diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_background_tasks.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_background_tasks.py
index 04e98c609..c2ee0a4c2 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_background_tasks.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_background_tasks.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import logging
 from copy import deepcopy
+from typing import List
 
 from fastapi import APIRouter, BackgroundTasks, Depends
 from fastapi.exceptions import HTTPException
@@ -21,6 +22,19 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 router = APIRouter()
 
 
+@router.get('/background', response_model=List[BackgroundTaskStatus], tags=['webserver'])
+def background_job_list():
+
+    return [{
+        'job_id': jobid,
+        'job_category': job['category'],
+        'status': job['status'],
+        'running': job['is_running'],
+        'progress': job.get('progress'),
+        'error': job.get('error', None),
+    } for jobid, job in ApiBG.jobs.items()]
+
+
 @router.get('/background/{jobid}', response_model=BackgroundTaskStatus, tags=['webserver'])
 def background_job(jobid: str):
     if not (job := ApiBG.jobs.get(jobid)):
@@ -32,7 +46,7 @@ def background_job(jobid: str):
         'status': job['status'],
         'running': job['is_running'],
         'progress': job.get('progress'),
-        # 'job_error': job['error'],
+        'error': job.get('error', None),
     }
 
 
diff --git a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_schemas.py b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_schemas.py
index 4e20a0f9d..c77c1da07 100644
--- a/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_schemas.py
+++ b/freqtrade/rpc/api_server/api_schemas.py
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ class BackgroundTaskStatus(BaseModel):
     status: str
     running: bool
     progress: Optional[float] = None
+    error: Optional[str] = None
 
 
 class BackgroundTaskResult(BaseModel):
diff --git a/tests/rpc/test_rpc_apiserver.py b/tests/rpc/test_rpc_apiserver.py
index 93b7bb272..01807d96f 100644
--- a/tests/rpc/test_rpc_apiserver.py
+++ b/tests/rpc/test_rpc_apiserver.py
@@ -1964,6 +1964,15 @@ def test_api_pairlists_evaluate(botclient, tmp_path, mocker):
     assert_response(rc, 404)
     assert rc.json()['detail'] == 'Job not found.'
 
+    # Background list
+    rc = client_get(client, f"{BASE_URI}/background")
+    assert_response(rc)
+    response = rc.json()
+    assert isinstance(response, list)
+    assert len(response) == 1
+    assert response[0]['job_id'] == job_id
+
+    # Get individual job
     rc = client_get(client, f"{BASE_URI}/background/{job_id}")
     assert_response(rc)
     response = rc.json()