diff --git a/daemon.c b/daemon.c
index 4c8346d5a1f..3a348a79b3d 100644
--- a/daemon.c
+++ b/daemon.c
@@ -734,6 +734,29 @@ struct socketlist {
 	size_t alloc;
 };
 
+static const char *ip2str(int family, struct sockaddr *sin, socklen_t len)
+{
+#ifdef NO_IPV6
+	static char ip[INET_ADDRSTRLEN];
+#else
+	static char ip[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
+#endif
+
+	switch (family) {
+#ifndef NO_IPV6
+	case AF_INET6:
+		inet_ntop(family, &((struct sockaddr_in6*)sin)->sin6_addr, ip, len);
+		break;
+#endif
+	case AF_INET:
+		inet_ntop(family, &((struct sockaddr_in*)sin)->sin_addr, ip, len);
+		break;
+	default:
+		strcpy(ip, "<unknown>");
+	}
+	return ip;
+}
+
 #ifndef NO_IPV6
 
 static int setup_named_sock(char *listen_addr, int listen_port, struct socketlist *socklist)
@@ -780,15 +803,22 @@ static int setup_named_sock(char *listen_addr, int listen_port, struct socketlis
 #endif
 
 		if (set_reuse_addr(sockfd)) {
+			logerror("Could not set SO_REUSEADDR: %s", strerror(errno));
 			close(sockfd);
 			continue;
 		}
 
 		if (bind(sockfd, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen) < 0) {
+			logerror("Could not bind to %s: %s",
+				 ip2str(ai->ai_family, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen),
+				 strerror(errno));
 			close(sockfd);
 			continue;	/* not fatal */
 		}
 		if (listen(sockfd, 5) < 0) {
+			logerror("Could not listen to %s: %s",
+				 ip2str(ai->ai_family, ai->ai_addr, ai->ai_addrlen),
+				 strerror(errno));
 			close(sockfd);
 			continue;	/* not fatal */
 		}
@@ -835,16 +865,23 @@ static int setup_named_sock(char *listen_addr, int listen_port, struct socketlis
 		return 0;
 
 	if (set_reuse_addr(sockfd)) {
+		logerror("Could not set SO_REUSEADDR: %s", strerror(errno));
 		close(sockfd);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if ( bind(sockfd, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof sin) < 0 ) {
+		logerror("Could not listen to %s: %s",
+			 ip2str(AF_INET, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof(sin)),
+			 strerror(errno));
 		close(sockfd);
 		return 0;
 	}
 
 	if (listen(sockfd, 5) < 0) {
+		logerror("Could not listen to %s: %s",
+			 ip2str(AF_INET, (struct sockaddr *)&sin, sizeof(sin)),
+			 strerror(errno));
 		close(sockfd);
 		return 0;
 	}