diff --git a/src/collection.rs b/src/collection.rs
index f18879e..2542fc0 100644
--- a/src/collection.rs
+++ b/src/collection.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use bsonc;
 
 use bson::Document;
 
-use super::Result;
+use super::{Result,BulkOperationResult,BulkOperationError};
 use super::CommandAndFindOptions;
 use super::{BsoncError,InvalidParamsError};
 use super::bsonc::Bsonc;
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ impl<'a>BulkOperation<'a> {
     /// multiple times.
     ///
     /// Returns a document with an overview of the bulk operation if successfull.
-    pub fn execute(self) -> Result<Document> {
+    pub fn execute(self) -> BulkOperationResult<Document> {
         // Bsonc to store the reply
         let mut reply = Bsonc::new();
         // Empty error that might be filled
@@ -889,13 +889,15 @@ impl<'a>BulkOperation<'a> {
             )
         };
 
+        let document = match reply.as_document() {
+            Ok(document) => document,
+            Err(error)   => return Err(BulkOperationError{error: error.into(), reply: doc!{}})
+        };
+
         if return_value != 0 {
-            match reply.as_document() {
-                Ok(document) => return Ok(document),
-                Err(error)   => return Err(error.into())
-            }
+            Ok(document)
         } else {
-            Err(error.into())
+            Err(BulkOperationError{error: error.into(), reply: document})
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/error.rs b/src/error.rs
index ad41580..bb28f41 100644
--- a/src/error.rs
+++ b/src/error.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 use std::borrow::Cow;
 use std::ffi::CStr;
 
-use bson::{DecoderError,EncoderError,ValueAccessError};
+use bson::{DecoderError,EncoderError,ValueAccessError,Document};
 
 use mongoc::bindings;
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ impl fmt::Debug for BsoncError {
 
 impl fmt::Display for BsoncError {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
-        write!(f, "{}", &self.get_message())
+        write!(f, "{}", self.get_message())
     }
 }
 
@@ -299,6 +299,27 @@ impl From<InvalidParamsError> for MongoError {
     }
 }
 
+/// Error returned by a bulk operation that includes a report in the reply document.
+#[derive(Debug)]
+pub struct BulkOperationError {
+    /// Returned error
+    pub error: MongoError,
+    /// Error report
+    pub reply: Document
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for BulkOperationError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        write!(f, "Bulk operation error {}", self.error)
+    }
+}
+
+impl error::Error for BulkOperationError {
+    fn description(&self) -> &str {
+        "Error returned by a bulk operation that includes a report in the reply document"
+    }
+}
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use super::{BsoncError,MongoErrorDomain,MongoErrorCode};
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 9165058..4c1383a 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -49,11 +49,14 @@ pub mod write_concern;
 mod bsonc;
 mod error;
 
-pub use error::{MongoError,BsoncError,MongoErrorDomain,MongoErrorCode,InvalidParamsError};
+pub use error::{MongoError,BsoncError,MongoErrorDomain,MongoErrorCode,InvalidParamsError,BulkOperationError};
 
 /// Result that's used in all functions that perform operations on the database.
 pub type Result<T> = result::Result<T, MongoError>;
 
+/// Result that's used in bulk operations.
+pub type BulkOperationResult<T> = result::Result<T, BulkOperationError>;
+
 static MONGOC_INIT: Once = ONCE_INIT;
 
 /// Init mongo driver, needs to be called once before doing
diff --git a/tests/bulk_operation.rs b/tests/bulk_operation.rs
index ce2eba4..242bbe8 100644
--- a/tests/bulk_operation.rs
+++ b/tests/bulk_operation.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ fn test_execute_error() {
     assert!(result.is_err());
 
     let error_message = format!("{:?}", result.err().unwrap());
-    assert_eq!(error_message, "MongoError (BsoncError: Command/CommandInvalidArg - Cannot do an empty bulk write)");
+    assert_eq!(error_message, "BulkOperationError { error: MongoError (BsoncError: Command/CommandInvalidArg - Cannot do an empty bulk write), reply: OrderedDocument({}) }");
 }
 
 #[test]