diff --git a/src/kernel_internals/typing/cabs2cil.ml b/src/kernel_internals/typing/cabs2cil.ml
index 6c8a903e494455e6a9948001a05ccab2bb5f35cc..c450ee61cfc48a5d7869de93ab8551f277659f61 100644
--- a/src/kernel_internals/typing/cabs2cil.ml
+++ b/src/kernel_internals/typing/cabs2cil.ml
@@ -4822,7 +4822,10 @@ and doType (ghost:bool) isFuncArg
                        "Array length is too large.";
                  with
                  | SizeOfError (msg,_) ->
-                   Kernel.error ~once:true ~current:true "%s" msg
+                   Kernel.error ~once:true ~current:true
+                     "Unable to compute the size of array element '%a': %s"
+                     Cil_printer.pp_typ bt
+                     msg
                  | Invalid_argument msg ->
                    Kernel.fatal ~current:true "%s" msg
              end
diff --git a/tests/value/oracle/empty_base.1.res.oracle b/tests/value/oracle/empty_base.1.res.oracle
index 43a088f4f720c9a30218909ef60928752bb52c20..bba69f8432c7a4c311b70f979773601645d4e353 100644
--- a/tests/value/oracle/empty_base.1.res.oracle
+++ b/tests/value/oracle/empty_base.1.res.oracle
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 [kernel] Parsing empty_base.c (with preprocessing)
 [kernel] empty_base.c:13: User Error: 
   empty structs only allowed for GCC/MSVC machdeps; see option -machdep or run 'frama-c -machdep help' for the list of available machdeps
-[kernel] empty_base.c:48: User Error: empty struct 'struct empty'
+[kernel] empty_base.c:48: User Error: 
+  Unable to compute the size of array element 'struct empty': empty struct 'struct empty'
 [kernel] empty_base.c:48: User Error: 
   zero-length arrays only allowed for GCC/MSVC machdeps; see option -machdep or run 'frama-c -machdep help' for the list of available machdeps
-[kernel] empty_base.c:49: User Error: empty struct 'struct empty'
-[kernel] empty_base.c:50: User Error: empty struct 'struct empty'
+[kernel] empty_base.c:49: User Error: 
+  Unable to compute the size of array element 'struct empty': empty struct 'struct empty'
+[kernel] empty_base.c:50: User Error: 
+  Unable to compute the size of array element 'struct empty': empty struct 'struct empty'
 [kernel] empty_base.c:50: User Error: 
   empty initializers only allowed for GCC/MSVC machdeps; see option -machdep or run 'frama-c -machdep help' for the list of available machdeps
   48    struct empty empty_array_of_empty[0];