diff --git a/HISTORY.rst b/HISTORY.rst
index b476a09ab4..9d4f38355f 100644
--- a/HISTORY.rst
+++ b/HISTORY.rst
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@
   DOCUMENTS_RECENT_ACCESS_COUNT. New setting 
   DOCUMENTS_RECENT_ADDED_COUNT added.
 - Use platform independant hashing for transformations.
+- Add support to the ObjectActionMixin to report on instance action
+  failures. Add also an error_message class property and the new
+  ActionError exception.
+
 
 3.0.3 (2018-08-17)
 ==================
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/exceptions.py b/mayan/apps/common/exceptions.py
index 66987fcad7..cd205c87b8 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/exceptions.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/exceptions.py
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ class BaseCommonException(Exception):
     pass
 
 
+class ActionError(BaseCommonException):
+    """
+    Raise by the MultiActionConfirmView to announce when the object action
+    failed for one or more items.  This exception doesn't stop the iteration,
+    it is used to announce that one item in the queryset failed to process.
+    """
+
+
 class NotLatestVersion(BaseCommonException):
     """
     The installed version is not the latest available version
diff --git a/mayan/apps/common/mixins.py b/mayan/apps/common/mixins.py
index a9e9422c06..e3541fce2e 100644
--- a/mayan/apps/common/mixins.py
+++ b/mayan/apps/common/mixins.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ from permissions import Permission
 
 from acls.models import AccessControlList
 
+from .exceptions import ActionError
 from .forms import DynamicForm
 
 __all__ = (
@@ -181,8 +182,9 @@ class ObjectActionMixin(object):
     """
     Mixin that performs an user action to a queryset
     """
-    success_message = 'Operation performed on %(count)d object'
-    success_message_plural = 'Operation performed on %(count)d objects'
+    error_message = 'Unable to perform operation on object %(instance)s.'
+    success_message = 'Operation performed on %(count)d object.'
+    success_message_plural = 'Operation performed on %(count)d objects.'
 
     def get_success_message(self, count):
         return ungettext(
@@ -194,7 +196,8 @@ class ObjectActionMixin(object):
         }
 
     def object_action(self, instance, form=None):
-        pass
+        # User supplied method
+        raise NotImplementedError
 
     def view_action(self, form=None):
         self.action_count = 0
@@ -204,6 +207,10 @@ class ObjectActionMixin(object):
                 self.object_action(form=form, instance=instance)
             except PermissionDenied:
                 pass
+            except ActionError:
+                messages.error(
+                    self.request, self.error_message % {'instance': instance}
+                )
             else:
                 self.action_count += 1