diff --git a/rpmio/rpmio.c b/rpmio/rpmio.c
index 1bf95b6..9b6c5c0 100644
--- a/rpmio/rpmio.c
+++ b/rpmio/rpmio.c
@@ -2831,6 +2831,19 @@ static LZFILE *lzopen_internal(const char *path, const char *mode, int fd, int x
 	ret = lzma_auto_decoder(&lzfile->strm, 100<<20, 0);
     }
     if (ret != LZMA_OK) {
+	switch (ret) {
+	    case LZMA_MEM_ERROR:
+		rpmlog(RPMLOG_ERR, "liblzma: Memory allocation failed");
+		break;
+
+	    case LZMA_DATA_ERROR:
+		rpmlog(RPMLOG_ERR, "liblzma: File size limits exceeded");
+		break;
+
+	    default:
+		rpmlog(RPMLOG_ERR, "liblzma: <Unknown error (%d), possibly a bug", ret);
+		break;
+	}
 	fclose(fp);
 	free(lzfile);
 	return NULL;