diff --git a/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/artifacts/instructions/JarBasedArtifactRootDescriptor.java b/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/artifacts/instructions/JarBasedArtifactRootDescriptor.java
index 8485d28901c2..50d1298462e4 100644
--- a/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/artifacts/instructions/JarBasedArtifactRootDescriptor.java
+++ b/jps/jps-builders/src/org/jetbrains/jps/incremental/artifacts/instructions/JarBasedArtifactRootDescriptor.java
@@ -69,6 +69,9 @@ public class JarBasedArtifactRootDescriptor extends ArtifactRootDescriptor {
         }
       }
     }
+    catch (IOException e) {
+      throw new IOException("Error processing zip-file " + myRoot, e);
+    }
     finally {
       zipFile.close();
     }