diff --git a/src/channel.c b/src/channel.c
index 5d89413..65757f1 100644
--- a/src/channel.c
+++ b/src/channel.c
@@ -2486,12 +2486,17 @@
 
     if (STRCMP(cmd, "ex") == 0)
     {
-	int called_emsg_before = called_emsg;
+	int	called_emsg_before = called_emsg;
+	char_u	*p = arg;
+	int	do_emsg_silent;
 
 	ch_log(channel, "Executing ex command '%s'", (char *)arg);
-	++emsg_silent;
+	do_emsg_silent = !checkforcmd(&p, "echoerr", 5);
+	if (do_emsg_silent)
+	    ++emsg_silent;
 	do_cmdline_cmd(arg);
-	--emsg_silent;
+	if (do_emsg_silent)
+	    --emsg_silent;
 	if (called_emsg > called_emsg_before)
 	    ch_log(channel, "Ex command error: '%s'",
 					  (char *)get_vim_var_str(VV_ERRMSG));
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_channel.py b/src/testdir/test_channel.py
index 8dba3ba..9684bb9 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_channel.py
+++ b/src/testdir/test_channel.py
@@ -109,6 +109,11 @@
                         print("sending: {0}".format(cmd))
                         self.request.sendall(cmd.encode('utf-8'))
                         response = "ok"
+                    elif decoded[1] == 'echoerr':
+                        cmd = '["ex","echoerr \\\"this is an error\\\""]'
+                        print("sending: {0}".format(cmd))
+                        self.request.sendall(cmd.encode('utf-8'))
+                        response = "ok"
                     elif decoded[1] == 'bad command':
                         cmd = '["ex","foo bar"]'
                         print("sending: {0}".format(cmd))
diff --git a/src/testdir/test_channel.vim b/src/testdir/test_channel.vim
index e9cc258..37dfd25 100644
--- a/src/testdir/test_channel.vim
+++ b/src/testdir/test_channel.vim
@@ -115,6 +115,18 @@
   call WaitForAssert({-> assert_equal("added2", getline("$"))})
   call assert_equal('added1', getline(line('$') - 1))
 
+  " Request command "echoerr 'this is an error'".
+  " This will throw an exception, catch it here.
+  let caught = 'no'
+  try
+    call assert_equal('ok', ch_evalexpr(handle, 'echoerr'))
+  catch /this is an error/
+    let caught = 'yes'
+  endtry
+  if caught != 'yes'
+    call assert_report("Expected exception from error message")
+  endif
+
   " Request command "foo bar", which fails silently.
   call assert_equal('ok', ch_evalexpr(handle, 'bad command'))
   call WaitForAssert({-> assert_match("E492:.*foo bar", v:errmsg)})
diff --git a/src/version.c b/src/version.c
index e3bdede..532e747 100644
--- a/src/version.c
+++ b/src/version.c
@@ -756,6 +756,8 @@
 static int included_patches[] =
 {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
 /**/
+    3082,
+/**/
     3081,
 /**/
     3080,