diff --git a/src/hidapi/linux/hid.c b/src/hidapi/linux/hid.c
index a62bcffb6..d68354fe1 100644
--- a/src/hidapi/linux/hid.c
+++ b/src/hidapi/linux/hid.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static int hid_wrapper_udev_init()
 	{
 		// Error, close the shared library handle and finish.
 		hid_wrapper_udev_close();
-		return -1;
+		return -2;
 	}
 
 	// Success.
diff --git a/src/slic3r/GUI/Mouse3DController.cpp b/src/slic3r/GUI/Mouse3DController.cpp
index 178c52f1c..3c1ffeb3e 100644
--- a/src/slic3r/GUI/Mouse3DController.cpp
+++ b/src/slic3r/GUI/Mouse3DController.cpp
@@ -473,7 +473,16 @@ void Mouse3DController::run()
     int res = hid_init();
     if (res != 0) {
     	// Give up.
-        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << "Unable to initialize hidapi library";
+#if defined(__unix__) || defined(__unix) || defined(unix)    	
+    	if (res == -1)
+    		// Hopefully this error code comes from our bundled patched hidapi. In that case, -1 is returned by hid_wrapper_udev_init() and it mean
+			BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << "Unable to initialize hidapi library: failed to load libudev.so.1 or libudev.so.0";
+    	else if (res == -2)
+    		// Hopefully this error code comes from our bundled patched hidapi. In that case, -2 is returned by hid_wrapper_udev_init() and it mean
+			BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << "Unable to initialize hidapi library: failed to resolve some function from libudev.so.1 or libudev.so.0"; 
+    	else
+#endif // unixes
+	        BOOST_LOG_TRIVIAL(error) << "Unable to initialize hidapi library";
         return;
     }