diff --git a/gold/ChangeLog b/gold/ChangeLog
index c1f4981ecf..c7f4a5f9bd 100644
--- a/gold/ChangeLog
+++ b/gold/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-06-28  Rafael Espindola  <espindola@google.com>
+
+	* plugin.cc (Plugin::load): Use dlerror.
+
 2010-06-26  Jeffrey Yaskin  <jyasskin@google.com>
 
 	* symtab.cc (detect_odr_violations): When reporting an ODR
diff --git a/gold/plugin.cc b/gold/plugin.cc
index c9e55effcb..ba4bd4c106 100644
--- a/gold/plugin.cc
+++ b/gold/plugin.cc
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ Plugin::load()
   this->handle_ = dlopen(this->filename_.c_str(), RTLD_NOW);
   if (this->handle_ == NULL)
     {
-      gold_error(_("%s: could not load plugin library"),
-                 this->filename_.c_str());
+      gold_error(_("%s: could not load plugin library: %s"),
+                 this->filename_.c_str(), dlerror());
       return;
     }