diff --git a/templates/error.ezt b/templates/error.ezt
index 3467dfb0..e1d61af7 100644
--- a/templates/error.ezt
+++ b/templates/error.ezt
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@
   <hr />
 [end]
 
+[if-any msg][else]
 <h4>Python Traceback</h4>
 <p><pre>
 [stacktrace]
 </pre></p>
+[end]
 
 [# Here follows a bunch of space characters, present to ensure that
    our error message is larger than 512 bytes so that IE's "Friendly