@@ -27,11 +27,11 @@
 #import "OFPlugin.h"
 #import "OFString.h"
 #import "OFLocalization.h"
 
 #import "OFInitializationFailedException.h"
-#import "OFOpenItemFailedException.h"
+#import "OFLoadPluginFailedException.h"
 
 typedef OFPlugin *(*init_plugin_t)(void);
 
 of_plugin_handle_t
 of_dlopen(OFString *path, int flags)
@@ -64,10 +64,21 @@
 	dlclose(handle);
 #else
 	FreeLibrary(handle);
 #endif
 }
+
+OFString *
+of_dlerror(void)
+{
+#ifndef OF_WINDOWS
+	return [OFString stringWithCString: dlerror()
+				  encoding: [OFLocalization encoding]];
+#else
+	return nil;
+#endif
+}
 
 @implementation OFPlugin
 + (id)pluginFromFile: (OFString *)path
 {
 	void *pool = objc_autoreleasePoolPush();
@@ -84,13 +95,13 @@
 #else
 	path = [path stringByAppendingString: @PLUGIN_SUFFIX];
 #endif
 
 	if ((handle = of_dlopen(path, OF_RTLD_LAZY)) == NULL)
-		@throw [OFOpenItemFailedException exceptionWithPath: path
-							       mode: nil
-							      errNo: 0];
+		@throw [OFLoadPluginFailedException
+		    exceptionWithPath: path
+				error: of_dlerror()];
 
 	objc_autoreleasePoolPop(pool);
 
 	initPlugin = (init_plugin_t)(uintptr_t)of_dlsym(handle, "init_plugin");
 	if (initPlugin == (init_plugin_t)0 || (plugin = initPlugin()) == nil) {