1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/guestfs.c b/src/guestfs.c
index aa0aadbf..3492c624 100644
--- a/src/guestfs.c
+++ b/src/guestfs.c
@@ -488,6 +488,11 @@ guestfs_add_drive (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename)
     return -1;
   }
 
+  if (access (filename, F_OK) == -1) {
+    perrorf (g, "%s", filename);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
   snprintf (buf, len, "file=%s", filename);
 
   return guestfs_config (g, "-drive", buf);
@@ -501,6 +506,11 @@ guestfs_add_cdrom (guestfs_h *g, const char *filename)
     return -1;
   }
 
+  if (access (filename, F_OK) == -1) {
+    perrorf (g, "%s", filename);
+    return -1;
+  }
+
   return guestfs_config (g, "-cdrom", filename);
 }