diff --git a/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Solr/V3/ErrorListener.php b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Solr/V3/ErrorListener.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ae97c12d679abc2bbf2c062044c3aca0b482d8a9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/src/VuFind/Search/Solr/V3/ErrorListener.php
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * SOLR 3.x error listener.
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Villanova University 2013.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ * @category VuFind2
+ * @package Search
+ * @author David Maus <maus@hab.de>
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link http://vufind.org Main Site
+ */
+
+namespace VuFind\Search\Solr\V3;
+
+use VuFindSearch\Backend\Exception\BackendException;
+
+use Zend\EventManager\EventInterface;
+
+/**
+ * SOLR 3.x error listener.
+ *
+ * @category VuFind2
+ * @package Search
+ * @author David Maus <maus@hab.de>
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link http://vufind.org Main Site
+ */
+class ErrorListener
+{
+
+ /**
+ * Backends ot listen on.
+ *
+ * @var array
+ */
+ protected $backends;
+
+ /**
+ * Constructor.
+ *
+ * @param array $backends Name of backends to listen on
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ public function __construct(array $backends)
+ {
+ $this->backends = $backends;
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * VuFindSearch.error
+ *
+ * @param EventInterface $event Event
+ *
+ * @return EventInterface
+ */
+ public function onSearchError(EventInterface $event)
+ {
+ $backend = $event->getParam('backend');
+ if (in_array($backend, $this->backends)) {
+ $error = $event->getTarget();
+ if ($error instanceOf BackendException) {
+ $reason = $error->getResponse()->getReasonPhrase();
+ if (stristr($error, 'org.apache.lucene.queryParser.ParseException')
+ || stristr($error, 'undefined field')
+ ) {
+ $error->addTag('VuFind\Search\ParserError');
+ }
+ }
+ }
+ return $event;
+ }
+}
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diff --git a/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/response/solr/solr3-alphabrowse-error b/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/response/solr/solr3-alphabrowse-error
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..f5402ef94e91d9108290bf0c6d374cf81d0dfd9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/response/solr/solr3-alphabrowse-error
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+HTTP/1.1 Error 500 I couldn't find a browse index
+Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08:23 GMT
+Content-Type: text/html
+
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"/>
+<title>Error 500 I couldn't find a browse index at: /home/dkatz/vufind3/solr/alphabetical_browse/author_browse.db.
+Maybe you need to create your browse indexes?
+
+java.lang.Exception: I couldn't find a browse index at: /home/dkatz/vufind3/solr/alphabetical_browse/author_browse.db.
+Maybe you need to create your browse indexes?
+ at au.gov.nla.solr.handler.HeadingsDB.openDB(BrowseRequestHandler.java:72)
+ at au.gov.nla.solr.handler.HeadingsDB.reopenIfUpdated(BrowseRequestHandler.java:127)
+ at au.gov.nla.solr.handler.Browse.reopenDatabasesIfUpdated(BrowseRequestHandler.java:553)
+ at au.gov.nla.solr.handler.BrowseRequestHandler.handleRequestBody(BrowseRequestHandler.java:752)
+ at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase.handleRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:129)
+ at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.execute(SolrCore.java:1372)
+ at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.execute(SolrDispatchFilter.java:356)
+ at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:252)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1088)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:360)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:729)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:405)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:206)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:324)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:505)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:829)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:513)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:211)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:380)
+ at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:395)
+ at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:488)
+</title>
+</head>
+<body><h2>HTTP ERROR: 500</h2><pre>I couldn't find a browse index at: /home/dkatz/vufind3/solr/alphabetical_browse/author_browse.db.
+Maybe you need to create your browse indexes?
+
+java.lang.Exception: I couldn't find a browse index at: /home/dkatz/vufind3/solr/alphabetical_browse/author_browse.db.
+Maybe you need to create your browse indexes?
