diff --git a/src/gui/filebrowser.cpp b/src/gui/filebrowser.cpp
index 3c892e21a..95de54101 100644
--- a/src/gui/filebrowser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/filebrowser.cpp
@@ -562,7 +562,7 @@ bool CFileBrowser::readDir_std(const std::string & dirname, CFileList* flist)
 
 //			printf("file.Name: '%s', getFileName: '%s' getPath: '%s'\n",file.Name.c_str(),file.getFileName().c_str(),file.getPath().c_str());
 			if(stat64((file.Name).c_str(),&statbuf) != 0)
-				perror("stat error");
+				fprintf(stderr, "stat '%s' error: %m\n", file.Name.c_str());
 			else
 			{
 				file.Mode = statbuf.st_mode;
diff --git a/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp b/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
index 71f739c75..fab0174cd 100644
--- a/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/moviebrowser.cpp
@@ -2432,7 +2432,7 @@ bool CMovieBrowser::readDir(const std::string & dirname, CFileList* flist)
 
 //			printf("file.Name: '%s', getFileName: '%s' getPath: '%s'\n",file.Name.c_str(),file.getFileName().c_str(),file.getPath().c_str());
 			if (my_stat((file.Name).c_str(),&statbuf) != 0)
-				perror("stat error");
+				fprintf(stderr, "stat '%s' error: %m\n", file.Name.c_str());
 			else
 			{
 				file.Mode = statbuf.st_mode;
diff --git a/src/gui/pictureviewer.cpp b/src/gui/pictureviewer.cpp
index 366bfafb2..f948f7285 100644
--- a/src/gui/pictureviewer.cpp
+++ b/src/gui/pictureviewer.cpp
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ int CPictureViewerGui::show()
 							pic.Type     = tmp.substr(tmp.rfind('.')+1);
 							struct stat statbuf;
 							if (stat(pic.Filename.c_str(),&statbuf) != 0)
-								printf("stat error");
+								fprintf(stderr, "stat '%s' error: %m\n", pic.Filename.c_str());
 							pic.Date     = statbuf.st_mtime;
 							playlist.push_back(pic);
 						}