diff --git a/src/XrdCl/XrdClStatus.cc b/src/XrdCl/XrdClStatus.cc
index ca12c9d9669..d62941fd191 100644
--- a/src/XrdCl/XrdClStatus.cc
+++ b/src/XrdCl/XrdClStatus.cc
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ namespace
     { errUninitialized,      "Initialization error" },
     { errOSError,            "OS Error"             },
     { errNotSupported,       "Operation not supported" },
+    { errDataError,          "Received corrupted data" },
     { errInvalidAddr,        "Invalid address"      },
     { errSocketError,        "Socket error"         },
     { errSocketTimeout,      "Socket timeout"       },
diff --git a/src/XrdCl/XrdClStatus.hh b/src/XrdCl/XrdClStatus.hh
index 6b079f89bd1..65d039d0a6a 100644
--- a/src/XrdCl/XrdClStatus.hh
+++ b/src/XrdCl/XrdClStatus.hh
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace XrdCl
   const uint16_t errUninitialized  = 11;
   const uint16_t errOSError        = 12;
   const uint16_t errNotSupported   = 13;
+  const uint16_t errDataError      = 14; //!< data is corrupted
 
   //----------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Socket related errors