diff --git a/Code/JavaWrappers/MolOps.i b/Code/JavaWrappers/MolOps.i
index 06fd4a16a..b32089fe3 100644
--- a/Code/JavaWrappers/MolOps.i
+++ b/Code/JavaWrappers/MolOps.i
@@ -37,3 +37,17 @@
 
 
 %include <GraphMol/MolOps.h>
+%ignore RDKit::MolOps::sanitizeMol(RWMol &,unsigned int &,unsigned int &);
+
+%inline %{
+  int sanitizeMol(RDKit::RWMol &mol,int sanitizeOps){
+    unsigned int opThatFailed;
+    try{
+      RDKit::MolOps::sanitizeMol(mol,opThatFailed,
+                                 static_cast<unsigned int>(sanitizeOps));
+    } catch(...) {
+    
+    }
+    return static_cast<int>(opThatFailed);
+  };
+%}
diff --git a/Code/JavaWrappers/gmwrapper/src-test/org/RDKit/BasicMoleculeTests.java b/Code/JavaWrappers/gmwrapper/src-test/org/RDKit/BasicMoleculeTests.java
index 46675bca4..e0fd5cb9d 100644
--- a/Code/JavaWrappers/gmwrapper/src-test/org/RDKit/BasicMoleculeTests.java
+++ b/Code/JavaWrappers/gmwrapper/src-test/org/RDKit/BasicMoleculeTests.java
@@ -189,6 +189,19 @@ public class BasicMoleculeTests extends GraphMolTest {
 	public void testErrorHandling_BadKekulize() {
 		RWMol.MolFromSmiles("c1cc1");
 	}
+	@Test(expected=MolSanitizeException.class)
+	public void testErrorHandling_BadKekulize2() {
+            RWMol mol=RWMol.MolFromSmiles("c1cc1",0,false);
+            RDKFuncs.sanitizeMol(mol);
+	}
+	@Test public void testErrorHandling_BadKekulize3() {
+            RWMol mol=RWMol.MolFromSmiles("c1cc1",0,false);
+            int ops=SanitizeFlags.SANITIZE_ALL.swigValue();
+            int failedAt=RDKFuncs.sanitizeMol(mol,ops);
+            
+            assertEquals(failedAt,SanitizeFlags.SANITIZE_KEKULIZE.swigValue());
+	}
+
 /*	@Test -- the contents of this test now in UnitTestPickling, testIssue219
 	public void testConformer(){
 	}