diff --git a/src/network/Network.cpp b/src/network/Network.cpp
index d60dcb67..81e02408 100644
--- a/src/network/Network.cpp
+++ b/src/network/Network.cpp
@@ -594,6 +594,8 @@ public:
             flags |= SO_REUSEPORT;
 #       endif
         if (setsockopt(descriptor, SOL_SOCKET, flags, (const char*)&opt, sizeof(opt))) {
+            logger.error() << "setsockopt(SO_REUSEADDR) failed with errno: "
+             << errno << "(" << std::strerror(errno) << ")";
             closesocket(descriptor);
             throw std::runtime_error("setsockopt");
         }