diff --git a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
index 7d469dd25e1ac093446797a49fc4a579231df19a..b8c7bbba0a2b4bb080b8ea2ef5a39e437e0ee6ba 100644
--- a/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/kernel/qguiapplication.cpp
@@ -1058,7 +1058,7 @@ static void init_platform(const QString &pluginArgument, const QString &platform
         QStringList keys = QPlatformIntegrationFactory::keys(platformPluginPath);
 
         QString fatalMessage
-                = QStringLiteral("This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin \"%1\".\n\n").arg(name);
+                = QStringLiteral("This application failed to start because it could not find or load the Qt platform plugin \"%1\"\nin \"%2\".\n\n").arg(name, QDir::toNativeSeparators(platformPluginPath));
         if (!keys.isEmpty()) {
             fatalMessage += QStringLiteral("Available platform plugins are: %1.\n\n").arg(
                         keys.join(QStringLiteral(", ")));