diff --git a/src/Module.js b/src/Module.js
index 1c8da5f..4be76d9 100644
--- a/src/Module.js
+++ b/src/Module.js
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ export default class Module {
 			} catch ( err ) {
 				err.code = 'PARSE_ERROR';
 				err.file = this.id; // see above - not necessarily true, but true enough
+				err.message += ` in ${this.id}`;
 				throw err;
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/test/function/reports-syntax-error-locations/_config.js b/test/function/reports-syntax-error-locations/_config.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cb1085
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/function/reports-syntax-error-locations/_config.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+var assert = require( 'assert' );
+
+module.exports = {
+	description: 'reports syntax error filename',
+	error: function ( err ) {
+		assert.ok( /in .+main\.js/.test( err.message ) );
+	}
+};
diff --git a/test/function/reports-syntax-error-locations/main.js b/test/function/reports-syntax-error-locations/main.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d24584b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/function/reports-syntax-error-locations/main.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+var 42 = answer;