diff --git a/src/file_watch.c b/src/file_watch.c
index ed8b5c3..dcd0e1d 100644
--- a/src/file_watch.c
+++ b/src/file_watch.c
@@ -45,8 +45,7 @@ static void file_watch_ev_cb(EV_P attr_unused, struct ev_io *w, int revent attr_
 		auto ret = read(w->fd, &inotify_event, sizeof(struct inotify_event));
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			if (errno != EAGAIN) {
-				log_error("Failed to read from inotify fd: %s",
-				          strerror(errno));
+				log_error_errno("Failed to read from inotify fd");
 			}
 			break;
 		}
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ static void file_watch_ev_cb(EV_P attr_unused, struct ev_io *w, int revent attr_
 		int ret = kevent(fwr->w.fd, NULL, 0, &ev, 1, &timeout);
 		if (ret <= 0) {
 			if (ret < 0) {
-				log_error("Failed to get kevent: %s", strerror(errno));
+				log_error_errno("Failed to get kevent");
 			}
 			break;
 		}
@@ -82,13 +81,13 @@ void *file_watch_init(EV_P) {
 #ifdef HAS_INOTIFY
 	fd = inotify_init1(IN_NONBLOCK | IN_CLOEXEC);
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		log_error("inotify_init1 failed: %s", strerror(errno));
+		log_error_errno("inotify_init1 failed");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 #elif HAS_KQUEUE
 	fd = kqueue();
 	if (fd < 0) {
-		log_error("Failed to create kqueue: %s", strerror(errno));
+		log_error_errno("Failed to create kqueue");
 		return NULL;
 	}
 #else
@@ -131,14 +130,13 @@ bool file_watch_add(void *_fwr, const char *filename, file_watch_cb_t cb, void *
 	wd = inotify_add_watch(fwr->w.fd, filename,
 	                       IN_CLOSE_WRITE | IN_MOVE_SELF | IN_DELETE_SELF);
 	if (wd < 0) {
-		log_error("Failed to watch file \"%s\": %s", filename, strerror(errno));
+		log_error_errno("Failed to watch file \"%s\"", filename);
 		return false;
 	}
 #elif HAS_KQUEUE
 	wd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);
 	if (wd < 0) {
-		log_error("Cannot open file \"%s\" for watching: %s", filename,
-		          strerror(errno));
+		log_error_errno("Cannot open file \"%s\" for watching", filename);
 		return false;
 	}
 
@@ -160,7 +158,7 @@ bool file_watch_add(void *_fwr, const char *filename, file_watch_cb_t cb, void *
 	    .udata = NULL,
 	};
 	if (kevent(fwr->w.fd, &ev, 1, NULL, 0, NULL) < 0) {
-		log_error("Failed to register kevent: %s", strerror(errno));
+		log_error_errno("Failed to register kevent");
 		close(wd);
 		return false;
 	}
diff --git a/src/log.h b/src/log.h
index 1d16b0d..e40fe3c 100644
--- a/src/log.h
+++ b/src/log.h
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ enum log_level {
 #define log_error(x, ...) LOG(ERROR, x, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 #define log_fatal(x, ...) LOG(FATAL, x, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
+#define log_error_errno(x, ...) LOG(ERROR, x ": %s", ##__VA_ARGS__, strerror(errno))
+
 struct log;
 struct log_target;