diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml.c b/ggml/src/ggml.c
index 2ae2d6d5f..7a39c685b 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml.c
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml.c
@@ -19019,7 +19019,7 @@ void ggml_graph_export(const struct ggml_cgraph * cgraph, const char * fname) {
         FILE * fout = ggml_fopen(fname, "wb");
 
         if (!fout) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to open %s\n", __func__, fname);
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to open %s: %s\n", __func__, fname, strerror(errno));
             return;
         }
 
@@ -19156,7 +19156,7 @@ struct ggml_cgraph * ggml_graph_import(const char * fname, struct ggml_context *
     {
         FILE * fin = ggml_fopen(fname, "rb");
         if (!fin) {
-            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to open %s\n", __func__, fname);
+            fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to open %s: %s\n", __func__, fname, strerror(errno));
             return result;
         }
 
@@ -20830,6 +20830,7 @@ struct gguf_context * gguf_init_empty(void) {
 struct gguf_context * gguf_init_from_file(const char * fname, struct gguf_init_params params) {
     FILE * file = ggml_fopen(fname, "rb");
     if (!file) {
+        fprintf(stderr, "%s: failed to open '%s': '%s'\n", __func__, fname, strerror(errno));
         return NULL;
     }