diff --git a/frontends/src/bridge/DBus.py b/frontends/src/bridge/DBus.py
index b98bba0f..dce89993 100644
--- a/frontends/src/bridge/DBus.py
+++ b/frontends/src/bridge/DBus.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ from sat.core.exceptions import BridgeExceptionNoService, BridgeInitError
 from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
 DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
 
+import ast
+
 const_INT_PREFIX = "org.goffi.SAT"  # Interface prefix
 const_ERROR_PREFIX = const_INT_PREFIX + ".error"
 const_OBJ_PATH = '/org/goffi/SAT/bridge'
@@ -42,7 +44,15 @@ def dbus_to_bridge_exception(dbus_e):
     @return: BridgeException
     """
     name = dbus_e.get_dbus_name()[len(const_ERROR_PREFIX) + 1:]
-    return BridgeException(name, dbus_e.get_dbus_message())
+    # XXX: dbus_e.args doesn't contain the original DBusException args, but we
+    # receive its serialized form in dbus_e.args[0]. From that we can rebuild
+    # the original arguments list thanks to ast.literal_eval (secure eval).
+    message = dbus_e.get_dbus_message()  # similar to dbus_e.args[0]
+    try:
+        message, condition = ast.literal_eval(message)
+    except (SyntaxError, ValueError, TypeError):
+        condition = ''
+    return BridgeException(name, message, condition)
 
 
 class DBusBridgeFrontend(BridgeFrontend):
diff --git a/frontends/src/bridge/bridge_frontend.py b/frontends/src/bridge/bridge_frontend.py
index 7543311a..e29f642a 100755
--- a/frontends/src/bridge/bridge_frontend.py
+++ b/frontends/src/bridge/bridge_frontend.py
@@ -29,15 +29,17 @@ class BridgeFrontend(object):
 class BridgeException(Exception):
     """An exception which has been raised from the backend and arrived to the frontend."""
 
-    def __init__(self, name, message):
+    def __init__(self, name, message='', condition=''):
         """
 
         @param name (str): full exception class name (with module)
         @param message (str): error message
+        @param condition (str) : error condition
         """
         Exception.__init__(self)
         self.fullname = unicode(name)
         self.message = unicode(message)
+        self.condition = unicode(condition) if condition else ''
         self.module, dummy, self.classname = unicode(self.fullname).rpartition('.')
 
     def __str__(self):
diff --git a/src/bridge/DBus.py b/src/bridge/DBus.py
index 44c14fea..9040837b 100755
--- a/src/bridge/DBus.py
+++ b/src/bridge/DBus.py
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ class DeferredNotAsync(dbus.DBusException):
 
 class GenericException(dbus.DBusException):
     def __init__(self, twisted_error):
+        """
+
+        @param twisted_error (Failure): instance of twisted Failure
+        @return: DBusException
+        """
         super(GenericException, self).__init__()
         try:
             # twisted_error.value is a class
@@ -64,7 +69,11 @@ class GenericException(dbus.DBusException):
         except TypeError:
             # twisted_error.value is an instance
             class_ = twisted_error.value.__class__
-            self.args = (twisted_error.getErrorMessage(),)
+            message = twisted_error.getErrorMessage()
+            try:
+                self.args = (message, twisted_error.value.condition)
+            except AttributeError:
+                self.args = (message,)
         self._dbus_error_name = '.'.join([const_ERROR_PREFIX, class_.__module__, class_.__name__])
 
 
diff --git a/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_core_template.py b/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_core_template.py
index 93e6e23b..99b464e5 100644
--- a/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_core_template.py
+++ b/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_core_template.py
@@ -57,6 +57,11 @@ class DeferredNotAsync(dbus.DBusException):
 
 class GenericException(dbus.DBusException):
     def __init__(self, twisted_error):
+        """
+
+        @param twisted_error (Failure): instance of twisted Failure
+        @return: DBusException
+        """
         super(GenericException, self).__init__()
         try:
             # twisted_error.value is a class
@@ -64,7 +69,11 @@ class GenericException(dbus.DBusException):
         except TypeError:
             # twisted_error.value is an instance
             class_ = twisted_error.value.__class__
-            self.args = (twisted_error.getErrorMessage(),)
+            message = twisted_error.getErrorMessage()
+            try:
+                self.args = (message, twisted_error.value.condition)
+            except AttributeError:
+                self.args = (message,)
         self._dbus_error_name = '.'.join([const_ERROR_PREFIX, class_.__module__, class_.__name__])
 
 
diff --git a/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_frontend_template.py b/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_frontend_template.py
index f75c79d1..3249dbbc 100644
--- a/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_frontend_template.py
+++ b/src/bridge/bridge_constructor/dbus_frontend_template.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ from sat.core.exceptions import BridgeExceptionNoService, BridgeInitError
 from dbus.mainloop.glib import DBusGMainLoop
 DBusGMainLoop(set_as_default=True)
 
+import ast
+
 const_INT_PREFIX = "org.goffi.SAT"  # Interface prefix
 const_ERROR_PREFIX = const_INT_PREFIX + ".error"
 const_OBJ_PATH = '/org/goffi/SAT/bridge'
@@ -42,7 +44,15 @@ def dbus_to_bridge_exception(dbus_e):
     @return: BridgeException
     """
     name = dbus_e.get_dbus_name()[len(const_ERROR_PREFIX) + 1:]
-    return BridgeException(name, dbus_e.get_dbus_message())
+    # XXX: dbus_e.args doesn't contain the original DBusException args, but we
+    # receive its serialized form in dbus_e.args[0]. From that we can rebuild
+    # the original arguments list thanks to ast.literal_eval (secure eval).
+    message = dbus_e.get_dbus_message()  # similar to dbus_e.args[0]
+    try:
+        message, condition = ast.literal_eval(message)
+    except (SyntaxError, ValueError, TypeError):
+        condition = ''
+    return BridgeException(name, message, condition)
 
 
 class DBusBridgeFrontend(BridgeFrontend):