diff --git a/libobs/util/pipe-windows.c b/libobs/util/pipe-windows.c
index fe32dbdc2..65d52ba1e 100644
--- a/libobs/util/pipe-windows.c
+++ b/libobs/util/pipe-windows.c
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@ static inline bool create_process(const char *cmd_line, HANDLE stdin_handle,
 		if (success) {
 			*process = pi.hProcess;
 			CloseHandle(pi.hThread);
+		} else {
+			// Not logging the full command line is intentional
+			// as it may contain stream keys etc.
+			blog(LOG_ERROR, "CreateProcessW failed: %lu",
+			     GetLastError());
 		}
 
 		bfree(cmd_line_w);