diff --git a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSDebuggerWebSocketClient.java b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSDebuggerWebSocketClient.java
index e3440d18a..1541318e7 100644
--- a/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSDebuggerWebSocketClient.java
+++ b/ReactAndroid/src/main/java/com/facebook/react/devsupport/JSDebuggerWebSocketClient.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import com.facebook.common.logging.FLog;
 import com.facebook.infer.annotation.Assertions;
+import com.facebook.react.common.JavascriptException;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
@@ -212,6 +213,10 @@ public class JSDebuggerWebSocketClient implements WebSocketListener {
         } else if ("result".equals(field)) {
           parser.nextToken();
           result = parser.getText();
+        } else if ("error".equals(field)) {
+          parser.nextToken();
+          String error = parser.getText();
+          abort(error, new JavascriptException(error));
         }
       }
       if (replyID != null) {
diff --git a/local-cli/server/util/debuggerWorker.js b/local-cli/server/util/debuggerWorker.js
index b5dcd27bd..24a3c0f36 100644
--- a/local-cli/server/util/debuggerWorker.js
+++ b/local-cli/server/util/debuggerWorker.js
@@ -15,16 +15,21 @@ var messageHandlers = {
     for (var key in message.inject) {
       self[key] = JSON.parse(message.inject[key]);
     }
-    importScripts(message.url);
-    sendReply();
+    let error;
+    try {
+      importScripts(message.url);
+    } catch (err) {
+      error = JSON.stringify(err);
+    }
+    sendReply(null /* result */, error);
   }
 };
 
 onmessage = function(message) {
   var object = message.data;
 
-  var sendReply = function(result) {
-    postMessage({replyID: object.id, result: result});
+  var sendReply = function(result, error) {
+    postMessage({replyID: object.id, result: result, error: error});
   };
 
   var handler = messageHandlers[object.method];