diff --git a/libtransmission/torrent.c b/libtransmission/torrent.c
index caf64fb49..88de2c4b1 100644
--- a/libtransmission/torrent.c
+++ b/libtransmission/torrent.c
@@ -1988,7 +1988,8 @@ torrentCallScript (const tr_torrent * tor, const char * script)
         tr_torinf (tor, "Calling script \"%s\"", script);
 
 #ifdef WIN32
-        _spawnvpe (_P_NOWAIT, script, (const char*)cmd, env);
+        if (spawnvpe (_P_NOWAIT, script, (const char*)cmd, env) == -1)
+          tr_torerr (tor, "error executing script \"%s\": %s", cmd[0], tr_strerror (errno));
 #else
         signal (SIGCHLD, onSigCHLD);
 
@@ -1996,7 +1997,10 @@ torrentCallScript (const tr_torrent * tor, const char * script)
         {
             for (i=0; env[i]; ++i)
                 putenv (env[i]);
-            execvp (script, cmd);
+
+            if (execvp (script, cmd) == -1)
+              tr_torerr (tor, "error executing script \"%s\": %s", cmd[0], tr_strerror (errno));
+
             _exit (0);
         }
 #endif