+ at au.gov.nla.solr.handler.HeadingsDB.openDB(BrowseRequestHandler.java:72)
+ at au.gov.nla.solr.handler.HeadingsDB.reopenIfUpdated(BrowseRequestHandler.java:127)
+ at au.gov.nla.solr.handler.Browse.reopenDatabasesIfUpdated(BrowseRequestHandler.java:553)
+ at au.gov.nla.solr.handler.BrowseRequestHandler.handleRequestBody(BrowseRequestHandler.java:752)
+ at org.apache.solr.handler.RequestHandlerBase.handleRequest(RequestHandlerBase.java:129)
+ at org.apache.solr.core.SolrCore.execute(SolrCore.java:1372)
+ at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.execute(SolrDispatchFilter.java:356)
+ at org.apache.solr.servlet.SolrDispatchFilter.doFilter(SolrDispatchFilter.java:252)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler$CachedChain.doFilter(ServletHandler.java:1088)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.handle(ServletHandler.java:360)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.security.SecurityHandler.handle(SecurityHandler.java:216)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.servlet.SessionHandler.handle(SessionHandler.java:181)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandler.handle(ContextHandler.java:729)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.handle(WebAppContext.java:405)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.ContextHandlerCollection.handle(ContextHandlerCollection.java:206)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerCollection.handle(HandlerCollection.java:114)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.handler.HandlerWrapper.handle(HandlerWrapper.java:152)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.Server.handle(Server.java:324)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handleRequest(HttpConnection.java:505)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection$RequestHandler.headerComplete(HttpConnection.java:829)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseNext(HttpParser.java:513)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpParser.parseAvailable(HttpParser.java:211)
+ at org.mortbay.jetty.HttpConnection.handle(HttpConnection.java:380)
+ at org.mortbay.io.nio.SelectChannelEndPoint.run(SelectChannelEndPoint.java:395)
+ at org.mortbay.thread.QueuedThreadPool$PoolThread.run(QueuedThreadPool.java:488)
+</pre>
+<p>RequestURI=/solr/biblio/browse</p><p><i><small><a href="http://jetty.mortbay.org/">Powered by Jetty://</a></small></i></p><br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/response/solr/solr3-parse-error b/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/response/solr/solr3-parse-error
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e2d465743d1073e1767d1e375cc1a62154c6ea1b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/response/solr/solr3-parse-error
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+HTTP/1.1 400 org.apache.lucene.queryParser.ParseException
+Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08:23 GMT
+Content-Type: text/html
+
+<html><head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252">
+<title>Error 400 org.apache.lucene.queryParser.ParseException: Cannot
+parse '((title_short:("~~~")^750 OR title_full_unstemmed:("~~~")^600
+OR title_full_unstemmed:(~~~)^500 OR title_full:("~~~")^400 OR
+title:("~~~")^300 OR title:(~~~)^250 OR title_alt:(~~~)^200 OR
+title_new:(~~~)^100)^50 OR series:(~~~)^50 OR series2:(~~~)^30 OR
+author:("~~~")^300 OR author:(~~~)^250 OR author_fuller:("~~~")^150 OR
+author_fuller:(~~~)^125 OR author2:(~~~)^50 OR
+author_additional:(~~~)^50 OR contents:(~~~)^10 OR
+topic_unstemmed:("~~~")^550 OR topic_unstemmed:(~~~)^500 OR
+topic:("~~~")^500 OR geographic:("~~~")^300 OR genre:("~~~")^300 OR
+allfields_unstemmed:(~~~)^10 OR fulltext_unstemmed:(~~~)^10 OR
+allfields:(~~~) OR fulltext:(~~~))': Encountered " <FUZZY_SLOP> "~
+ "" at line 1, column 91.
+Was expecting one of:
+ <NOT> ...
+ "+" ...
+ "-" ...
+ "(" ...
+ "*" ...
+ <QUOTED> ...
+ <TERM> ...
+ <PREFIXTERM> ...
+ <WILDTERM> ...
+ "[" ...
+ "{" ...
+ <NUMBER> ...
+ <TERM> ...
+ "*" ...
+ </title>
+</head>
+<body><h2>HTTP ERROR: 400</h2><pre>org.apache.lucene.queryParser.ParseException: Cannot parse '((title_short:("~~~")^750 OR title_full_unstemmed:("~~~")^600 OR title_full_unstemmed:(~~~)^500 OR title_full:("~~~")^400 OR title:("~~~")^300 OR title:(~~~)^250 OR title_alt:(~~~)^200 OR title_new:(~~~)^100)^50 OR series:(~~~)^50 OR series2:(~~~)^30 OR author:("~~~")^300 OR author:(~~~)^250 OR author_fuller:("~~~")^150 OR author_fuller:(~~~)^125 OR author2:(~~~)^50 OR author_additional:(~~~)^50 OR contents:(~~~)^10 OR topic_unstemmed:("~~~")^550 OR topic_unstemmed:(~~~)^500 OR topic:("~~~")^500 OR geographic:("~~~")^300 OR genre:("~~~")^300 OR allfields_unstemmed:(~~~)^10 OR fulltext_unstemmed:(~~~)^10 OR allfields:(~~~) OR fulltext:(~~~))': Encountered " <FUZZY_SLOP> "~ "" at line 1, column 91.
