diff --git a/src/support/ChangeLog b/src/support/ChangeLog
index 99c99fa0eb..49675f7435 100644
--- a/src/support/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/support/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2002-08-01  John Levon  <levon@movementarian.org>
+
+	* forkedcall.C: more details on error
+ 
 2002-07-29  Lars Gullik Bjønnes  <larsbj@gullik.net>
 
 	* lstrings.[hC]: rename stip to rtrim and frontStrip to ltrim,
diff --git a/src/support/forkedcall.C b/src/support/forkedcall.C
index 912b13e855..6ba3bf3f10 100644
--- a/src/support/forkedcall.C
+++ b/src/support/forkedcall.C
@@ -254,8 +254,12 @@ pid_t Forkedcall::generateChild()
 	pid_t cpid = ::fork();
 	if (cpid == 0) { // child
 		execvp(syscmd, argv);
-		// If something goes wrong, we end up here:
-		lyxerr << "execvp failed: "
+		// If something goes wrong, we end up here
+		string args;
+		int i = 0;
+		while (argv[i] != 0)
+			args += string(" ") + argv[i++];
+		lyxerr << "execvp of \"" << syscmd << args << "\" failed: "
 		       << strerror(errno) << endl;
 	}
 #else