diff --git a/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.cpp b/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.cpp
index 534214803..f59e12c90 100644
--- a/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.cpp
+++ b/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.cpp
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
  * 02110-1301, USA.
  */
 
+#include <ZLFile.h>
+
 #include "AndroidUtil.h"
 
 JavaVM *AndroidUtil::ourJavaVM = 0;
@@ -37,6 +39,7 @@ const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_ZLFile = "org/geometerplus/zlibrary/core/f
 const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_Book = "org/geometerplus/fbreader/library/Book";
 const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_Tag = "org/geometerplus/fbreader/library/Tag";
 const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_NativeBookModel = "org/geometerplus/fbreader/bookmodel/NativeBookModel";
+const char * const AndroidUtil::Class_BookReadingException = "org/geometerplus/fbreader/bookmodel/BookReadingException";
 
 jmethodID AndroidUtil::MID_java_lang_String_toLowerCase;
 jmethodID AndroidUtil::MID_java_lang_String_toUpperCase;
@@ -103,6 +106,8 @@ jmethodID AndroidUtil::MID_NativeBookModel_createTextModel;
 jmethodID AndroidUtil::MID_NativeBookModel_setBookTextModel;
 jmethodID AndroidUtil::MID_NativeBookModel_setFootnoteModel;
 
+jmethodID AndroidUtil::SMID_BookReadingException_throwForFile;
+
 JNIEnv *AndroidUtil::getEnv() {
 	JNIEnv *env;
 	ourJavaVM->GetEnv((void **)&env, JNI_VERSION_1_2);
@@ -216,6 +221,10 @@ bool AndroidUtil::init(JavaVM* jvm) {
 	CHECK_NULL( MID_NativeBookModel_setFootnoteModel = env->GetMethodID(cls, "setFootnoteModel", "(Lorg/geometerplus/zlibrary/text/model/ZLTextModel;)V") );
 	env->DeleteLocalRef(cls);
 
+	CHECK_NULL( cls = env->FindClass(Class_BookReadingException) );
+	CHECK_NULL( SMID_BookReadingException_throwForFile = env->GetStaticMethodID(cls, "throwForFile", "(Ljava/lang/String;Lorg/geometerplus/zlibrary/core/filesystem/ZLFile;)V") );
+	env->DeleteLocalRef(cls);
+
 	return true;
 }
 
@@ -299,6 +308,14 @@ void AndroidUtil::throwRuntimeException(JNIEnv *env, const std::string &message)
 	env->ThrowNew(cls, message.c_str());
 }
 
-void AndroidUtil::throwBookReadingException(JNIEnv *env, const std::string &resourceId, const std::string &filePath) {
-	// TODO: implement
+void AndroidUtil::throwBookReadingException(const std::string &resourceId, const ZLFile &file) {
+	JNIEnv *env = getEnv();
+	jclass cls = env->FindClass("org/geometerplus/fbreader/bookmodel/BookReadingException");
+	env->CallStaticVoidMethod(
+		cls,
+		SMID_BookReadingException_throwForFile,
+		AndroidUtil::createJavaString(env, resourceId),
+		AndroidUtil::createZLFile(env, file.path())
+	);
+	// TODO: clear cls & ZLFile object references
 }
diff --git a/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.h b/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.h
index a74d4441c..5debb1c32 100644
--- a/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.h
+++ b/jni/NativeFormats/util/AndroidUtil.h
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <vector>
 
+class ZLFile;
+
 class AndroidUtil {
 
 private:
@@ -47,6 +49,7 @@ public:
 	static const char * const Class_Book;
 	static const char * const Class_Tag;
 	static const char * const Class_NativeBookModel;
+	static const char * const Class_BookReadingException;
 
 	static jmethodID MID_java_lang_String_toLowerCase;
 	static jmethodID MID_java_lang_String_toUpperCase;
@@ -113,6 +116,8 @@ public:
 	static jmethodID MID_NativeBookModel_setBookTextModel;
 	static jmethodID MID_NativeBookModel_setFootnoteModel;
 
+	static jmethodID SMID_BookReadingException_throwForFile;
+
 public:
 	static bool init(JavaVM* jvm);
 	static JNIEnv *getEnv();
@@ -127,7 +132,7 @@ public:
 	static jobjectArray createStringArray(JNIEnv *env, const std::vector<std::string> &data);
 
 	static void throwRuntimeException(JNIEnv *env, const std::string &message);
-	static void throwBookReadingException(JNIEnv *env, const std::string &resourceId, const std::string &filePath);
+	static void throwBookReadingException(const std::string &resourceId, const ZLFile &file);
 };
 
 #endif /* __ANDROIDUTIL_H__ */
diff --git a/proguard.cfg b/proguard.cfg
index cfdb6fa67..e32ccef08 100755
--- a/proguard.cfg
+++ b/proguard.cfg
@@ -84,6 +84,9 @@
 		public void setBookTextModel(**);
 		public void setFootnoteModel(**);
 }
+-keepclassmembers class org.geometerplus.fbreader.bookmodel.BookReadingException {
+    public static void throwForFile(**,**);
+}
 
 -keepclasseswithmembernames class * {
     native <methods>;
diff --git a/src/org/geometerplus/fbreader/bookmodel/BookReadingException.java b/src/org/geometerplus/fbreader/bookmodel/BookReadingException.java
index 44d419a16..c53c3f34e 100644
--- a/src/org/geometerplus/fbreader/bookmodel/BookReadingException.java
+++ b/src/org/geometerplus/fbreader/bookmodel/BookReadingException.java
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ import org.geometerplus.zlibrary.core.filesystem.ZLFile;
 import org.geometerplus.zlibrary.core.resources.ZLResource;
 
 public final class BookReadingException extends Exception {
+	public static void throwForFile(String resourceId, ZLFile file) throws BookReadingException {
+		throw new BookReadingException(resourceId, file);
+	}
+
 	private static String getResourceText(String resourceId) {
 		return ZLResource.resource("bookReadingException").getResource(resourceId).getValue();
 	}