diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index a03163ff7dd..15ae55a1841 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-09-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
+
+	PR python/14062:
+	* python/python.c (gdbpy_run_events): Do not ignore exceptions.
+
 2018-09-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
 
 	PR python/18170:
diff --git a/gdb/python/python.c b/gdb/python/python.c
index c16305b900f..8fbce784695 100644
--- a/gdb/python/python.c
+++ b/gdb/python/python.c
@@ -987,10 +987,9 @@ gdbpy_run_events (int error, gdb_client_data client_data)
       if (gdbpy_event_list == NULL)
 	gdbpy_event_list_end = &gdbpy_event_list;
 
-      /* Ignore errors.  */
       gdbpy_ref<> call_result (PyObject_CallObject (item->event, NULL));
       if (call_result == NULL)
-	PyErr_Clear ();
+	gdbpy_print_stack ();
 
       Py_DECREF (item->event);
       xfree (item);
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index c04f09a352e..131940bc184 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2018-09-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
+
+	PR python/14062:
+	* gdb.python/python.exp: Add test for post_event error.
+
 2018-09-23  Tom Tromey  <tom@tromey.com>
 
 	PR python/18170:
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/python.exp b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/python.exp
index a37113c17c7..0723507af3e 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/python.exp
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.python/python.exp
@@ -134,7 +134,18 @@ gdb_py_test_multiple "post event insertion" \
   "end" ""
 
 gdb_test "python print (someVal)" "1" "test post event execution"
-gdb_test "python gdb.post_event(str(1))" "RuntimeError: Posted event is not callable.*" "test non callable class"
+gdb_test "python gdb.post_event(str(1))" "RuntimeError: Posted event is not callable.*" \
+    "test non callable class"
+
+send_gdb "python gdb.post_event(lambda: invalid())\n"
+gdb_expect {
+    -re "name 'invalid' is not defined" {
+	pass "test post_event error on receipt"
+    }
+    default {
+	fail "test post_event error on receipt"
+    }
+}
 
 # Test (no) pagination of the executed command.
 gdb_test "show height" {Number of lines gdb thinks are in a page is unlimited\.}