diff --git a/Host/Source/LibOpenBLT/port/linux/canif/socketcan/socketcan.c b/Host/Source/LibOpenBLT/port/linux/canif/socketcan/socketcan.c
index 262a8a67..38863ccd 100644
--- a/Host/Source/LibOpenBLT/port/linux/canif/socketcan/socketcan.c
+++ b/Host/Source/LibOpenBLT/port/linux/canif/socketcan/socketcan.c
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #include <net/if.h>                         /* network interfaces                      */
 #include <linux/can.h>                      /* CAN kernel definitions                  */
 #include <linux/can/raw.h>                  /* CAN raw sockets                         */
+#include <linux/can/error.h>                /* CAN errors                              */
 #include "util.h"                           /* Utility module                          */
 #include "candriver.h"                      /* Generic CAN driver module               */
 #include "socketcan.h"                      /* SocketCAN interface                     */
@@ -104,6 +105,11 @@ static volatile tCanEvents * socketCanEventsList;
 /** \brief Total number of event entries into the \ref socketCanEventsList list. */
 static volatile uint32_t socketCanEventsEntries;
 
+/** \brief Flag to set in the event thread when either a bus off or bus heavy situation
+ *
+ */
+static volatile bool socketCanErrorDetected;
+
 /** \brief Event thread control. */
 static volatile tSocketCanThreadCtrl eventThreadCtrl;
 
@@ -140,6 +146,7 @@ static void SocketCanInit(tCanSettings const * settings)
   /* Initialize locals. */
   socketCanEventsList = NULL;
   socketCanEventsEntries = 0;
+  socketCanErrorDetected = false;
   /* Reset CAN interface settings. */
   socketCanSettings.devicename = "";
   socketCanSettings.channel = 0;
@@ -218,6 +225,10 @@ static bool SocketCanConnect(void)
   struct ifreq ifr;
   int32_t flags;
   struct can_filter rxFilter;
+  can_err_mask_t errMask;
+
+  /* Reset the error flag. */
+  socketCanErrorDetected = false;
 
   /* Check settings. */
   assert(socketCanSettings.devicename != NULL);
@@ -304,6 +315,17 @@ static bool SocketCanConnect(void)
       }
     }
 
+    /* Configure reception of bus off and other CAN controller status related events. */
+    if (result)
+    {
+      errMask = (CAN_ERR_BUSOFF | CAN_ERR_CRTL);
+      if (setsockopt(canSocket, SOL_CAN_RAW, CAN_RAW_ERR_FILTER, &errMask, sizeof(errMask)) != 0)
+      {
+        close(canSocket);
+        result = false;
+      }
+    }
+
     if (result)
     {
       /* Start the event thread. */
@@ -329,6 +351,8 @@ static void SocketCanDisconnect(void)
   SocketCanStopEventThread();
   /* Close the socket. */
   close(canSocket);
+  /* Reset the error flag. */
+  socketCanErrorDetected = false;
 } /*** end of SocketCanDisconnect ***/
 
 
@@ -398,15 +422,16 @@ static bool SocketCanIsBusError(void)
 {
   bool result= false;
 
-  /* The purpose of this function is that when an error is detected, SocketCanConnect()
-   * can be called to reset the error. With SocketCAN a bus off error is reset on
-   * network link level and not by this interface module. It is therefore not needed to
-   * check for the errors here. It is better to configure the automatic bus off recovery
-   * on network link level. For example:
-   *   ip link set can0 type can bitrate 500000 restart-ms 100
-   * where "restart-ms <value>" specifies the number of milliseconds after which that
-   * automatic recovery is started.
-   */
+  /* Read flag to detect bus off or bus heavy. */
+  UtilCriticalSectionEnter();
+  if (socketCanErrorDetected)
+  {
+    /* Update result. */
+    result = true;
+    /* Reset the error flag. */
+    socketCanErrorDetected = false;
+  }
+  UtilCriticalSectionExit();
 
   /* Give the result back to the caller. */
   return result;
@@ -531,11 +556,35 @@ static void *SocketCanEventThread(void *param)
     /* Check if CAN frames were received. */
     while (read(canSocket, &canRxFrame, sizeof(struct can_frame)) == (ssize_t)sizeof(struct can_frame))
     {
-      /* Ignore remote frames and error information. */
-      if ( (canRxFrame.can_id & CAN_RTR_FLAG) || (canRxFrame.can_id & CAN_ERR_FLAG) )
+      /* Ignore remote frames */
+      if (canRxFrame.can_id & CAN_RTR_FLAG)
       {
         continue;
       }
+      /* Does the message contain error information? */
+      else if (canRxFrame.can_id & CAN_ERR_FLAG)
+      {
+        /* Was it a bus off event? */
+        if ((canRxFrame.can_id & CAN_ERR_BUSOFF) != 0)
+        {
+          /* Set the error flag. */
+          UtilCriticalSectionEnter();
+          socketCanErrorDetected = true;
+          UtilCriticalSectionExit();
+        }
+        /* Was it a CAN controller event? */
+        else if ((canRxFrame.can_id & CAN_ERR_CRTL) != 0)
+        {
+          /* Is the controller in error passive mode (bus heavy)? */
+          if ((canRxFrame.data[1] & (CAN_ERR_CRTL_RX_PASSIVE | CAN_ERR_CRTL_TX_PASSIVE)) != 0)
+          {
+            /* Set the error flag. */
+            UtilCriticalSectionEnter();
+            socketCanErrorDetected = true;
+            UtilCriticalSectionExit();
+          }
+        }
+      }
       /* It was a regular CAN message with either 11- or 29-bit identifier. */
       else
       {