diff --git a/docs/index.rst b/docs/index.rst
index 9e3772c4..0b9b3ad7 100755
--- a/docs/index.rst
+++ b/docs/index.rst
@@ -198,6 +198,19 @@ Flask-SocketIO can also deal with exceptions::
 
 Error handler functions take the exception object as an argument.
 
+The message and data arguments of the current request can also be inspected with the ``request.event`` variable, which is useful for error logging and debugging outside the event handler::
+
+    from flask import request
+
+    @socketio.on("my error event")
+    def on_my_event(data):
+        raise RuntimeError()
+
+    @socketio.on_error_default
+    def default_error_handler(e):
+        print request.event["message"] # "my error event"
+        print request.event["args"]    # (data,)
+
 Access to Flask's Context Globals
 ---------------------------------
 
diff --git a/flask_socketio/__init__.py b/flask_socketio/__init__.py
index 402c54a8..3a961cc2 100644
--- a/flask_socketio/__init__.py
+++ b/flask_socketio/__init__.py
@@ -152,6 +152,9 @@ def _dispatch_message(self, app, namespace, message, args=[]):
             return
         with app.request_context(namespace.environ):
             request.namespace = namespace
+            request.event = {
+                "message": message,
+                "args": args}
             for k, v in namespace.session.items():
                 session[k] = v
             ret = self.messages[namespace.ns_name][message](*args)
diff --git a/test_socketio.py b/test_socketio.py
index f5cbfed3..c03d974e 100644
--- a/test_socketio.py
+++ b/test_socketio.py
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 cov = coverage.coverage()
 cov.start()
 
-from flask import Flask, session
+from flask import Flask, session, request
 from flask.ext.socketio import SocketIO, send, emit, join_room, leave_room
 
 app = Flask(__name__)
@@ -64,6 +64,13 @@ def on_custom_event(data):
     emit('my custom response', data)
 
 
+@socketio.on('other custom event')
+def get_request_event(data):
+    global request_event_data
+    request_event_data = request.event
+    emit('my custom response', data)
+
+
 @socketio.on('my custom namespace event', namespace='/test')
 def on_custom_event_test(data):
     emit('my custom namespace response', data, namespace='/test')
@@ -245,6 +252,15 @@ def test_emit(self):
         self.assertTrue(received[0]['name'] == 'my custom response')
         self.assertTrue(received[0]['args'][0]['a'] == 'b')
 
+    def test_request_event_data(self):
+        client = socketio.test_client(app)
+        client.get_received()  # clean received
+        global request_event_data
+        request_event_data = None
+        client.emit('other custom event', 'foo')
+        expected_data = {'message': 'other custom event', 'args' : ('foo',)}
+        self.assertTrue(request_event_data == expected_data)
+
     def test_emit_namespace(self):
         client = socketio.test_client(app, namespace='/test')
         client.get_received('/test')  # clean received