diff --git a/nipype/interfaces/base/core.py b/nipype/interfaces/base/core.py
index 9345ef731a..7ba8486082 100644
--- a/nipype/interfaces/base/core.py
+++ b/nipype/interfaces/base/core.py
@@ -476,9 +476,9 @@ def aggregate_outputs(self, runtime=None, needed_outputs=None):
                 setattr(outputs, key, val)
             except TraitError as error:
                 if 'an existing' in getattr(error, 'info', 'default'):
-                    msg = "No such file or directory for output '%s' of a %s interface" % \
-                        (key, self.__class__.__name__)
-                    raise FileNotFoundError(val, message=msg)
+                    msg = "No such file or directory '%s' for output '%s' of a %s interface" % \
+                        (val, key, self.__class__.__name__)
+                    raise FileNotFoundError(msg)
                 raise error
         return outputs
 
diff --git a/nipype/utils/filemanip.py b/nipype/utils/filemanip.py
index c919000d34..0bfc6b3968 100644
--- a/nipype/utils/filemanip.py
+++ b/nipype/utils/filemanip.py
@@ -40,14 +40,16 @@
 
 PY3 = sys.version_info[0] >= 3
 
-
-class FileNotFoundError(OSError):  # noqa
-    """Defines the exception for Python 2."""
-
-    def __init__(self, path):
-        """Initialize the exception."""
-        super(FileNotFoundError, self).__init__(
-            2, 'No such file or directory', '%s' % path)
+try:
+    from builtins import FileNotFoundError
+except ImportError:  # PY27
+    class FileNotFoundError(OSError):  # noqa
+        """Defines the exception for Python 2."""
+
+        def __init__(self, path):
+            """Initialize the exception."""
+            super(FileNotFoundError, self).__init__(
+                2, 'No such file or directory', '%s' % path)
 
 
 USING_PATHLIB2 = False