diff --git a/src/containers/PayoutDetailsForm/PayoutDetailsForm.js b/src/containers/PayoutDetailsForm/PayoutDetailsForm.js
index a10e6509..c1ad34e4 100644
--- a/src/containers/PayoutDetailsForm/PayoutDetailsForm.js
+++ b/src/containers/PayoutDetailsForm/PayoutDetailsForm.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
   TextInputField,
 } from '../../components';
 import * as validators from '../../util/validators';
+import { isStripeInvalidPostalCode } from '../../util/errors';
 
 import css from './PayoutDetailsForm.css';
 
@@ -191,11 +192,22 @@ const PayoutDetailsFormComponent = props => {
   const submitReady = false;
   const submitInProgress = submitting || inProgress;
   const submitDisabled = pristine || invalid || disabled || submitInProgress;
-  const error = createStripeAccountError ? (
-    <div className={css.error}>
-      <FormattedMessage id="PayoutDetailsForm.createStripeAccountFailed" />
-    </div>
-  ) : null;
+
+  let error = null;
+
+  if (isStripeInvalidPostalCode(createStripeAccountError)) {
+    error = (
+      <div className={css.error}>
+        <FormattedMessage id="PayoutDetailsForm.createStripeAccountFailedInvalidPostalCode" />
+      </div>
+    );
+  } else if (createStripeAccountError) {
+    error = (
+      <div className={css.error}>
+        <FormattedMessage id="PayoutDetailsForm.createStripeAccountFailed" />
+      </div>
+    );
+  }
 
   return (
     <Form className={classes} onSubmit={handleSubmit}>
diff --git a/src/translations/en.json b/src/translations/en.json
index 160ced5c..72e439a8 100644
--- a/src/translations/en.json
+++ b/src/translations/en.json
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@
   "PayoutDetailsForm.countryPlaceholder": "Select your country…",
   "PayoutDetailsForm.countryRequired": "This field is required",
   "PayoutDetailsForm.createStripeAccountFailed": "Whoops, something went wrong. Please try again.",
+  "PayoutDetailsForm.createStripeAccountFailedInvalidPostalCode": "Whoops, check that the selected country and postal code are correct and try again.",
   "PayoutDetailsForm.firstNameLabel": "First name",
   "PayoutDetailsForm.firstNamePlaceholder": "John",
   "PayoutDetailsForm.firstNameRequired": "This field is required",
diff --git a/src/util/errors.js b/src/util/errors.js
index a17ce45a..ba773105 100644
--- a/src/util/errors.js
+++ b/src/util/errors.js
@@ -157,6 +157,22 @@ export const isChangeEmailWrongPassword = error => error && error.status === 403
  */
 export const isChangePasswordWrongPassword = error => error && error.status === 403;
 
+
+/**
+ * Check if the given API error (from
+ * 'sdk.currentUser.createStripeAccount(payoutDetails)') is due to
+ * invalid postal code in the given country.
+*/
+export const isStripeInvalidPostalCode = error => {
+  const msgRe = /^Invalid [A-Z]{2} postal code$/;
+  return errorAPIErrors(error).some(apiError => {
+    // Stripe doesn't seem to give an error code for this specific
+    // case, so we have to recognize it from the message.
+    const msg = apiError.meta && apiError.meta.stripe_message ? apiError.meta.stripe_message : '';
+    return msgRe.test(msg);
+  });
+};
+
 export const storableError = error => {
   const { name, message, status, statusText } = error;
   // Status, statusText, and data.errors are (possibly) added to the error object by SDK