diff --git a/errors.go b/errors.go
index 82c701b0..bb207674 100644
--- a/errors.go
+++ b/errors.go
@@ -52,3 +52,12 @@ type cantWatchNoSourcesError struct {
 func (err *cantWatchNoSourcesError) Error() string {
 	return fmt.Sprintf(`task: Can't watch task "%s" because it has no specified sources`, err.taskName)
 }
+
+type dynamicVarError struct {
+	cause error
+	cmd   string
+}
+
+func (err *dynamicVarError) Error() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(`task: Command "%s" in taskvars file failed: %s`, err.cmd, err.cause)
+}
diff --git a/variable_handling.go b/variable_handling.go
index 493390b1..cb53b0c0 100644
--- a/variable_handling.go
+++ b/variable_handling.go
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ func (e *Executor) handleDynamicVariableContent(value string) (string, error) {
 		Stderr:  e.Stderr,
 	}
 	if err := execext.RunCommand(opts); err != nil {
-		return "", err
+		return "", &dynamicVarError{cause: err, cmd: opts.Command}
 	}
 
 	result := buff.String()