diff --git a/src/common/filefn.cpp b/src/common/filefn.cpp
index a0e5b275b8..188f954677 100644
--- a/src/common/filefn.cpp
+++ b/src/common/filefn.cpp
@@ -1042,7 +1042,11 @@ wxCopyFile (const wxString& file1, const wxString& file2, bool overwrite)
         return false;
     }
 
-    wxDoCopyFile(fileIn, fbuf, file2, overwrite);
+    if ( !wxDoCopyFile(fileIn, fbuf, file2, overwrite) )
+    {
+        wxLogError(_("Error copying the file '%s' to '%s'."), file1, file2);
+        return false;
+    }
 
 #if defined(__WXMAC__)
     // copy the resource fork of the file too if it's present