diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 941b6f6fd..6cedc794d 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 	* fix uTP edge case where udp socket buffer fills up
 	* fix nagle implementation in uTP
 
+	* added missing field to scrape_failed_alert in python bindings
 	* GCC 4.8 fix
 	* fix proxy failure semantics with regards to anonymous mode
 	* fix round-robin seed-unchoke algorithm
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp b/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp
index 3fab65131..bced01028 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp
+++ b/bindings/python/src/alert.cpp
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ void bind_alert()
 
     class_<scrape_failed_alert, bases<tracker_alert>, noncopyable>(
         "scrape_failed_alert", no_init)
+        .def_readonly("msg", &scrape_failed_alert::msg)
         ;
 
     class_<udp_error_alert, bases<alert>, noncopyable>(