diff --git a/src/core/tagreaderclient.cpp b/src/core/tagreaderclient.cpp
index 834919d4b..1708d56c7 100644
--- a/src/core/tagreaderclient.cpp
+++ b/src/core/tagreaderclient.cpp
@@ -33,12 +33,19 @@ TagReaderClient::TagReaderClient(QObject* parent)
   sInstance = this;
 
   worker_pool_->SetExecutableName(kWorkerExecutableName);
+  connect(worker_pool_, SIGNAL(WorkerFailedToStart()), SLOT(WorkerFailedToStart()));
 }
 
 void TagReaderClient::Start() {
   worker_pool_->Start();
 }
 
+void TagReaderClient::WorkerFailedToStart() {
+  qLog(Error) << "The" << kWorkerExecutableName << "executable was not found"
+              << "in the current directory or on the PATH.  Clementine will"
+              << "not be able to read music file tags without it.";
+}
+
 TagReaderReply* TagReaderClient::ReadFile(const QString& filename) {
   pb::tagreader::Message message;
   pb::tagreader::ReadFileRequest* req = message.mutable_read_file_request();
diff --git a/src/core/tagreaderclient.h b/src/core/tagreaderclient.h
index f6dd2af88..3e2cf6bef 100644
--- a/src/core/tagreaderclient.h
+++ b/src/core/tagreaderclient.h
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ public:
   // TODO: Make this not a singleton
   static TagReaderClient* Instance() { return sInstance; }
 
+private slots:
+  void WorkerFailedToStart();
+
 private:
   static TagReaderClient* sInstance;