diff --git a/src/classes/table/table.ts b/src/classes/table/table.ts
index ff1c9d753..7d9a7a913 100644
--- a/src/classes/table/table.ts
+++ b/src/classes/table/table.ts
@@ -430,8 +430,7 @@ export class Table implements ITable<any, IndexableType> {
           const result = wantResults ? results : lastResult;
           if (numFailures === 0) return result;
           throw new BulkError(
-            `${this.name}.bulkAdd(): ${numFailures} of ${numObjects} operations failed`,
-              Object.keys(failures).map(pos => failures[pos]));
+            `${this.name}.bulkAdd(): ${numFailures} of ${numObjects} operations failed`, failures);
         });
     });
   }
@@ -469,8 +468,7 @@ export class Table implements ITable<any, IndexableType> {
           const result = wantResults ? results : lastResult;
           if (numFailures === 0) return result;
           throw new BulkError(
-            `${this.name}.bulkPut(): ${numFailures} of ${numObjects} operations failed`,
-              Object.keys(failures).map(pos => failures[pos]));
+            `${this.name}.bulkPut(): ${numFailures} of ${numObjects} operations failed`, failures);
         });
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/errors/errors.js b/src/errors/errors.js
index cbc124fc6..0e5ecc34d 100644
--- a/src/errors/errors.js
+++ b/src/errors/errors.js
@@ -94,7 +94,8 @@ derive(ModifyError).from(DexieError);
 export function BulkError (msg, failures) {
     this._e = getErrorWithStack();
     this.name = "BulkError";
-    this.failures = failures;
+    this.failures = Object.keys(failures).map(pos => failures[pos]);
+    this.failuresByPos = failures;
     this.message = getMultiErrorMessage(msg, failures);
 }
 derive(BulkError).from(DexieError);
diff --git a/src/public/types/errors.d.ts b/src/public/types/errors.d.ts
index 279dbe993..7cb63216c 100644
--- a/src/public/types/errors.d.ts
+++ b/src/public/types/errors.d.ts
@@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ export interface ModifyError extends DexieError {
  * http://dexie.org/docs/DexieErrors/Dexie.BulkError
  */
 export interface BulkError extends DexieError {
-  failures: {[operationNumber: number]: Error};
+  failures: Error[];
+  failuresByPos: {[operationNumber: number]: Error};
 }
 
 export interface DexieErrorConstructor {
diff --git a/test/tests-table.js b/test/tests-table.js
index b8fa9ffe2..375e00fb7 100644
--- a/test/tests-table.js
+++ b/test/tests-table.js
@@ -935,3 +935,23 @@ promisedTest("bulkGet()", async () => {
     ok(u3 && u3.first === 'Foo100', "Third should be Foo100");
     ok(u4 === undefined, "Forth should be undefined");
 });
+
+promisedTest("bulkError by pos", async () => {
+  try {
+    const ids = await db.users.bulkAdd([
+      { first: "foo1", last: "bar1", username: "foobar" },
+      { first: "foo2", last: "bar2", username: "foobar" }, // should fail because username is unique idx
+      { first: "foo3", last: "bar3", username: "foobar3" },
+    ]);
+    ok(false, "Should not succeed");
+  } catch (bulkError) {
+    ok(bulkError instanceof Dexie.BulkError, "Got BulkError");
+    equal(bulkError.failures.length, 1, "Got one failure");
+    ok(bulkError.failures[0] instanceof Error, "failures[0] instanceof Error");
+    ok(bulkError.failures[1] === undefined, "failures[1] is undefined");
+    equal(Object.keys(bulkError.failuresByPos).length, 1, "Got one key in failuresByPos");
+    equal(Object.keys(bulkError.failuresByPos)[0], 1, "Failure in position 1");
+    ok(bulkError.failuresByPos[0] === undefined, "failuresByPos[0] is undefined");
+    ok(bulkError.failuresByPos[1] instanceof Error, "failuresByPos[1] instanceof Error");
+  }
+});