diff --git a/gumdrop_derive/src/lib.rs b/gumdrop_derive/src/lib.rs
index 11b02b0..aa12cb0 100644
--- a/gumdrop_derive/src/lib.rs
+++ b/gumdrop_derive/src/lib.rs
@@ -383,8 +383,9 @@ fn derive_options_struct(ast: &DeriveInput, fields: &Fields)
 
             if opts.required {
                 required.push(ident);
+                let name = format!("{}", ident);
                 required_err.push(quote!{
-                    ::gumdrop::Error::missing_required_free() });
+                    ::gumdrop::Error::missing_required_free(#name) });
             }
 
             free.push(FreeOpt{
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 893ed0d..8d0ff1e 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ enum ErrorKind {
     MissingCommand,
     MissingRequired(String),
     MissingRequiredCommand,
-    MissingRequiredFree,
+    MissingRequiredFree(String),
     UnexpectedArgument(String),
     UnexpectedSingleArgument(String, usize),
     UnexpectedFree(String),
@@ -499,8 +499,8 @@ impl Error {
     }
 
     /// Returns an error for a missing required free argument.
-    pub fn missing_required_free() -> Error {
-        Error{kind: ErrorKind::MissingRequiredFree}
+    pub fn missing_required_free<S: Into<String>>(arg: S) -> Error {
+        Error{kind: ErrorKind::MissingRequiredFree(arg.into())}
     }
 
     /// Returns an error when a free argument was encountered, but the options
@@ -549,7 +549,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             MissingCommand => f.write_str("missing command name"),
             MissingRequired(opt) => write!(f, "missing required option `{}`", opt),
             MissingRequiredCommand => f.write_str("missing required command"),
-            MissingRequiredFree => f.write_str("missing required free argument"),
+            MissingRequiredFree(arg) => write!(f, "missing required argument for {}", arg),
             UnexpectedArgument(opt) => write!(f, "option `{}` does not accept an argument", opt),
             UnexpectedSingleArgument(opt, n) =>
                 write!(f, "option `{}` expects {} arguments; found 1", opt, n),
diff --git a/tests/options.rs b/tests/options.rs
index fb51ec4..5ac9b31 100644
--- a/tests/options.rs
+++ b/tests/options.rs
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ fn test_required() {
     is_err!(Opts2::parse_args_default(EMPTY),
         "missing required command");
     is_err!(Opts3::parse_args_default(EMPTY),
-        "missing required free argument");
+        "missing required argument for bar");
 
     let opts = Opts::parse_args_default(&["-f", "1"]).unwrap();
     assert_eq!(opts.foo, 1);