diff --git a/error.c b/error.c
index 77ca3a9..cec6808 100644
--- a/error.c
+++ b/error.c
@@ -1690,7 +1690,10 @@ Init_Exception(void)
 
     rb_eScriptError = rb_define_class("ScriptError", rb_eException);
     rb_eSyntaxError = rb_define_class("SyntaxError", rb_eScriptError);
+
     rb_eLoadError   = rb_define_class("LoadError", rb_eScriptError);
+    rb_attr(rb_eLoadError, rb_intern("path"), 1, 0, Qfalse);
+
     rb_eNotImpError = rb_define_class("NotImplementedError", rb_eScriptError);
 
     rb_eNameError     = rb_define_class("NameError", rb_eStandardError);
@@ -1741,11 +1744,29 @@ rb_loaderror(const char *fmt, ...)
 {
     va_list args;
     VALUE mesg;
+    VALUE err;
+
+    va_start(args, fmt);
+    mesg = rb_enc_vsprintf(rb_locale_encoding(), fmt, args);
+    va_end(args);
+    err = rb_exc_new3(rb_eLoadError, mesg);
+    rb_ivar_set(err, rb_intern("@path"), Qnil);
+    rb_exc_raise(err);
+}
+
+void
+rb_loaderror_with_path(VALUE path, const char *fmt, ...)
+{
+    va_list args;
+    VALUE mesg;
+    VALUE err;
 
     va_start(args, fmt);
     mesg = rb_enc_vsprintf(rb_locale_encoding(), fmt, args);
     va_end(args);
-    rb_exc_raise(rb_exc_new3(rb_eLoadError, mesg));
+    err = rb_exc_new3(rb_eLoadError, mesg);
+    rb_ivar_set(err, rb_intern("@path"), path);
+    rb_exc_raise(err);
 }
 
 void
@@ -1888,7 +1909,7 @@ rb_sys_warning(const char *fmt, ...)
 void
 rb_load_fail(const char *path)
 {
-    rb_loaderror("%s -- %s", strerror(errno), path);
+    rb_loaderror_with_path(rb_str_new2(path), "%s -- %s", strerror(errno), path);
 }
 
 void
diff --git a/include/ruby/intern.h b/include/ruby/intern.h
index e0c4710..13ccf5b 100644
--- a/include/ruby/intern.h
+++ b/include/ruby/intern.h
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ VALUE rb_exc_new(VALUE, const char*, long);
 VALUE rb_exc_new2(VALUE, const char*);
 VALUE rb_exc_new3(VALUE, VALUE);
 PRINTF_ARGS(NORETURN(void rb_loaderror(const char*, ...)), 1, 2);
+PRINTF_ARGS(NORETURN(void rb_loaderror_with_path(VALUE path, const char*, ...)), 2, 3);
 PRINTF_ARGS(NORETURN(void rb_name_error(ID, const char*, ...)), 2, 3);
 PRINTF_ARGS(NORETURN(void rb_name_error_str(VALUE, const char*, ...)), 2, 3);
 NORETURN(void rb_invalid_str(const char*, const char*));
diff --git a/load.c b/load.c
index cddd725..67020a1 100644
--- a/load.c
+++ b/load.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ rb_f_require_relative(VALUE obj, VALUE fname)
 {
     VALUE base = rb_current_realfilepath();
     if (NIL_P(base)) {
-	rb_raise(rb_eLoadError, "cannot infer basepath");
+	rb_loaderror("cannot infer basepath");
     }
     base = rb_file_dirname(base);
     return rb_require_safe(rb_file_absolute_path(fname, base), rb_safe_level());
@@ -588,12 +588,13 @@ search_required(VALUE fname, volatile VALUE *path, int safe_level)
     return type ? 's' : 'r';
 }
 
+void rb_loaderror_with_path(VALUE path, const char *fmt, ...);
+
 static void
 load_failed(VALUE fname)
 {
-    VALUE mesg = rb_str_buf_new_cstr("cannot load such file -- ");
-    rb_str_append(mesg, fname);	/* should be ASCII compatible */
-    rb_exc_raise(rb_exc_new3(rb_eLoadError, mesg));
+    rb_loaderror_with_path(fname, "cannot load such file -- %s", RSTRING_PTR(fname));
+    RB_GC_GUARD(fname);
 }
 
 static VALUE
diff --git a/ruby.c b/ruby.c
index 1ad68ca..16e66c8 100644
--- a/ruby.c
+++ b/ruby.c
@@ -1560,7 +1560,7 @@ load_file_internal(VALUE arg)
 		    }
 		}
 	    }
-	    rb_raise(rb_eLoadError, "no Ruby script found in input");
+	    rb_loaderror("no Ruby script found in input");
 	}
 
 	c = rb_io_getbyte(f);
diff --git a/test/ruby/test_require.rb b/test/ruby/test_require.rb
index 379efec..e0e885d 100644
--- a/test/ruby/test_require.rb
+++ b/test/ruby/test_require.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,14 @@ require_relative 'envutil'
 require 'tmpdir'
 
 class TestRequire < Test::Unit::TestCase
+  def test_load_error_path
+    filename = "should_not_exist"
+    error = assert_raises(LoadError) do
+      require filename
+    end
+    assert_equal filename, error.path
+  end
+
   def test_require_invalid_shared_object
     t = Tempfile.new(["test_ruby_test_require", ".so"])
     t.puts "dummy"