diff --git a/src/rebar_base_compiler.erl b/src/rebar_base_compiler.erl
index 3d4447f..7d1fb22 100644
--- a/src/rebar_base_compiler.erl
+++ b/src/rebar_base_compiler.erl
@@ -245,4 +245,7 @@ format_error(AbsSource, Extra, {{Line, Column}, Mod, Desc}) ->
     ?FMT("~s:~w:~w: ~s~s~n", [AbsSource, Line, Column, Extra, ErrorDesc]);
 format_error(AbsSource, Extra, {Line, Mod, Desc}) ->
     ErrorDesc = Mod:format_error(Desc),
-    ?FMT("~s:~w: ~s~s~n", [AbsSource, Line, Extra, ErrorDesc]).
+    ?FMT("~s:~w: ~s~s~n", [AbsSource, Line, Extra, ErrorDesc]);
+format_error(AbsSource, Extra, {Mod, Desc}) ->
+    ErrorDesc = Mod:format_error(Desc),
+    ?FMT("~s: ~s~s~n", [AbsSource, Extra, ErrorDesc]).