diff --git a/main/streams/streams.c b/main/streams/streams.c
index 8c2ee97855c..597ce80f382 100755
--- a/main/streams/streams.c
+++ b/main/streams/streams.c
@@ -2205,11 +2205,45 @@ PHPAPI php_stream *_php_stream_open_wrapper_ex(char *path, char *mode, int optio
 			UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
 
 			stream->output_encoding = ucnv_open(encoding, &status);
+			switch (U_FAILURE(status)) {
+				case U_ZERO_ERROR:
+					/* UTODO: (Maybe?) Allow overriding the default error handlers on a per-stream basis via context params */
+					zend_set_converter_error_mode(stream->output_encoding, UG(from_u_error_mode));
+					zend_set_converter_subst_char(stream->output_encoding, UG(subst_char), UG(subst_char_len));
+					break;
+				case U_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR:
+					php_stream_wrapper_log_error(wrapper, options ^ REPORT_ERRORS TSRMLS_CC,
+						"Unable to allocate memory for unicode output converter: %s", encoding);
+					break;
+				case U_FILE_ACCESS_ERROR:
+					php_stream_wrapper_log_error(wrapper, options ^ REPORT_ERRORS TSRMLS_CC,
+						"Error loading unicode output converter: %s", encoding);
+					break;
+				default:
+					php_stream_wrapper_log_error(wrapper, options ^ REPORT_ERRORS TSRMLS_CC,
+						"Unknown error starting unicode output converter: %s", encoding);
+			}
 		}
 		if (strchr(implicit_mode, 'r') || strchr(implicit_mode, '+')) {
 			char *encoding = (context && context->input_encoding) ? context->input_encoding : "utf8";
 			UErrorCode status = U_ZERO_ERROR;
 			stream->input_encoding = ucnv_open(encoding, &status);
+			switch (U_FAILURE(status)) {
+				case U_ZERO_ERROR:
+					/* UTODO: If/When Input error handling gets implemented, set the options here */
+					break;
+				case U_MEMORY_ALLOCATION_ERROR:
+					php_stream_wrapper_log_error(wrapper, options ^ REPORT_ERRORS TSRMLS_CC,
+						"Unable to allocate memory for unicode input converter: %s", encoding);
+					break;
+				case U_FILE_ACCESS_ERROR:
+					php_stream_wrapper_log_error(wrapper, options ^ REPORT_ERRORS TSRMLS_CC,
+						"Error loading unicode input converter: %s", encoding);
+					break;
+				default:
+					php_stream_wrapper_log_error(wrapper, options ^ REPORT_ERRORS TSRMLS_CC,
+						"Unknown error starting unicode input converter: %s", encoding);
+			}
 		}
 	}