diff --git a/src/node_sea_bin.cc b/src/node_sea_bin.cc
index 4926f3a894ad35..dc9c9e614f8fca 100644
--- a/src/node_sea_bin.cc
+++ b/src/node_sea_bin.cc
@@ -395,8 +395,10 @@ ExitCode BuildSingleExecutable(const std::string& sea_config_path,
   uv_fs_t req;
   int r = uv_fs_stat(nullptr, &req, config.executable_path.c_str(), nullptr);
   if (r != 0) {
-    FPrintF(
-        stderr, "Error: Couldn't stat executable %s\n", config.executable_path);
+    FPrintF(stderr,
+            "Error: Couldn't stat executable %s: %s\n",
+            config.executable_path,
+            uv_strerror(r));
     uv_fs_req_cleanup(&req);
     return ExitCode::kGenericUserError;
   }
@@ -406,8 +408,10 @@ ExitCode BuildSingleExecutable(const std::string& sea_config_path,
   std::string exe;
   r = ReadFileSync(&exe, config.executable_path.c_str());
   if (r != 0) {
-    FPrintF(
-        stderr, "Error: Couldn't read executable %s\n", config.executable_path);
+    FPrintF(stderr,
+            "Error: Couldn't read executable %s: %s\n",
+            config.executable_path,
+            uv_strerror(r));
     return ExitCode::kGenericUserError;
   }
 
diff --git a/test/sea/test-build-sea-invalid-executable.js b/test/sea/test-build-sea-invalid-executable.js
index 29ad029f3285d2..e94a6737aa4bec 100644
--- a/test/sea/test-build-sea-invalid-executable.js
+++ b/test/sea/test-build-sea-invalid-executable.js
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ skipIfBuildSEAIsNotSupported();
       cwd: tmpdir.path,
     }, {
       status: 1,
-      stderr: /Couldn't stat executable.*\/nonexistent\/path\/to\/node/,
+      stderr: /Couldn't stat executable.*\/nonexistent\/path\/to\/node: no such file or directory/,
     });
 }