diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index acad5bdc..414f8888 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ int event_queue_add_file_monitor(int eq, char *filename, int *id) {
 
 	int fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		uwsgi_error("open()");
+		uwsgi_error_open(filename);
 		return -1;
 	}
 	
diff --git a/lock.c b/lock.c
index 070179d1..8a25cea7 100644
--- a/lock.c
+++ b/lock.c
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ void uwsgi_lock_init(void *lock) {
 	
 	int fd = open(filename, O_CREAT|O_RDWR|O_TRUNC);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		uwsgi_error("open()");
+		uwsgi_error_open(filename);
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
diff --git a/plugins/psgi/psgi_plugin.c b/plugins/psgi/psgi_plugin.c
index 661d83d3..95ea9e4b 100644
--- a/plugins/psgi/psgi_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/psgi/psgi_plugin.c
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void uwsgi_psgi_app() {
 	if (uperl.psgi) {
 		uperl.fd = open(uperl.psgi, O_RDONLY);
 		if (uperl.fd < 0) {
-			uwsgi_error("open()");
+			uwsgi_error_open(uperl.psgi);
 			exit(1);
 		}
 
diff --git a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
index 5ef1a070..9564281e 100644
--- a/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
+++ b/plugins/python/python_plugin.c
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ PyObject *uwsgi_pyimport_by_filename(char *name, char *filename) {
 		real_filename = uwsgi_concat2(filename, "/__init__.py");
 		pyfile = fopen(real_filename, "r");
 		if (!pyfile) {
-			uwsgi_error("fopen()");
+			uwsgi_error_open(real_filename);
 			exit(1);
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
index 8c9823fa..8b4aa75f 100644
--- a/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
+++ b/plugins/python/uwsgi_pymodule.c
@@ -2087,7 +2087,7 @@ PyObject *py_uwsgi_parse_file(PyObject * self, PyObject * args) {
 
 	fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		uwsgi_error("open()");
+		uwsgi_error_open(filename);
 		goto clear;
 	}
 
diff --git a/spooler.c b/spooler.c
index 16d976ee..0a2b2b1d 100644
--- a/spooler.c
+++ b/spooler.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ int spool_request(char *filename, int rn, int core_id, char *buffer, int size) {
 
 	fd = open(filename, O_CREAT | O_EXCL | O_WRONLY, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		uwsgi_error("open()");
+		uwsgi_error_open(filename);
 		uwsgi_unlock(uwsgi.spooler_lock);
 		return 0;
 	}
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ void spooler() {
 
 	nullfd = open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
 	if (nullfd < 0) {
-		uwsgi_error("open()");
+		uwsgi_error_open("/dev/null");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ void spooler() {
 
 						spool_fd = open(dp->d_name, O_RDONLY);
 						if (spool_fd < 0) {
-							uwsgi_error("open()");
+							uwsgi_error_open(dp->d_name);
 							continue;
 						}
 
diff --git a/utils.c b/utils.c
index cbeaf325..09ee6ac0 100644
--- a/utils.c
+++ b/utils.c
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void daemonize(char *logfile) {
 
 	fdin = open("/dev/null", O_RDWR);
 	if (fdin < 0) {
-		uwsgi_error("open()");
+		uwsgi_error_open("/dev/null");
 		exit(1);
 	}
 
