diff --git a/builtin.c b/builtin.c
index 462307dd..cef1d540 100644
--- a/builtin.c
+++ b/builtin.c
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ static const char* const jq_builtins[] = {
 
 static int builtins_bind_one(jq_state *jq, block* bb, const char* code) {
   struct locfile* src;
-  src = locfile_init(jq, code, strlen(code));
+  src = locfile_init(jq, "<builtin>", code, strlen(code));
   block funcs;
   int nerrors = jq_parse_library(src, &funcs);
   if (nerrors == 0) {
diff --git a/execute.c b/execute.c
index 6c6c9b11..d5f243bd 100644
--- a/execute.c
+++ b/execute.c
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ int jq_compile_args(jq_state *jq, const char* str, jv args) {
   jv_nomem_handler(jq->nomem_handler, jq->nomem_handler_data);
   assert(jv_get_kind(args) == JV_KIND_ARRAY);
   struct locfile* locations;
-  locations = locfile_init(jq, str, strlen(str));
+  locations = locfile_init(jq, "<top-level>", str, strlen(str));
   block program;
   jq_reset(jq);
   if (jq->bc) {
diff --git a/jq_test.c b/jq_test.c
index 6a00cab1..b68514b5 100644
--- a/jq_test.c
+++ b/jq_test.c
@@ -30,8 +30,12 @@ static int skipline(const char* buf) {
   return 0;
 }
 
+static int checkerrormsg(const char* buf) {
+  return strcmp(buf, "%%FAIL\n") == 0;
+}
+
 static int checkfail(const char* buf) {
-  return !strcmp(buf, "%%FAIL\n");
+  return strcmp(buf, "%%FAIL\n") == 0 || strcmp(buf, "%%FAIL IGNORE MSG\n") == 0;
 }
 
 struct err_data {
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ static void run_jq_tests(jv lib_dirs, FILE *testdata) {
   int tests = 0, passed = 0, invalid = 0;
   unsigned int lineno = 0;
   int must_fail = 0;
+  int check_msg = 0;
   jq_state *jq = NULL;
 
   jq = jq_init();
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ static void run_jq_tests(jv lib_dirs, FILE *testdata) {
     if (skipline(prog)) continue;
     if (checkfail(prog)) {
       must_fail = 1;
+      check_msg = checkerrormsg(prog);
       jq_set_error_cb(jq, test_err_cb, &err_msg);
       continue;
     }
@@ -82,6 +88,7 @@ static void run_jq_tests(jv lib_dirs, FILE *testdata) {
     if (must_fail) {
       jq_set_error_cb(jq, NULL, NULL);
       must_fail = 0;
+      check_msg = 0;
       if (!fgets(buf, sizeof(buf), testdata)) { invalid++; break; }
       lineno++;
       if (buf[strlen(buf)-1] == '\n') buf[strlen(buf)-1] = 0;
@@ -89,7 +96,7 @@ static void run_jq_tests(jv lib_dirs, FILE *testdata) {
         printf("*** Test program compiled that should not have at line %u: %s\n", lineno, prog);
         invalid++; continue;
       }
-      if (strcmp(buf, err_msg.buf)) {
+      if (check_msg && strcmp(buf, err_msg.buf) != 0) {
         printf("*** Erroneous test program failed with wrong message (%s) at line %u: %s\n", err_msg.buf, lineno, prog);
         invalid++;
       } else {
diff --git a/linker.c b/linker.c
index d07028f2..b83f00e8 100644
--- a/linker.c
+++ b/linker.c
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ static int load_library(jq_state *jq, jv lib_path, int is_data, int raw, const c
     program = gen_const_global(jv_copy(data), as);
   } else {
     // import "foo" as bar;
-    src = locfile_init(jq, jv_string_value(data), jv_string_length_bytes(jv_copy(data)));
+    src = locfile_init(jq, jv_string_value(lib_path), jv_string_value(data), jv_string_length_bytes(jv_copy(data)));
     nerrors += jq_parse_library(src, &program);
     if (nerrors == 0) {
       char *lib_origin = strdup(jv_string_value(lib_path));
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ jv load_module_meta(jq_state *jq, jv mod_relpath) {
   jv data = jv_load_file(jv_string_value(lib_path), 1);
   if (jv_is_valid(data)) {
     block program;
-    struct locfile* src = locfile_init(jq, jv_string_value(data), jv_string_length_bytes(jv_copy(data)));
+    struct locfile* src = locfile_init(jq, jv_string_value(lib_path), jv_string_value(data), jv_string_length_bytes(jv_copy(data)));
     int nerrors = jq_parse_library(src, &program);
     if (nerrors == 0) {
       meta = block_module_meta(program);
diff --git a/locfile.c b/locfile.c
index 1a60f42e..7753d901 100644
--- a/locfile.c
+++ b/locfile.c
@@ -9,9 +9,10 @@
 #include "locfile.h"
 
