diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index d5edf3c8b1..1d64788647 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2015-04-22  Jon Turney  <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
+
+	* windows-nat.c (windows_continue): Report an error if
+	ContinueDebugEvent() fails.
+
 2015-04-16  Jon Turney  <jon.turney@dronecode.org.uk>
 
 	* windows-nat.c (windows_resume): Fix misspelling in debug output.
diff --git a/gdb/windows-nat.c b/gdb/windows-nat.c
index 05e4ceec61..6942d64387 100644
--- a/gdb/windows-nat.c
+++ b/gdb/windows-nat.c
@@ -1160,6 +1160,11 @@ windows_continue (DWORD continue_status, int id, int killed)
 			    current_event.dwThreadId,
 			    continue_status);
 
+  if (!res)
+    error (_("Failed to resume program execution"
+	     " (ContinueDebugEvent failed, error %u)"),
+	   (unsigned int) GetLastError ());
+
   debug_registers_changed = 0;
   return res;
 }