diff --git a/sys/cam/cam_periph.c b/sys/cam/cam_periph.c
index 91cb45d371d7..299b4ec41aa5 100644
--- a/sys/cam/cam_periph.c
+++ b/sys/cam/cam_periph.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static	int		camperiphscsisenseerror(union ccb *ccb,
 					        u_int32_t *timeout,
 					        u_int32_t *action,
 					        const char **action_string);
+static void		cam_periph_devctl_notify(union ccb *ccb);
 
 static int nperiph_drivers;
 static int initialized = 0;
@@ -1615,7 +1616,7 @@ cam_periph_error(union ccb *ccb, cam_flags camflags,
 	struct cam_periph *periph;
 	const char *action_string;
 	cam_status  status;
-	int	    frozen, error, openings;
+	int	    frozen, error, openings, devctl_err;
 	u_int32_t   action, relsim_flags, timeout;
 
 	action = SSQ_PRINT_SENSE;
@@ -1624,9 +1625,26 @@ cam_periph_error(union ccb *ccb, cam_flags camflags,
 	status = ccb->ccb_h.status;
 	frozen = (status & CAM_DEV_QFRZN) != 0;
 	status &= CAM_STATUS_MASK;
-	openings = relsim_flags = timeout = 0;
+	devctl_err = openings = relsim_flags = timeout = 0;
 	orig_ccb = ccb;
 
+	/* Filter the errors that should be reported via devctl */
+	switch (ccb->ccb_h.status & CAM_STATUS_MASK) {
+	case CAM_CMD_TIMEOUT:
+	case CAM_REQ_ABORTED:
+	case CAM_REQ_CMP_ERR:
+	case CAM_REQ_TERMIO:
+	case CAM_UNREC_HBA_ERROR:
+	case CAM_DATA_RUN_ERR:
+	case CAM_SCSI_STATUS_ERROR:
+	case CAM_ATA_STATUS_ERROR:
+	case CAM_SMP_STATUS_ERROR:
+		devctl_err++;
+		break;
+	default:
+		break;
+	}
+
 	switch (status) {
 	case CAM_REQ_CMP:
 		error = 0;
@@ -1754,6 +1772,9 @@ cam_periph_error(union ccb *ccb, cam_flags camflags,
 			xpt_print(ccb->ccb_h.path, "Retrying command\n");
 	}
 
+	if (devctl_err)
+		cam_periph_devctl_notify(orig_ccb);
+
 	if ((action & SSQ_LOST) != 0) {
 		lun_id_t lun_id;
 
@@ -1824,3 +1845,80 @@ cam_periph_error(union ccb *ccb, cam_flags camflags,
 
 	return (error);
 }
+
+#define CAM_PERIPH_DEVD_MSG_SIZE	256
+
+static void
+cam_periph_devctl_notify(union ccb *ccb)
+{
+	struct cam_periph *periph;
+	struct ccb_getdev *cgd;
+	struct sbuf sb;
+	int serr, sk, asc, ascq;
+	char *sbmsg, *type;
+
+	sbmsg = malloc(CAM_PERIPH_DEVD_MSG_SIZE, M_CAMPERIPH, M_NOWAIT);
+	if (sbmsg == NULL)
+		return;
+
+	sbuf_new(&sb, sbmsg, CAM_PERIPH_DEVD_MSG_SIZE, SBUF_FIXEDLEN);
+
+	periph = xpt_path_periph(ccb->ccb_h.path);
+	sbuf_printf(&sb, "device=%s%d ", periph->periph_name,
+	    periph->unit_number);
+
+	sbuf_printf(&sb, "serial=\"");
+	if ((cgd = (struct ccb_getdev *)xpt_alloc_ccb_nowait()) != NULL) {
+		xpt_setup_ccb(&cgd->ccb_h, ccb->ccb_h.path,
+		    CAM_PRIORITY_NORMAL);
+		cgd->ccb_h.func_code = XPT_GDEV_TYPE;
+		xpt_action((union ccb *)cgd);
+
+		if (cgd->ccb_h.status == CAM_REQ_CMP)
+			sbuf_bcat(&sb, cgd->serial_num, cgd->serial_num_len);
+	}
+	sbuf_printf(&sb, "\" ");
+	sbuf_printf(&sb, "cam_status=\"0x%x\" ", ccb->ccb_h.status);
+
+	switch (ccb->ccb_h.status & CAM_STATUS_MASK) {
+	case CAM_CMD_TIMEOUT:
+		sbuf_printf(&sb, "timeout=%d ", ccb->ccb_h.timeout);
+		type = "timeout";
+		break;
+	case CAM_SCSI_STATUS_ERROR:
+		sbuf_printf(&sb, "scsi_status=%d ", ccb->csio.scsi_status);
+		if (scsi_extract_sense_ccb(ccb, &serr, &sk, &asc, &ascq))
+			sbuf_printf(&sb, "scsi_sense=\"%02x %02x %02x %02x\" ",
+			    serr, sk, asc, ascq);
+		type = "error";
+		break;
+	case CAM_ATA_STATUS_ERROR:
+		sbuf_printf(&sb, "RES=\"");
+		ata_res_sbuf(&ccb->ataio.res, &sb);
+		sbuf_printf(&sb, "\" ");
+		type = "error";
+		break;
+	default:
+		type = "error";
+		break;
+	}
+
+	if (ccb->ccb_h.func_code == XPT_SCSI_IO) {
+		sbuf_printf(&sb, "CDB=\"");
+		if ((ccb->ccb_h.flags & CAM_CDB_POINTER) != 0)
+			scsi_cdb_sbuf(ccb->csio.cdb_io.cdb_ptr, &sb);
+		else
+			scsi_cdb_sbuf(ccb->csio.cdb_io.cdb_bytes, &sb);
+		sbuf_printf(&sb, "\" ");
+	} else if (ccb->ccb_h.func_code == XPT_ATA_IO) {
+		sbuf_printf(&sb, "ACB=\"");
+		ata_cmd_sbuf(&ccb->ataio.cmd, &sb);
+		sbuf_printf(&sb, "\" ");
+	}
+
+	if (sbuf_finish(&sb) == 0)
+		devctl_notify("CAM", "periph", type, sbuf_data(&sb));
+	sbuf_delete(&sb);
+	free(sbmsg, M_CAMPERIPH);
+}
+