diff --git a/internal/pipe/nfpm/nfpm.go b/internal/pipe/nfpm/nfpm.go
index efd3767adf0..9b56763d1b6 100644
--- a/internal/pipe/nfpm/nfpm.go
+++ b/internal/pipe/nfpm/nfpm.go
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ func create(ctx *context.Context, fpm config.NFPM, format string, binaries []*ar
 	defer w.Close()
 
 	if err := packager.Package(info, w); err != nil {
-		return fmt.Errorf("nfpm failed: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("nfpm failed for %s: %w", name, err)
 	}
 	if err := w.Close(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("could not close package file: %w", err)