1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
index 93f792d80fc..0c6ceb43349 100644
--- a/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
+++ b/src/tools/androiddeployqt/main.cpp
@@ -1023,9 +1023,13 @@ bool readInputFile(Options *options)
     }
     dependenciesForDepfile << options->inputFileName;
 
-    QJsonDocument jsonDocument = QJsonDocument::fromJson(file.readAll());
+    QJsonParseError jsonParseError;
+    QJsonDocument jsonDocument = QJsonDocument::fromJson(file.readAll(), &jsonParseError);
     if (jsonDocument.isNull()) {
-        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid json file: %s\n", qPrintable(options->inputFileName));
+        fprintf(stderr, "Invalid json file: %s. Reason: %s at offset %i.\n",
+            qPrintable(options->inputFileName),
+            qPrintable(jsonParseError.errorString()),
+            jsonParseError.offset);
         return false;
     }