diff --git a/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp b/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp
index 5cbc097..dc911d3 100644
--- a/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp
+++ b/api/icsneo/icsneo.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,42 @@ typedef struct icsneo_device_t {
 
 static std::deque<std::shared_ptr<icsneo_device_t>> g_devices;
 
+ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_error_code(icsneo_error_t error_code, const char* value, uint32_t* value_length) {
+    if (!value || !value_length) {
+        return icsneo_error_invalid_parameters;
+    }
+
+    std::string error;
+    switch (error_code) {
+        case icsneo_error_success:
+            error = "success";
+            break;
+        case icsneo_error_invalid_parameters:
+            error = "invalid parameters";
+            break;
+        case icsneo_error_open_failed:
+            error = "open failed";
+            break;
+        case icsneo_error_go_online_failed:
+            error = "go online failed";
+            break;
+        case icsneo_error_enable_message_polling_failed:
+            error = "enable message polling failed";
+            break;
+        case icsneo_error_sync_rtc_failed:
+            error = "sync RTC failed";
+            break;
+        // Don't default, let the compiler warn us if we forget to handle an error code
+    }
+    // Find the minimum length of the error string and set value_length
+    auto min_length = std::minmax(static_cast<uint32_t>(error.length()), *value_length).first;
+    *value_length = min_length;
+    // Copy the string into value
+    strncpy(const_cast<char *>(value), error.c_str(), min_length);
+
+    return icsneo_error_success;
+}
+
 ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_find(icsneo_device_t** devices, uint32_t* devices_count, void* reserved) {
     if (!devices || !devices_count) {
         return icsneo_error_invalid_parameters;
diff --git a/include/icsneo/icsneo.h b/include/icsneo/icsneo.h
index 97bbb11..dbeae3a 100644
--- a/include/icsneo/icsneo.h
+++ b/include/icsneo/icsneo.h
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ typedef struct icsneo_device_t icsneo_device_t;
 
 
 /** @brief Error codes for icsneo functions.
+ *
+ * This enum is guaranteed to be ABI stable, any new values will be appended to the end. 
  */
 typedef enum _icsneo_error_t {
     // Function was successful
@@ -63,6 +65,15 @@ typedef enum _icsneo_error_t {
 typedef uint32_t icsneo_error_t;
 
 
+/** @brief Get the error string for an error code.
+ * 
+ * @param[in] icsneo_device_t device The device to get the description of.
+ * @param[out] const char* value Pointer to a buffer to copy the description into. Null terminated.
+ * @param[in,out] uint32_t* value_length Size of the value buffer. Modified with the length of the description.
+ * 
+ * @return icsneo_error_t icsneo_error_success if successful, icsneo_error_invalid_parameters otherwise.
+ */
+ICSNEO_API icsneo_error_t icsneo_error_code(icsneo_error_t error_code, const char* value, uint32_t* value_length);
 
 /** @brief Find all hardware attached to the system. 
  *