diff --git a/docs/changelog.txt b/docs/changelog.txt
index b31ba793..a5aa3003 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.txt
+++ b/docs/changelog.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Changelog
 
 .. currentmodule:: firebird.qa.plugin
 
+Version 0.17.1
+==============
+
+* When database initialization script fails, the XML output is extended with `dbinit-stderr`
+  property that contains `stderr` output with errors reported by ISQL.
+
 Version 0.17.0
 ==============
 
diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 1080aba0..02b173e2 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ copyright = '2022, Pavel Cisar'
 author = 'Pavel Císař'
 
 # The short X.Y version
-version = '0.17.0'
+version = '0.17.1'
 
 # The full version, including alpha/beta/rc tags
-release = '0.17.0'
+release = '0.17.1'
 
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/firebird/qa/plugin.py b/firebird/qa/plugin.py
index abe2c29f..d2b43c21 100644
--- a/firebird/qa/plugin.py
+++ b/firebird/qa/plugin.py
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ from threading import Thread, Barrier
 from firebird.driver import connect, connect_server, create_database, driver_config, \
      NetProtocol, Server, CHARSET_MAP, Connection, Cursor, \
      DESCRIPTION_NAME, DESCRIPTION_DISPLAY_SIZE, DatabaseConfig, DBKeyScope, DbInfoCode, \
-     DbWriteMode, get_api
+     DbWriteMode, get_api, Error
 from firebird.driver.core import _connect_helper
 
 Substitutions = List[Tuple[str, str]]
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ class Database:
             print(result.stdout)
             print(f"-- stderr {'-' * 20}")
             print(result.stderr)
-            raise Exception("Database init script execution failed")
+            raise Error("Database init script execution failed", stderr=result.stderr)
         return result
     def drop(self) -> None:
         """Drop the test database.
@@ -804,7 +804,12 @@ def db_factory(*, filename: str='test.fdb', init: Optional[str]=None,
             if async_write:
                 db.set_async_write()
             if init: # Do not check for None, we want to skip empty scripts as well
-                db.init(init)
+                try:
+                    db.init(init)
+                except Error as exc:
+                    if hasattr(exc, 'stderr'):
+                        request.node.user_properties.append(("dbinit-stderr", exc.stderr))
+                    raise
         yield db
         if not do_not_drop:
             db.drop()
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 863f00e7..81c20546 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ all-files=True
 
 [metadata]
 name = firebird-qa
-version = 0.17.0
+version = 0.17.1
 description = pytest plugin for Firebird QA
 long_description = file: README.rst
 long_description_content_type = text/x-rst; charset=UTF-8