diff --git a/src/libespeak-ng/espeak_api.c b/src/libespeak-ng/espeak_api.c
index 20777fb2..10ae085e 100644
--- a/src/libespeak-ng/espeak_api.c
+++ b/src/libespeak-ng/espeak_api.c
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ static espeak_ERROR status_to_espeak_error(espeak_ng_STATUS status)
 	{
 	case ENS_OK:               return EE_OK;
 	case ENOENT:               return EE_NOT_FOUND;
+	case ENS_VOICE_NOT_FOUND:  return EE_NOT_FOUND;
 	case ENS_FIFO_BUFFER_FULL: return EE_BUFFER_FULL;
 	default:                   return EE_INTERNAL_ERROR;
 	}