1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/strerror.c b/src/strerror.c
index f0fb9e9..3e627b1 100644
--- a/src/strerror.c
+++ b/src/strerror.c
@@ -33,5 +33,14 @@ const char *
 gpg_strerror (gpg_error_t err)
 {
   gpg_err_code_t code = gpg_err_code (err);
+
+  if (code & GPG_ERR_SYSTEM_ERROR)
+    {
+      int no = gpg_err_code_to_errno (err);
+      if (no)
+	return strerror (no);
+      else
+	code = GPG_ERR_UNKNOWN_ERRNO;
+    }
   return dgettext (PACKAGE, msgstr + msgidx[msgidxof (code)]);
 }