diff --git a/lib/std/debug.zig b/lib/std/debug.zig
index 3ce9f3c1d32c722927e728c092c9e0299a884b64..5e217890b79289218c6156b4da6997f4d9d05639 100644
--- a/lib/std/debug.zig
+++ b/lib/std/debug.zig
@@ -864,7 +864,10 @@ fn readCoffDebugInfo(allocator: mem.Allocator, coff_file: File) !ModuleDebugInfo
         defer allocator.free(path);
 
         di.debug_data = PdbOrDwarf{ .pdb = undefined };
-        di.debug_data.pdb = try pdb.Pdb.init(allocator, path);
+        di.debug_data.pdb = pdb.Pdb.init(allocator, path) catch |err| switch (err) {
+            error.FileNotFound, error.IsDir => return error.MissingDebugInfo,
+            else => return err,
+        };
         try di.debug_data.pdb.parseInfoStream();
         try di.debug_data.pdb.parseDbiStream();