diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs
index a354f3d353610..eca0ead8666b0 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_llvm/src/back/archive.rs
@@ -101,7 +101,9 @@ impl<'a> ArchiveBuilder for LlvmArchiveBuilder<'a> {
     fn build(mut self: Box<Self>, output: &Path) -> bool {
         match self.build_with_llvm(output) {
             Ok(any_members) => any_members,
-            Err(e) => self.sess.dcx().emit_fatal(ArchiveBuildFailure { error: e }),
+            Err(error) => {
+                self.sess.dcx().emit_fatal(ArchiveBuildFailure { path: output.to_owned(), error })
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl
index 000fe2e3ce0f5..57d789aef80ca 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/messages.ftl
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@ codegen_ssa_add_native_library = failed to add native library {$library_path}: {
 
 codegen_ssa_apple_sdk_error_sdk_path = failed to get {$sdk_name} SDK path: {$error}
 
-codegen_ssa_archive_build_failure =
-    failed to build archive: {$error}
+codegen_ssa_archive_build_failure = failed to build archive at `{$path}`: {$error}
 
 codegen_ssa_atomic_compare_exchange = Atomic compare-exchange intrinsic missing failure memory ordering
 
@@ -198,7 +197,7 @@ codegen_ssa_read_file = failed to read file: {$message}
 
 codegen_ssa_repair_vs_build_tools = the Visual Studio build tools may need to be repaired using the Visual Studio installer
 
-codegen_ssa_rlib_archive_build_failure = failed to build archive from rlib: {$error}
+codegen_ssa_rlib_archive_build_failure = failed to build archive from rlib at `{$path}`: {$error}
 
 codegen_ssa_rlib_incompatible_dependency_formats = `{$ty1}` and `{$ty2}` do not have equivalent dependency formats (`{$list1}` vs `{$list2}`)
 
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs
index c99118f5156d1..31b437555f440 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/archive.rs
@@ -220,7 +220,9 @@ impl<'a> ArchiveBuilder for ArArchiveBuilder<'a> {
         let sess = self.sess;
         match self.build_inner(output) {
             Ok(any_members) => any_members,
-            Err(e) => sess.dcx().emit_fatal(ArchiveBuildFailure { error: e }),
+            Err(error) => {
+                sess.dcx().emit_fatal(ArchiveBuildFailure { path: output.to_owned(), error })
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
index 1f627353d54e1..b6ca9476ecd73 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/back/link.rs
@@ -2911,7 +2911,8 @@ fn add_static_crate(
                 false
             }),
         ) {
-            sess.dcx().emit_fatal(errors::RlibArchiveBuildFailure { error });
+            sess.dcx()
+                .emit_fatal(errors::RlibArchiveBuildFailure { path: cratepath.clone(), error });
         }
         if archive.build(&dst) {
             link_upstream(&dst);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
index e9d31db92541b..138e53f2106f6 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_codegen_ssa/src/errors.rs
@@ -497,6 +497,7 @@ pub struct UnableToWriteDebuggerVisualizer {
 #[derive(Diagnostic)]
 #[diag(codegen_ssa_rlib_archive_build_failure)]
 pub struct RlibArchiveBuildFailure {
+    pub path: PathBuf,
     pub error: Error,
 }
 
@@ -554,6 +555,7 @@ pub struct UnsupportedLinkSelfContained;
 #[diag(codegen_ssa_archive_build_failure)]
 // Public for rustc_codegen_llvm::back::archive
 pub struct ArchiveBuildFailure {
+    pub path: PathBuf,
     pub error: std::io::Error,
 }