diff --git a/app/controllers/spree/admin/variants_controller.rb b/app/controllers/spree/admin/variants_controller.rb
index ad82fb5461..078554953f 100644
--- a/app/controllers/spree/admin/variants_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/spree/admin/variants_controller.rb
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ module Spree
           flash[:success] = flash_message_for(@object, :successfully_created)
           redirect_to spree.admin_product_variants_url(params[:product_id], @url_filters)
         else
+          flash[:error] = @object.errors.full_messages.to_sentence if @object.errors.any?
           redirect_to spree.new_admin_product_variant_url(params[:product_id], @url_filters)
         end
 
diff --git a/spec/system/admin/variants_spec.rb b/spec/system/admin/variants_spec.rb
index df0d4326b3..d843f4c4ae 100644
--- a/spec/system/admin/variants_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/system/admin/variants_spec.rb
@@ -60,11 +60,24 @@ describe '
 
       # Expect variant_weight to accept 3 decimal places
       fill_in 'variant_weight', with: '1.234'
+      fill_in 'unit_value_human', with: 1
       click_button 'Create'
 
       # Then the variant should have been created
       expect(page).to have_content "Variant \"#{product.name}\" has been successfully created!"
     end
+
+    it "show validation errors if present" do
+      product = create(:simple_product, variant_unit: "volume", variant_unit_scale: "1")
+      login_as_admin
+      visit spree.admin_product_variants_path product
+      click_link 'New Variant'
+
+      fill_in 'unit_value_human', with: 0
+      click_button 'Create'
+
+      expect(page).to have_content "Unit value must be greater than 0"
+    end
   end
 
   describe "viewing product variant" do