diff --git a/Common/ChunkFile.h b/Common/ChunkFile.h
index fe7d6e45eb..84ad20f83d 100644
--- a/Common/ChunkFile.h
+++ b/Common/ChunkFile.h
@@ -581,11 +581,12 @@ class CChunkFileReader
 public:
 	// Load file template
 	template<class T>
-	static bool Load(const std::string& _rFilename, int _Revision, T& _class) 
+	static bool Load(const std::string& _rFilename, int _Revision, T& _class, std::string* _failureReason) 
 	{
 		INFO_LOG(COMMON, "ChunkReader: Loading %s" , _rFilename.c_str());
 
 		if (!File::Exists(_rFilename)) {
+			_failureReason->append("StateDoesntExist");
 			ERROR_LOG(COMMON, "ChunkReader: File doesn't exist");
 			return false;
 		}
@@ -617,6 +618,7 @@ public:
 		// Check revision
 		if (header.Revision != _Revision)
 		{
+			_failureReason->append("StateWrongVersion");
 			ERROR_LOG(COMMON,"ChunkReader: Wrong file revision, got %d expected %d",
 				header.Revision, _Revision);
 			return false;
diff --git a/Core/SaveState.cpp b/Core/SaveState.cpp
index d011f0e064..caf392fc75 100644
--- a/Core/SaveState.cpp
+++ b/Core/SaveState.cpp
@@ -219,6 +219,9 @@ namespace SaveState
 		{
 			Operation &op = operations[i];
 			bool result;
+			std::string reason;
+			std::string fullMessage;
+
 			I18NCategory *s = GetI18NCategory("Screen"); 
 
 			switch (op.type)
@@ -227,11 +230,14 @@ namespace SaveState
 				if (MIPSComp::jit)
 					MIPSComp::jit->ClearCache();
 				INFO_LOG(COMMON, "Loading state from %s", op.filename.c_str());
-				result = CChunkFileReader::Load(op.filename, REVISION, state);
+				result = CChunkFileReader::Load(op.filename, REVISION, state, &reason);
 				if(result)
 					osm.Show(s->T("LoadedState"), 2.0);
-				else
-					osm.Show(s->T("LoadStateFailed"), 2.0);
+				else {
+					fullMessage.append(s->T("LoadStateFailed"));
+					fullMessage.append(s->T(reason.c_str()));
+					osm.Show(fullMessage, 2.0);
+				}
 				break;
 
 			case SAVESTATE_SAVE: