diff --git a/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp b/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
index d7b5cb566..2f23c2c97 100644
--- a/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
+++ b/libnativeloader/native_loader.cpp
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@ class LibraryNamespaces {
     // For now we rely on CTS test to catch things like this but
     // it should probably be addressed in the future.
     for (const auto& soname : sonames) {
-      dlopen(soname.c_str(), RTLD_NOW | RTLD_NODELETE);
+      LOG_ALWAYS_FATAL_IF(dlopen(soname.c_str(), RTLD_NOW | RTLD_NODELETE) == nullptr,
+                          "Error preloading public library %s: %s",
+                          soname.c_str(), dlerror());
     }
 
     public_libraries_ = base::Join(sonames, ':');