diff --git a/ext/pdo_mysql/mysql_driver.c b/ext/pdo_mysql/mysql_driver.c
index c5c04adf8a7a1..eb7a55a7ee720 100644
--- a/ext/pdo_mysql/mysql_driver.c
+++ b/ext/pdo_mysql/mysql_driver.c
@@ -88,7 +88,11 @@ int _pdo_mysql_error(pdo_dbh_t *dbh, pdo_stmt_t *stmt, const char *file, int lin
 				dbh->is_persistent);
 
 		} else {
-			einfo->errmsg = pestrdup(mysql_error(H->server), dbh->is_persistent);
+			if (S && S->stmt) {
+				einfo->errmsg = pestrdup(mysql_stmt_error(S->stmt), dbh->is_persistent);
+			} else {
+				einfo->errmsg = pestrdup(mysql_error(H->server), dbh->is_persistent);
+			}
 		}
 	} else { /* no error */
 		strcpy(*pdo_err, PDO_ERR_NONE);
diff --git a/ext/pdo_mysql/tests/bug81037.phpt b/ext/pdo_mysql/tests/bug81037.phpt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..fc59e1b425a62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ext/pdo_mysql/tests/bug81037.phpt
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+--TEST--
+Bug #81037	PDO discards error message text from prepared statement
+--SKIPIF--
+<?php
+if (!extension_loaded('pdo') || !extension_loaded('pdo_mysql')) die('skip not loaded');
+require_once(__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'skipif.inc');
+require_once(__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'mysql_pdo_test.inc');
+MySQLPDOTest::skip();
+?>
+--FILE--
+<?php
+require_once(__DIR__ . DIRECTORY_SEPARATOR . 'mysql_pdo_test.inc');
+
+$pdo = MySQLPDOTest::factory();
+$pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_ERRMODE, PDO::ERRMODE_EXCEPTION);
+$pdo->setAttribute(PDO::ATTR_EMULATE_PREPARES, false);
+MySQLPDOTest::createTestTable($pdo);
+
+$sql = "SELECT id FROM test WHERE label = :par";
+$stmt = $pdo->prepare($sql);
+try {
+    $stmt->execute();
+} catch (PDOException $e) {
+    echo $e->getMessage(), "\n";
+}
+$data = $stmt->fetchAll(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);
+
+?>
+--CLEAN--
+<?php
+require __DIR__ . '/mysql_pdo_test.inc';
+MySQLPDOTest::dropTestTable();
+?>
+--EXPECT--
+SQLSTATE[HY000]: General error: 2031 No data supplied for parameters in prepared statement
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