diff --git a/lib/db.php b/lib/db.php
index dc9e3392d0a8733395a8d53a4f1fcf1fd630a7f2..9e6835adc6ffd323d89b22e4721118bf2e159311 100644
--- a/lib/db.php
+++ b/lib/db.php
@@ -246,6 +246,7 @@ class OC_DB {
 				$entry = 'DB Error: "'.$result->getMessage().'"<br />';
 				$entry .= 'Offending command was: '.$query.'<br />';
 				OC_Log::write('core',$entry,OC_Log::FATAL);
+				error_log('DB error: '.$entry);
 				die( $entry );
 			}
 		}else{
@@ -255,6 +256,7 @@ class OC_DB {
 				$entry = 'DB Error: "'.$e->getMessage().'"<br />';
 				$entry .= 'Offending command was: '.$query.'<br />';
 				OC_Log::write('core',$entry,OC_Log::FATAL);
+				error_log('DB error: '.$entry);
 				die( $entry );
 			}
 			$result=new PDOStatementWrapper($result);