diff --git a/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/node-apis/image-processing.ts b/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/node-apis/image-processing.ts
index f9c790b71a114..6758aa54a9ed9 100644
--- a/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/node-apis/image-processing.ts
+++ b/packages/gatsby-plugin-image/src/node-apis/image-processing.ts
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ export async function writeImages({
             reporter,
           })
         } catch (err) {
-          reporter.error(`Error loading image ${src}`)
+          reporter.error(`Error loading image ${src}`, err)
           return
         }
         if (