mError(false)
 {
 }
 
@@ -90,6 +91,11 @@ void CalendarImportModel::setIcsString(const QString &icsData)
     reload();
 }
 
+bool CalendarImportModel::error() const
+{
+    return mError;
+}
+
 QObject *CalendarImportModel::getEvent(int index)
 {
     if (index < 0 || index >= mEventList.count())
@@ -196,12 +202,14 @@ static bool incidenceLessThan(const KCalendarCore::Incidence::Ptr e1,
 void CalendarImportModel::reload()
 {
     if (!mFileName.isEmpty() || !mIcsRawData.isEmpty()) {
-        importToMemory(mFileName, mIcsRawData);
+        bool success = importToMemory(mFileName, mIcsRawData);
+        setError(!success);
     } else if (!mEventList.isEmpty()) {
         beginResetModel();
         mEventList.clear();
         endResetModel();
         emit countChanged();
+        setError(false);
     }
 }
 
@@ -210,12 +218,14 @@ bool CalendarImportModel::importToMemory(const QString &fileName, const QByteArr
     if (!mEventList.isEmpty())
         mEventList.clear();
 
+    bool success = false;
+
     beginResetModel();
     KCalendarCore::MemoryCalendar::Ptr cal(new KCalendarCore::MemoryCalendar(QTimeZone::systemTimeZone()));
     if (!fileName.isEmpty()) {
-        CalendarUtils::importFromFile(fileName, cal);
+        success = CalendarUtils::importFromFile(fileName, cal);
     } else {
-        CalendarUtils::importFromIcsRawData(icsData, cal);
+        success = CalendarUtils::importFromIcsRawData(icsData, cal);
     }
     KCalendarCore::Incidence::List incidenceList = cal->incidences();
     for (int i = 0; i < incidenceList.size(); i++) {
@@ -228,6 +238,14 @@ bool CalendarImportModel::importToMemory(const QString &fileName, const QByteArr
 
     endResetModel();
     emit countChanged();
-    return true;
+    return success;
+}
+
+void CalendarImportModel::setError(bool error)
+{
+    if (error != mError) {
+        mError = error;
+        emit errorChanged();
+    }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/calendarimportmodel.h b/src/calendarimportmodel.h
index 6ca0e9f2..7ef6e6c6 100644
--- a/src/calendarimportmodel.h
+++ b/src/calendarimportmodel.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class CalendarImportModel : public QAbstractListModel
     Q_PROPERTY(int count READ count NOTIFY countChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(QString fileName READ fileName WRITE setFileName NOTIFY fileNameChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(QString icsString READ icsString WRITE setIcsString NOTIFY icsStringChanged)
+    Q_PROPERTY(bool error READ error NOTIFY errorChanged)
 
 public:
     enum {
@@ -67,6 +68,8 @@ class CalendarImportModel : public QAbstractListModel
     QString icsString() const;
     void setIcsString(const QString &icsData);
 
+    bool error() const;
+
     virtual int rowCount(const QModelIndex &index) const;
     virtual QVariant data(const QModelIndex &index, int role) const;
 
@@ -77,6 +80,7 @@ public slots:
     void countChanged();
     void fileNameChanged();
     void icsStringChanged();
+    bool errorChanged();
 
 public slots:
     bool importToNotebook(const QString &notebookUid = QString());
@@ -87,10 +91,12 @@ public slots:
 private:
     void reload();
     bool importToMemory(const QString &fileName, const QByteArray &icsData);
+    void setError(bool error);
 
     QString mFileName;
     QByteArray mIcsRawData;
     KCalendarCore::Event::List mEventList;
+    bool mError;
 };
 
 #endif // CALENDARIMPORT_H