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diff --git a/mesonbuild/build.py b/mesonbuild/build.py
index 16bf4121f..d6ca8c11c 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/build.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/build.py
@@ -1346,8 +1346,8 @@ class BuildTarget(Target):
self.process_sourcelist(dep.get_sources())
self.add_deps(dep.ext_deps)
elif isinstance(dep, BuildTarget):
- raise InvalidArguments('''Tried to use a build target as a dependency.
-You probably should put it in link_with instead.''')
+ raise InvalidArguments(f'Tried to use a build target {dep.name} as a dependency of target {self.name}.\n'
+ 'You probably should put it in link_with instead.')
else:
# This is a bit of a hack. We do not want Build to know anything
# about the interpreter so we can't import it and use isinstance.