 
-struct locfile* locfile_init(jq_state *jq, const char* data, int length) {
+struct locfile* locfile_init(jq_state *jq, const char *fname, const char* data, int length) {
   struct locfile* l = jv_mem_alloc(sizeof(struct locfile));
   l->jq = jq;
+  l->fname = jv_string(fname);
   l->data = jv_mem_alloc(length);
   memcpy((char*)l->data,data,length);
   l->length = length;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ struct locfile* locfile_retain(struct locfile* l) {
 }
 void locfile_free(struct locfile* l) {
   if (--(l->refct) == 0) {
+    jv_free(l->fname);
     jv_mem_free(l->linemap);
     jv_mem_free((char*)l->data);
     jv_mem_free(l);
@@ -79,7 +81,8 @@ void locfile_locate(struct locfile* l, location loc, const char* fmt, ...) {
     jv_free(m1);
     return;
   }
-  jv m2 = jv_string_fmt("%s\n%.*s%*s", jv_string_value(m1),
+  jv m2 = jv_string_fmt("%s at %s, line %d:\n%.*s%*s", jv_string_value(m1),
+                        jv_string_value(l->fname), startline + 1,
                         locfile_line_length(l, startline), l->data + offset,
                         loc.start - offset, "");
   jv_free(m1);
diff --git a/locfile.h b/locfile.h
index 48c460f4..8c141698 100644
--- a/locfile.h
+++ b/locfile.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ typedef struct {
 static const location UNKNOWN_LOCATION = {-1, -1};
 
 struct locfile {
+  jv fname;
   const char* data;
   int length;
   int* linemap;
@@ -19,11 +20,9 @@ struct locfile {
   int refct;
 };
 
-struct locfile* locfile_init(jq_state *jq, const char* data, int length);
-struct locfile* locfile_retain(struct locfile* l);
-
-void locfile_free(struct locfile* l);
-
-void locfile_locate(struct locfile* l, location loc, const char* fmt, ...);
+struct locfile* locfile_init(jq_state *, const char *, const char *, int);
+struct locfile* locfile_retain(struct locfile *);
+void locfile_free(struct locfile *);
+void locfile_locate(struct locfile *, location, const char *, ...);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/all.test b/tests/all.test
index ba3bb6ee..5b90420d 100644
--- a/tests/all.test
+++ b/tests/all.test
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ null
 
 %%FAIL
 . as $foo | break $foo
-jq: error: *label-foo/0 is not defined
+jq: error: *label-foo/0 is not defined at <top-level>, line 1:
 
 [.[]|[.,1]|until(.[0] < 1; [.[0] - 1, .[1] * .[0]])|.[1]]
 [1,2,3,4,5]
@@ -1153,13 +1153,13 @@ modulemeta
 "c"
 {"whatever":null,"deps":[{"as":"foo","is_data":false,"relpath":"a"},{"search":"./","as":"d","is_data":false,"relpath":"d"},{"search":"./","as":"d2","is_data":false,"relpath":"d"},{"search":"./../lib/jq","as":"e","is_data":false,"relpath":"e"},{"search":"./../lib/jq","as":"f","is_data":false,"relpath":"f"},{"as":"d","is_data":true,"relpath":"data"}]}
 
-%%FAIL
+%%FAIL IGNORE MSG
 import "syntaxerror" as e; .
-jq: error: syntax error, unexpected ';', expecting $end (Unix shell quoting issues?)
+jq: error: syntax error, unexpected ';', expecting $end (Unix shell quoting issues?) at /home/nico/ws/jq/tests/modules/syntaxerror/syntaxerror.jq, line 1:
 
 %%FAIL
 %::wat
-jq: error: syntax error, unexpected '%', expecting $end (Unix shell quoting issues?)
+jq: error: syntax error, unexpected '%', expecting $end (Unix shell quoting issues?) at <top-level>, line 1:
 
 import "test_bind_order" as check; check::check
 null