diff --git a/packages/Shell/res/values/strings.xml b/packages/Shell/res/values/strings.xml
index 95e36fd479d3d..3d6643d8b0a0e 100644
--- a/packages/Shell/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/packages/Shell/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@
 
     <!-- Toast message sent when the bugreport file could be read. -->
     <string name="bugreport_unreadable_text">Bug report file could not be read</string>
+    <!-- Toast message sent when the bugreport details could not be added to the zip file. -->
+    <string name="bugreport_add_details_to_zip_failed">Couldn\'t add bug report details to zip file</string>
 
     <!-- Title for bug reports received from dumpstate without a name. [CHAR LIMIT=30]-->
     <string name="bugreport_unnamed">unnamed</string>
diff --git a/packages/Shell/src/com/android/shell/BugreportProgressService.java b/packages/Shell/src/com/android/shell/BugreportProgressService.java
index 7023a1a7d566d..474e3e64ad3d2 100644
--- a/packages/Shell/src/com/android/shell/BugreportProgressService.java
+++ b/packages/Shell/src/com/android/shell/BugreportProgressService.java
@@ -1134,6 +1134,8 @@ public class BugreportProgressService extends Service {
             addEntry(zos, "description.txt", info.description);
         } catch (IOException e) {
             Log.e(TAG, "exception zipping file " + tmpZip, e);
+            Toast.makeText(mContext, R.string.bugreport_add_details_to_zip_failed,
+                    Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
             return;
         } finally {
             // Make sure it only tries to add details once, even it fails the first time.