diff --git a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
index 101c7c62bb..17db12fc8b 100644
--- a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
+++ b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 - Latex now includes Mathjax's ASM extension for more powerful Latex functionality [#1544](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1544)
 - `font-color` works on Markdown [#1546](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1546)
 - `font-color` works on arrowheads [#1582](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1582)
+- CLI failure message includes input path [#1617](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1617)
 
 #### Bugfixes ⛑️
 
diff --git a/d2cli/main.go b/d2cli/main.go
index 546a5a977b..56aed09e9f 100644
--- a/d2cli/main.go
+++ b/d2cli/main.go
@@ -334,9 +334,9 @@ func Run(ctx context.Context, ms *xmain.State) (err error) {
 	_, written, err := compile(ctx, ms, plugins, layoutFlag, renderOpts, fontFamily, *animateIntervalFlag, inputPath, outputPath, "", *bundleFlag, *forceAppendixFlag, pw.Page)
 	if err != nil {
 		if written {
-			return fmt.Errorf("failed to fully compile (partial render written): %w", err)
+			return fmt.Errorf("failed to fully compile (partial render written) %s: %w", ms.HumanPath(inputPath), err)
 		}
-		return fmt.Errorf("failed to compile: %w", err)
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to compile %s: %w", ms.HumanPath(inputPath), err)
 	}
 	return nil
 }