diff --git a/libdaggy/src/executors/task/ForkingTaskExecutor.cpp b/libdaggy/src/executors/task/ForkingTaskExecutor.cpp
index 6a403a1..05a79da 100644
--- a/libdaggy/src/executors/task/ForkingTaskExecutor.cpp
+++ b/libdaggy/src/executors/task/ForkingTaskExecutor.cpp
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ daggy::AttemptRecord ForkingTaskExecutor::runTask(const Task &task,
     close(stderrPipe[0]);
     char **env = (envp.empty() ? nullptr : envp.data());
     execvpe(argv[0], argv.data(), env);
+    std::cerr << "Unable to launch \"" << argv[0] << "\": " << std::strerror(errno) << std::endl;
     exit(errno);
   }