diff --git a/crates/project-model/src/workspace.rs b/crates/project-model/src/workspace.rs
index f51ea7eeb22..13463e9f72e 100644
--- a/crates/project-model/src/workspace.rs
+++ b/crates/project-model/src/workspace.rs
@@ -167,7 +167,8 @@ fn load_inner(
                 cmd.envs(&config.extra_env);
                 cmd.arg("--version").current_dir(current_dir);
                 cmd
-            })?;
+            })
+            .with_context(|| format!("Failed to query rust toolchain version at {current_dir}, is your toolchain setup correctly?"))?;
             anyhow::Ok(
                 cargo_version
                     .get(prefix.len()..)