diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7271b7b5..f9a9b113 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
   * The option is only safe to enable on single-user instances, using it
     anywhere else will cause ghost user profiles to flip back and forth between
     personal and default ones.
+* Added config option to notify Matrix room if bridging an incoming message
+  fails.
 
 ### Improved
 * Updated Docker image to Alpine 3.17.
diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/config.py b/mautrix_telegram/config.py
index 9e397a3a..492bbe07 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/config.py
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/config.py
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@ class Config(BaseBridgeConfig):
         copy("bridge.private_chat_portal_meta")
         copy("bridge.delivery_receipts")
         copy("bridge.delivery_error_reports")
+        copy("bridge.incoming_bridge_error_reports")
         copy("bridge.message_status_events")
         copy("bridge.resend_bridge_info")
         copy("bridge.mute_bridging")
diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/example-config.yaml b/mautrix_telegram/example-config.yaml
index 0f01d0c0..0b80346f 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/example-config.yaml
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/example-config.yaml
@@ -317,6 +317,8 @@ bridge:
     delivery_receipts: false
     # Whether or not delivery errors should be reported as messages in the Matrix room.
     delivery_error_reports: false
+    # Should errors in incoming message handling send a message to the Matrix room?
+    incoming_bridge_error_reports: false
     # Whether the bridge should send the message status as a custom com.beeper.message_send_status event.
     message_status_events: false
     # Set this to true to tell the bridge to re-send m.bridge events to all rooms on the next run.
diff --git a/mautrix_telegram/portal.py b/mautrix_telegram/portal.py
index 67d61031..b46db06f 100644
--- a/mautrix_telegram/portal.py
+++ b/mautrix_telegram/portal.py
@@ -3266,6 +3266,26 @@ class Portal(DBPortal, BasePortal):
 
     async def handle_telegram_message(
         self, source: au.AbstractUser, sender: p.Puppet | None, evt: Message
+    ) -> None:
+        try:
+            await self._handle_telegram_message(source, sender, evt)
+        except Exception:
+            sender_id = sender.tgid if sender else None
+            self.log.exception(
+                f"Failed to handle Telegram message {evt.id} from {sender_id} via {source.tgid}"
+            )
+            if self.config["bridge.incoming_bridge_error_reports"]:
+                intent = sender.intent_for(self) if sender else self.main_intent
+                await self._send_message(
+                    intent,
+                    TextMessageEventContent(
+                        msgtype=MessageType.NOTICE,
+                        body="Error processing message from Telegram",
+                    ),
+                )
+
+    async def _handle_telegram_message(
+        self, source: au.AbstractUser, sender: p.Puppet | None, evt: Message
     ) -> None:
         if not self.mxid:
             self.log.trace("Got telegram message %d, but no room exists, creating...", evt.id)