diff --git a/Audio/audio.qrc b/Audio/audio.qrc
index ec07a4005..986145be1 100644
--- a/Audio/audio.qrc
+++ b/Audio/audio.qrc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <RCC>
     <qresource prefix="/">
 	<file>discovered.wav</file>
+	<file>error.wav</file>
     </qresource>
 </RCC>
diff --git a/Audio/error.wav b/Audio/error.wav
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7927c849
Binary files /dev/null and b/Audio/error.wav differ
diff --git a/Source/biblioteq_batch_activities.cc b/Source/biblioteq_batch_activities.cc
index 4f3ffb67b..e6477dc42 100644
--- a/Source/biblioteq_batch_activities.cc
+++ b/Source/biblioteq_batch_activities.cc
@@ -929,6 +929,10 @@ void biblioteq_batch_activities::slotScanBorrowingTimerTimeout(void)
 	      else
 		copyIdentifier->setText
 		  (tr("A copy is not available (%1).").arg(str));
+
+#ifdef BIBLIOTEQ_AUDIO_SUPPORTED
+	      play("qrc:/error.wav");
+#endif
 	    }
 
 	  m_ui.borrow_table->blockSignals(false);
@@ -995,6 +999,8 @@ void biblioteq_batch_activities::slotScanDiscoverTimerTimeout(void)
 #ifdef BIBLIOTEQ_AUDIO_SUPPORTED
   if(!item->text().isEmpty())
     play("qrc:/discovered.wav");
+  else
+    play("qrc:/error.wav");
 #endif
 
   m_ui.discover_table->setItem(m_ui.discover_table->rowCount() - 1, 1, item);