+Was expecting one of:
+ <NOT> ...
+ "+" ...
+ "-" ...
+ "(" ...
+ "*" ...
+ <QUOTED> ...
+ <TERM> ...
+ <PREFIXTERM> ...
+ <WILDTERM> ...
+ "[" ...
+ "{" ...
+ <NUMBER> ...
+ <TERM> ...
+ "*" ...
+ </pre>
+<p>RequestURI=/solr/biblio/select</p><p><i><small><a href="http://jetty.mortbay.org/">Powered by Jetty://</a></small></i></p><br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+<br>
+
+
+
+</body></html>
diff --git a/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/response/solr/solr3-undefined-field-error b/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/response/solr/solr3-undefined-field-error
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..6d0614956dce4ff36829e53c8519ea0fb723f628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/tests/fixtures/response/solr/solr3-undefined-field-error
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+HTTP/1.1 400 undefined field test
+Date: Wed, 22 May 2013 10:08:23 GMT
+Content-Type: text/html
+
+<html>
+<head>
+<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"/>
+<title>Error 400 undefined field test</title>
+</head>
+<body><h2>HTTP ERROR: 400</h2><pre>undefined field test</pre>
+<p>RequestURI=/solr/biblio/select</p><p><i><small><a href="http://jetty.mortbay.org/">Powered by Jetty://</a></small></i></p><br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+<br/>
+
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/Search/Solr/V3/ErrorListenerTest.php b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/Search/Solr/V3/ErrorListenerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..dfe867b0af5be9e5c7c983fe2b82334e0656f12e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/module/VuFind/tests/unit-tests/src/Search/Solr/V3/ErrorListenerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for SOLR 3.x error listener.
+ *
+ * PHP version 5
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) Villanova University 2013.
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2,
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation.
+ *
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+ * GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ *
+ * @category VuFind2
+ * @package Search
+ * @author David Maus <maus@hab.de>
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link http://vufind.org Main Site
+ */
+
+namespace VuFindTest\Search\Solr\V3;
+
+use VuFind\Search\Solr\V3\ErrorListener;
+
+use VuFindSearch\Backend\Exception\BackendException;
+
+use Zend\EventManager\Event;
+use Zend\Http\Response;
+
+use PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase as TestCase;
+
+use RuntimeException;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for SOLR 3.x error listener.
+ *
+ * @category VuFind2
+ * @package Search
+ * @author David Maus <maus@hab.de>
+ * @license http://opensource.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.php GNU General Public License
+ * @link http://vufind.org Main Site
+ */
+class ErrorListenerTest extends TestCase
+{
+ /**
+ * Detect parser error response.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ public function testDetectParseError()
+ {
+ $response = $this->createResponse('solr3-parse-error');
+
+ $exception = BackendException::createFromResponse($response);
+ $params = array('backend' => 'test');
+ $event = new Event(null, $exception, $params);
+ $listener = new ErrorListener(array('test'));
+ $listener->onSearchError($event);
+ $this->assertTrue($exception->hasTag('VuFind\Search\ParserError'));
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Detect parser error response.
+ *
+ * @return void
+ */
+ public function testDetectUndefinedFieldError()
+ {
+ $response = $this->createResponse('solr3-undefined-field-error');
+
+ $exception = BackendException::createFromResponse($response);
+ $params = array('backend' => 'test');
+ $event = new Event(null, $exception, $params);
+ $listener = new ErrorListener(array('test'));
+ $listener->onSearchError($event);
+ $this->assertTrue($exception->hasTag('VuFind\Search\ParserError'));
+ }
+
+ /// Internal API
+
+ /**
+ * Return response fixture
+ *
+ * @param string $name Name of fixture
+ *
+ * @return Response Response
+ */
+ protected function createResponse($name)
+ {
+ $file = realpath(
+ \VUFIND_PHPUNIT_MODULE_PATH . '/fixtures/response/solr/' . $name
+ );
+ if (!$file) {
+ throw new RuntimeException(
+ sprintf('Unable to resolve fixture to fixture file: %s', $name)
+ );
+ }
+ $response = Response::fromString(file_get_contents($file));
+ return $response;
+ }
+}
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