diff --git a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomParser.java b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomParser.java
index 3b81e1591..8de5bcb2e 100644
--- a/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomParser.java
+++ b/dependency-check-core/src/main/java/org/owasp/dependencycheck/xml/pom/PomParser.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class PomParser {
             return parse(fis);
         } catch (IOException ex) {
             LOGGER.debug("", ex);
-            throw new PomParseException(ex);
+            throw new PomParseException(String.format("Unable to parse pom '%s'", file.toString()), ex);
         }
     }