diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index b5651c8..dfd6ad6 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -97,6 +97,12 @@
 
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
+            <artifactId>osgi.cmpn</artifactId>
+            <scope>provided</scope>
+        </dependency>
+
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.osgi</groupId>
             <artifactId>osgi.annotation</artifactId>
             <version>7.0.0</version>
             <scope>provided</scope>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/journal/ExceptionEventSender.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/journal/ExceptionEventSender.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f83b4d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/journal/ExceptionEventSender.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.sling.distribution.journal;
+
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nullable;
+
+import org.osgi.service.event.Event;
+import org.osgi.service.event.EventAdmin;
+
+/**
+ * This is used by the journal adapter to send events for exceptions that happen
+ * when distribution talks to the journal.
+ */
+public class ExceptionEventSender {
+
+    public static final String ERROR_TOPIC = "org/apache/sling/distribution/journal/errors";
+    private final EventAdmin eventAdmin;
+
+    public ExceptionEventSender(@Nullable EventAdmin eventAdmin) {
+        this.eventAdmin = eventAdmin;
+    }
+
+    private Event createErrorEvent(Exception e) {
+        Map<String, String> props = new HashMap<>();
+        props.put("type", e.getClass().getName());
+        props.put("message", e.getMessage());
+        return new Event(ERROR_TOPIC, props);
+    }
+
+    public void send(Exception e) {
+        if (eventAdmin != null) {
+            Event event = createErrorEvent(e);
+            eventAdmin.postEvent(event);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/journal/package-info.java b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/journal/package-info.java
index 82ea548..39709b3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/journal/package-info.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/apache/sling/distribution/journal/package-info.java
@@ -16,6 +16,6 @@
  * specific language governing permissions and limitations
  * under the License.
  */
-@org.osgi.annotation.versioning.Version("0.0.1")
+@org.osgi.annotation.versioning.Version("0.1.0")
 package org.apache.sling.distribution.journal;