diff --git a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
index 8371f6b377..90ceb29616 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/search/fulltext_sphinx.php
@@ -492,10 +492,15 @@ class phpbb_search_fulltext_sphinx
 		$this->sphinx->SetLimits($start, (int) $per_page, SPHINX_MAX_MATCHES);
 		$result = $this->sphinx->Query($search_query_prefix . str_replace('"', '"', $this->search_query), $this->indexes);
 
+		if ($this->sphinx->GetLastError())
+		{
+			add_log('critical', 'LOG_SPHINX_ERROR', $this->sphinx->GetLastError());
+		}
+
 		// Could be connection to localhost:9312 failed (errno=111,
 		// msg=Connection refused) during rotate, retry if so
 		$retries = SPHINX_CONNECT_RETRIES;
-		while (!$result && (strpos($this->sphinx->_error, "errno=111,") !== false) && $retries--)
+		while (!$result && (strpos($this->sphinx->GetLastError(), "errno=111,") !== false) && $retries--)
 		{
 			usleep(SPHINX_CONNECT_WAIT_TIME);
 			$result = $this->sphinx->Query($search_query_prefix . str_replace('"', '"', $this->search_query), $this->indexes);
diff --git a/phpBB/language/en/acp/common.php b/phpBB/language/en/acp/common.php
index 5cebcc89d7..04df897dba 100644
--- a/phpBB/language/en/acp/common.php
+++ b/phpBB/language/en/acp/common.php
@@ -690,6 +690,7 @@ $lang = array_merge($lang, array(
 
 	'LOG_SEARCH_INDEX_CREATED'	=> '<strong>Created search index for</strong><br />» %s',
 	'LOG_SEARCH_INDEX_REMOVED'	=> '<strong>Removed search index for</strong><br />» %s',
+	'LOG_SPHINX_ERROR'			=> '<strong>Sphinx Error</strong><br />» %s',
 	'LOG_STYLE_ADD'				=> '<strong>Added new style</strong><br />» %s',
 	'LOG_STYLE_DELETE'			=> '<strong>Deleted style</strong><br />» %s',
 	'LOG_STYLE_EDIT_DETAILS'	=> '<strong>Edited style</strong><br />» %s',