diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 92b7bf7c..7d33bef8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ### Changed
 
+- espup now prints why an install step failed (#461)
+
 ### Removed
 
 ## [0.13.0] - 2024-10-30
diff --git a/src/toolchain/mod.rs b/src/toolchain/mod.rs
index b0d16af8..4b65c651 100644
--- a/src/toolchain/mod.rs
+++ b/src/toolchain/mod.rs
@@ -235,8 +235,12 @@ pub async fn install(args: InstallOpts, install_mode: InstallMode) -> Result<()>
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             let res = Retry::spawn(retry_strategy, || async {
                 let res = app.install().await;
-                if res.is_err() {
-                    warn!("Installation for '{}' failed, retrying", app.name());
+                if let Err(ref err) = res {
+                    warn!(
+                        "Installation for '{}' failed, retrying. Error: {}",
+                        app.name(),
+                        err
+                    );
                 }
                 res
             })