diff --git a/ext/intl/formatter/formatter_attr.c b/ext/intl/formatter/formatter_attr.c
index 99a4a3d21102a..fe50f716e81bb 100644
--- a/ext/intl/formatter/formatter_attr.c
+++ b/ext/intl/formatter/formatter_attr.c
@@ -332,6 +332,7 @@ PHP_FUNCTION( numfmt_set_pattern )
 	size_t      value_len = 0;
 	int32_t     slength = 0;
 	UChar*	    svalue  = NULL;
+	UParseError spattern_error = {0};
 	FORMATTER_METHOD_INIT_VARS;
 
 	/* Parse parameters. */
@@ -347,12 +348,17 @@ PHP_FUNCTION( numfmt_set_pattern )
 	intl_convert_utf8_to_utf16(&svalue, &slength, value, value_len, &INTL_DATA_ERROR_CODE(nfo));
 	INTL_METHOD_CHECK_STATUS( nfo, "Error converting pattern to UTF-16" );
 
-	/* TODO: add parse error information */
-	unum_applyPattern(FORMATTER_OBJECT(nfo), 0, svalue, slength, NULL, &INTL_DATA_ERROR_CODE(nfo));
+	unum_applyPattern(FORMATTER_OBJECT(nfo), 0, svalue, slength, &spattern_error, &INTL_DATA_ERROR_CODE(nfo));
 	if (svalue) {
 		efree(svalue);
 	}
-	INTL_METHOD_CHECK_STATUS( nfo, "Error setting pattern value" );
+	if (U_FAILURE(INTL_DATA_ERROR_CODE(nfo))) {
+		char *msg;
+		spprintf(&msg, 0, "Error setting pattern value at line %d, offset %d", spattern_error.line, spattern_error.offset);
+		intl_errors_set_custom_msg(INTL_DATA_ERROR_P(nfo), msg, 1);
+		efree(msg);
+		RETURN_FALSE;
+	}
 
 	RETURN_TRUE;
 }
diff --git a/ext/intl/tests/formatter_get_set_pattern2.phpt b/ext/intl/tests/formatter_get_set_pattern2.phpt
index 7b454ae965eac..0d3e3e87d72dd 100644
--- a/ext/intl/tests/formatter_get_set_pattern2.phpt
+++ b/ext/intl/tests/formatter_get_set_pattern2.phpt
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ function ut_main()
     ut_nfmt_set_pattern($fmt, str_repeat('@', 200));
     $res_str .= "New pattern: '" . ut_nfmt_get_pattern( $fmt ) . "'\n";
     $res_str .= "Formatted number: " . ut_nfmt_format( $fmt, $test_value ) . "\n";
+    $res = ut_nfmt_set_pattern( $fmt, "0.0     .#.#.#");
+    if ($res !== false)
+         die("ut_nfmt_set_pattern should have failed");
+    $res_str .= ut_nfmt_get_error_message( $fmt ) . " (" . ut_nfmt_get_error_code( $fmt ) . ")\n";
 
     return $res_str;
 }
@@ -52,3 +56,4 @@ New pattern: '0.0'
 Formatted number: 12345.1
 New pattern: '@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@'
 Formatted number: 12345.123456000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000
+Error setting pattern value at line 0, offset 0: U_UNQUOTED_SPECIAL (65555)