diff --git a/ethers-solc/src/compile/mod.rs b/ethers-solc/src/compile/mod.rs
index 070b2b2a..b57b1c37 100644
--- a/ethers-solc/src/compile/mod.rs
+++ b/ethers-solc/src/compile/mod.rs
@@ -457,8 +457,10 @@ impl Solc {
         if checksum_calc == checksum_found {
             Ok(())
         } else {
-            tracing:: warn!(target : "solc", "checksum mismatch for {:?}, expected {}, but found {} for file {:?}", version, hex::encode(&checksum_found), hex::encode(checksum_calc), version_path);
-            Err(SolcError::ChecksumMismatch)
+            let expected = hex::encode(&checksum_found);
+            let detected = hex::encode(checksum_calc);
+            tracing:: warn!(target : "solc", "checksum mismatch for {:?}, expected {}, but found {} for file {:?}", version, expected, detected, version_path);
+            Err(SolcError::ChecksumMismatch { version, expected, detected, file: version_path })
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/ethers-solc/src/error.rs b/ethers-solc/src/error.rs
index 015c4c12..edfd4e89 100644
--- a/ethers-solc/src/error.rs
+++ b/ethers-solc/src/error.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use semver::Version;
 use std::{io, path::PathBuf};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
@@ -13,8 +14,8 @@ pub enum SolcError {
     PragmaNotFound,
     #[error("Could not find solc version locally or upstream")]
     VersionNotFound,
-    #[error("Checksum mismatch")]
-    ChecksumMismatch,
+    #[error("Checksum mismatch for {file}: expected {expected} found {detected} for {version}")]
+    ChecksumMismatch { version: Version, expected: String, detected: String, file: PathBuf },
     #[error(transparent)]
     SemverError(#[from] semver::Error),
     /// Deserialization error