diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index d71025d..80c7e22 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -986,6 +986,8 @@
     <string name="incall_error_supp_service_reject">Can\'t reject call.</string>
     <!-- In-call screen: message displayed in an error dialog -->
     <string name="incall_error_supp_service_hangup">Can\'t release call(s).</string>
+    <!-- In-call screen: message displayed in an error dialog -->
+    <string name="incall_error_supp_service_hold">Can\'t hold calls.</string>
     <!-- In-call screen: call failure message displayed in an error dialog when WFC is enabled, is wifi-only, and not connected to a wireless network. [CHAR_LIMIT=NONE] -->
     <string name="incall_error_wfc_only_no_wireless_network">Connect to a wireless network to make a call.</string>
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/phone/CallNotifier.java b/src/com/android/phone/CallNotifier.java
index dd1eaab..93f9875 100644
--- a/src/com/android/phone/CallNotifier.java
+++ b/src/com/android/phone/CallNotifier.java
@@ -917,6 +917,9 @@
             if (DBG) log("onSuppServiceFailed: displaying merge failure message");
             mergeFailedString = mApplication.getResources().getString(
                     R.string.incall_error_supp_service_switch);
+        } else if (r.result == Phone.SuppService.HOLD) {
+            mergeFailedString = mApplication.getResources().getString(
+                    R.string.incall_error_supp_service_hold);
         }
         PhoneDisplayMessage.displayErrorMessage(mApplication, mergeFailedString);