diff --git a/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs b/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
index de8220a8a..0f1c2eacd 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/workspace.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use std::cell::RefCell;
 use std::collections::hash_map::{Entry, HashMap};
 use std::collections::BTreeMap;
+use std::io;
 use std::path::{Path, PathBuf};
 use std::slice;
 
@@ -13,7 +14,7 @@ use core::{Dependency, PackageIdSpec};
 use core::{EitherManifest, Package, SourceId, VirtualManifest};
 use ops;
 use sources::PathSource;
-use util::errors::{CargoResult, CargoResultExt};
+use util::errors::{CargoResult, CargoResultExt, ManifestError};
 use util::paths;
 use util::toml::read_manifest;
 use util::{Config, Filesystem};
@@ -495,9 +496,21 @@ impl<'cfg> Workspace<'cfg> {
         self.members.push(manifest_path.clone());
 
         let candidates = {
-            let pkg = match *self.packages.load(&manifest_path)? {
-                MaybePackage::Package(ref p) => p,
-                MaybePackage::Virtual(_) => return Ok(()),
+            let pkg = match self.packages.load(&manifest_path) {
+                Ok(MaybePackage::Package(ref p)) => p,
+                Ok(MaybePackage::Virtual(_)) => return Ok(()),
+                Err(err) => {
+                    return Err(if err
+                        .iter_chain()
+                        .any(|e| e.downcast_ref::<io::Error>().is_some() )
+                    {
+                        // don't wrap io errors to ensure ManifestErrors
+                        // are for actual existing manifests
+                        err
+                    } else {
+                        ManifestError::new(err, manifest_path).into()
+                    });
+                }
             };
             pkg.dependencies()
                 .iter()
@@ -508,7 +521,8 @@ impl<'cfg> Workspace<'cfg> {
                 .collect::<Vec<_>>()
         };
         for candidate in candidates {
-            self.find_path_deps(&candidate, root_manifest, true)?;
+            self.find_path_deps(&candidate, root_manifest, true)
+                .map_err(|err| ManifestError::new(err, manifest_path.clone()))?;
         }
         Ok(())
     }
diff --git a/src/cargo/util/errors.rs b/src/cargo/util/errors.rs
index 5c49665c9..4431a9116 100644
--- a/src/cargo/util/errors.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/util/errors.rs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 use std::fmt;
 use std::process::{ExitStatus, Output};
 use std::str;
+use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 use core::{TargetKind, Workspace};
 use failure::{Context, Error, Fail};
@@ -72,6 +73,40 @@ impl fmt::Display for Internal {
     }
 }
 
+/// Error related to a particular manifest and providing it's path.
+pub struct ManifestError {
+    cause: Error,
+    manifest: PathBuf,
+}
+
+impl ManifestError {
+    pub fn new(cause: Error, manifest: PathBuf) -> Self {
+        Self { cause, manifest }
+    }
+
+    pub fn manifest_path(&self) -> &PathBuf {
+        &self.manifest
+    }
+}
+
+impl Fail for ManifestError {
+    fn cause(&self) -> Option<&Fail> {
+        self.cause.as_fail().into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Debug for ManifestError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.cause.fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for ManifestError {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        self.cause.fmt(f)
+    }
+}
+
 // =============================================================================
 // Process errors
 #[derive(Debug, Fail)]
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/main.rs b/tests/testsuite/main.rs
index 4131b1fb4..bd1dc3388 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/main.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/main.rs
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ mod jobserver;
 mod local_registry;
 mod lockfile_compat;
 mod login;
+mod member_errors;
 mod metabuild;
 mod metadata;
 mod net_config;
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/member_errors.rs b/tests/testsuite/member_errors.rs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cd27f1252
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/testsuite/member_errors.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+use cargo::core::Workspace;
+use cargo::util::{config::Config, errors::ManifestError};
+
+use support::project;
+
+/// Tests inclusion of a `ManifestError` pointing to a member manifest
+/// when that manifest fails to deserialize.
+#[test]
+fn toml_deserialize_manifest_error() {
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+            [project]
+            name = "foo"
+            version = "0.1.0"
+            authors = []
+
+            [dependencies]
+            bar = { path = "bar" }
+
+            [workspace]
+        "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .file(
+            "bar/Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+            [project]
+            name = "bar"
+            version = "0.1.0"
+            authors = []
+
+            [dependencies]
+            foobar == "0.55"
+        "#,
+        )
+        .file("bar/src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    let root_manifest_path = p.root().join("Cargo.toml");
+    let member_manifest_path = p.root().join("bar").join("Cargo.toml");
+
+    let error = Workspace::new(&root_manifest_path, &Config::default().unwrap()).unwrap_err();
+    eprintln!("{:?}", error);
+
+    let manifest_err = error
+        .iter_chain()
+        .filter_map(|err| err.downcast_ref::<ManifestError>())
+        .last()
+        .expect("No ManifestError");
+
+    assert_eq!(manifest_err.manifest_path(), &member_manifest_path);
+}
+
+/// Tests inclusion of a `ManifestError` pointing to a member manifest
+/// when that manifest has an invalid dependency path.
+#[test]
+fn member_manifest_path_io_error() {
+    let p = project()
+        .file(
+            "Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+            [project]
+            name = "foo"
+            version = "0.1.0"
+            authors = []
+
+            [dependencies]
+            bar = { path = "bar" }
+
+            [workspace]
+        "#,
+        )
+        .file("src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .file(
+            "bar/Cargo.toml",
+            r#"
+            [project]
+            name = "bar"
+            version = "0.1.0"
+            authors = []
+
+            [dependencies]
+            foobar = { path = "nosuch" }
+        "#,
+        )
+        .file("bar/src/main.rs", "fn main() {}")
+        .build();
+
+    let root_manifest_path = p.root().join("Cargo.toml");
+    let member_manifest_path = p.root().join("bar").join("Cargo.toml");
+
+    let error = Workspace::new(&root_manifest_path, &Config::default().unwrap()).unwrap_err();
+    eprintln!("{:?}", error);
+
+    let manifest_err = error
+        .iter_chain()
+        .filter_map(|err| err.downcast_ref::<ManifestError>())
+        .last()
+        .expect("No ManifestError");
+
+    assert_eq!(manifest_err.manifest_path(), &member_manifest_path);
+}