diff --git a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
index 7a347bb10..b2d64438e 100644
--- a/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/opkg_manager.cpp
@@ -797,12 +797,13 @@ void COPKGManager::showErr(int* res)
 	DisplayErrorMessage(errtest.c_str());
 }	
 
-void COPKGManager::showError(const char* local_msg, char* err_message, const string& command)
+void COPKGManager::showError(const char* local_msg, char* err_message, const string& additional_text)
 {
 	string msg = local_msg ? string(local_msg) + "\n" : "";
-	msg += err_msg + "\n";
-	msg += string(err_message) + ":\n";
-	msg += command;
+	if (err_message)
+		msg += string(err_message) + ":\n";
+	if (!additional_text.empty())
+		msg += additional_text;
 	DisplayErrorMessage(msg.c_str());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/gui/opkg_manager.h b/src/gui/opkg_manager.h
index 2d5faaa07..6ef3fe83b 100644
--- a/src/gui/opkg_manager.h
+++ b/src/gui/opkg_manager.h
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ class COPKGManager : public CMenuTarget
 		void updateMenu();
 		void refreshMenu();
 		bool badpackage(std::string &s);
-		void showError(const char* local_msg, char* err_msg, const std::string& command);
+		void showError(const char* local_msg, char* err_msg = NULL, const std::string& additional_text = std::string());
 		int doUpdate();
 		void handleShellOutput(std::string* cur_line, int* res, bool* ok);