diff --git a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/__snapshots__/worker-test.js.snap b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/__snapshots__/worker-test.js.snap
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..991006b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/__snapshots__/worker-test.js.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
+
+exports[`code transformation worker: reports filename when encountering unsupported dynamic dependency 1`] = `"\`arbitrary/file.js\`: Calls to require() expect exactly 1 string literal argument, but this was found: \`require(a)\`."`;
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
index c5e72c11..d338ec48 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ jest
   .mock('../inline')
   .mock('../minify');
 
+const {
+  InvalidRequireCallError,
+} = require('../../../ModuleGraph/worker/collectDependencies');
 const path = require('path');
 const transformCode = require('..').transform;
 
@@ -110,4 +113,30 @@ describe('code transformation worker:', () => {
     expect(result.map).toHaveLength(13);
     expect(result.dependencies).toEqual(['./c', './a', 'b']);
   });
+
+  it('reports filename when encountering unsupported dynamic dependency', async () => {
+    try {
+      await transformCode(
+        path.join(__dirname, '../../../transformer.js'),
+        'arbitrary/file.js',
+        `local/file.js`,
+        [
+          'require("./a");',
+          'let a = arbitrary(code);',
+          'const b = require(a);',
+        ].join('\n'),
+        false,
+        {
+          dev: true,
+          transform: {},
+        },
+        [],
+        '',
+      );
+      throw new Error('should not reach this');
+    } catch (error) {
+      expect(error).toBeInstanceOf(InvalidRequireCallError);
+      expect(error.message).toMatchSnapshot();
+    }
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
index 655fc3ac..941e8f32 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
@@ -123,7 +123,16 @@ function postTransform(
     wrappedAst = JsFileWrapping.wrapPolyfill(ast);
   } else {
     let dependencyMapName;
-    ({dependencies, dependencyMapName} = collectDependencies(ast));
+    try {
+      ({dependencies, dependencyMapName} = collectDependencies(ast));
+    } catch (error) {
+      if (error instanceof collectDependencies.InvalidRequireCallError) {
+        throw new collectDependencies.InvalidRequireCallError(
+          `\`${filename}\`: ${error.message}`,
+        );
+      }
+      throw error;
+    }
     if (!options.dev) {
       dependencies = optimizeDependencies(ast, dependencies, dependencyMapName);
     }
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/__tests__/__snapshots__/collectDependencies-test.js.snap b/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/__tests__/__snapshots__/collectDependencies-test.js.snap
index e136ff52..7800e577 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/__tests__/__snapshots__/collectDependencies-test.js.snap
+++ b/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/__tests__/__snapshots__/collectDependencies-test.js.snap
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 // Jest Snapshot v1, https://goo.gl/fbAQLP
 
-exports[`throws on tagged template literals 1`] = `"Calls to require() expect exactly 1 string literal argument, but this was found: require(tag\`left-pad\`)"`;
+exports[`throws on tagged template literals 1`] = `"Calls to require() expect exactly 1 string literal argument, but this was found: \`require(tag\`left-pad\`)\`."`;
 
-exports[`throws on template literals with interpolations 1`] = `"Calls to require() expect exactly 1 string literal argument, but this was found: require(\`left\${\\"-\\"}pad\`)"`;
+exports[`throws on template literals with interpolations 1`] = `"Calls to require() expect exactly 1 string literal argument, but this was found: \`require(\`left\${\\"-\\"}pad\`)\`."`;
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/collectDependencies.js b/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/collectDependencies.js
index c0c39425..b7633148 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/collectDependencies.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/ModuleGraph/worker/collectDependencies.js
@@ -152,8 +152,7 @@ const makeAsyncRequire = babelTemplate(
 function invalidRequireOf(type, node) {
   return new InvalidRequireCallError(
     `Calls to ${type}() expect exactly 1 string literal argument, ` +
-      'but this was found: ' +
-      prettyPrint(node).code,
+      `but this was found: \`${prettyPrint(node).code}\`.`,
   );
 }