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ void logto(char *logfile) {
 #endif
 		fd = open(logfile, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_APPEND, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP);
 		if (fd < 0) {
-			uwsgi_error("open()");
+			uwsgi_error_open(logfile);
 			exit(1);
 		}
 #ifdef UWSGI_UDP
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ void uwsgi_as_root() {
 			cgroup_taskfile = uwsgi_concat2(uwsgi.cgroup, "/tasks");	
 			cgroup = fopen(cgroup_taskfile, "w");
 			if (!cgroup) {
-				uwsgi_error("fopen");
+				uwsgi_error_open(cgroup_taskfile);
 				exit(1);
 			}
 			if (fprintf(cgroup, "%d\n", (int) getpid()) < 0) {
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ void uwsgi_as_root() {
 				cgroup_taskfile = uwsgi_concat3(uwsgi.cgroup, "/", uwsgi.cgroup_opt[i]);
 				cgroup = fopen(cgroup_taskfile, "w");
 				if (!cgroup) {
-					uwsgi_error("fopen");
+					uwsgi_error_open(cgroup_taskfile);
 					exit(1);
 				}
 				if (fprintf(cgroup, "%s\n", cgroup_opt) < 0) {
@@ -1077,7 +1077,7 @@ int uwsgi_read_whole_body(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, char *buf, size_t len)
 				// here we use O_EXCL to avoid eventual application bug in uuid generation/using
 				upload_progress_fd = open(upload_progress_filename, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT | O_EXCL, S_IRUSR | S_IWUSR | S_IRGRP);	
 				if (upload_progress_fd < 0) {
-					uwsgi_error("open()");
+					uwsgi_error_open(upload_progress_filename);
 					free(upload_progress_filename);
 				}
 			}
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ char *uwsgi_open_and_read(char *url, int *size, int add_zero, char *magic_table[
 	else {
 		fd = open(url, O_RDONLY);
         	if (fd < 0) {
-                	uwsgi_error("open()");
+                	uwsgi_error_open(url);
                 	exit(1);
         	}
 
diff --git a/uwsgi.c b/uwsgi.c
index f997ef11..f1c4bd81 100644
--- a/uwsgi.c
+++ b/uwsgi.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ options_parsed:
 		uwsgi_log("writing pidfile to %s\n", uwsgi.pidfile);
 		pidfile = fopen(uwsgi.pidfile, "w");
 		if (!pidfile) {
-			uwsgi_error("fopen");
+			uwsgi_error_open(uwsgi.pidfile);
 			exit(1);
 		}
 		if (fprintf(pidfile, "%d\n", (int) getpid()) < 0) {
@@ -1379,7 +1379,7 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
 			}
 			
 			if (cache_fd < 0) {
-				uwsgi_error("open()");
+				uwsgi_error_open(uwsgi.cache_store);
 				exit(1);
 			}
 			uwsgi.cache_items = (struct uwsgi_cache_item *) mmap(NULL, uwsgi.cache_filesize, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, cache_fd, 0);
@@ -1578,7 +1578,7 @@ int uwsgi_start(void *v_argv) {
 			} else {
 				int fd = open("/dev/null", O_RDONLY);
 				if (fd < 0) {
-					uwsgi_error("open()");
+					uwsgi_error_open("/dev/null");
 					exit(1);
 				}
 				if (fd != 0) {
diff --git a/uwsgi.h b/uwsgi.h
index 159e9f8a..b6070244 100644
--- a/uwsgi.h
+++ b/uwsgi.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #define UMAX16	65536
 
 #define uwsgi_error(x)  uwsgi_log("%s: %s [%s line %d]\n", x, strerror(errno), __FILE__, __LINE__);
+#define uwsgi_error_open(x)  uwsgi_log("open(\"%s\"): %s [%s line %d]\n", x, strerror(errno), __FILE__, __LINE__);
 #define uwsgi_debug(x, ...) uwsgi_log("[uWSGI DEBUG] " x, __VA_ARGS__);
 #define uwsgi_rawlog(x) if (write(2, x, strlen(x)) != strlen(x)) uwsgi_error("write()")
 
diff --git a/xmlconf.c b/xmlconf.c
index ae4f747a..1a141892 100644
--- a/xmlconf.c
+++ b/xmlconf.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ void uwsgi_xml_config(struct wsgi_request *wsgi_req, struct option *long_options
 
 	xmlfd = open(uwsgi.xml_config, O_RDONLY);
 	if (xmlfd < 0) {
-		uwsgi_error("open()");
+		uwsgi_error_open(uwsgi.xml_config);
 		exit(1);
 	}