diff --git a/lib/k8s/resource.ex b/lib/k8s/resource.ex
index 595fb522..db4dfa3b 100644
--- a/lib/k8s/resource.ex
+++ b/lib/k8s/resource.ex
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ defmodule K8s.Resource do
   def from_file!(path, assigns \\ []) do
     case from_file(path, assigns) do
       {:ok, resource} -> resource
-      {:error, error} -> raise error
+      error -> raise error
     end
   end
 
@@ -254,8 +254,8 @@ defmodule K8s.Resource do
         rendered = EEx.eval_string(template, assigns)
         {:ok, rendered}
 
-      error ->
-        error
+      {:error, reason} ->
+        %File.Error{reason: reason}
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/test/k8s/resource_test.exs b/test/k8s/resource_test.exs
index b7c36642..f4a5b029 100644
--- a/test/k8s/resource_test.exs
+++ b/test/k8s/resource_test.exs
@@ -3,4 +3,38 @@ defmodule K8s.ResourceTest do
   doctest K8s.Resource
   doctest K8s.Resource.FieldAccessors
   doctest K8s.Resource.Utilization
+
+  @test_file "k8s_tmp_file"
+  @test_directory "k8s_tmp_dir"
+
+  setup do
+    on_exit(fn ->
+      File.rm(@test_file)
+      File.rmdir(@test_directory)
+    end)
+  end
+
+  describe "from_file!/2" do
+    test "not found" do
+      assert_raise File.Error, fn ->
+        K8s.Resource.from_file!("not_found.yaml", [])
+      end
+    end
+
+    test "is directory" do
+      assert_raise File.Error, fn ->
+        File.mkdir(@test_directory)
+        K8s.Resource.from_file!("k8s_tmpdir", [])
+      end
+    end
+
+    test "has no access to file" do
+      assert_raise File.Error, fn ->
+        File.touch(@test_file)
+        File.chmod(@test_file, 0o000)
+
+        K8s.Resource.from_file!(@test_file, [])
+      end
+    end
+  end
 end