diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 7bfd415..70fd2ca 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2232,8 +2232,8 @@ DriveInfo *drive_init(QemuOpts *opts, void *opaque,
     }

     if (bdrv_open2(dinfo->bdrv, file, bdrv_flags, drv) < 0) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not open disk image %s\n",
-                        file);
+        fprintf(stderr, "qemu: could not open disk image %s: %s\n",
+                        file, strerror(errno));
         return NULL;
     }