diff --git a/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js b/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
index da0aa494..451854a8 100644
--- a/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/__tests__/worker-test.js
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ describe('code transformation worker:', () => {
         {},
         error => {
           expect(error).toBeNull();
-          expect(extractDependencies).toBeCalledWith(code);
+          expect(extractDependencies).toBeCalledWith(code, 'filename');
           done();
         },
       );
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ describe('code transformation worker:', () => {
 
     it('Uses the code obtained from `constant-folding` to extract dependencies', done => {
       transformCode(transformer, filename, filename, 'code', options, () => {
-        expect(extractDependencies).toBeCalledWith(foldedCode);
+        expect(extractDependencies).toBeCalledWith(foldedCode, filename);
         done();
       });
     });
diff --git a/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/extract-dependencies.js b/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/extract-dependencies.js
index 1fbe706e..2f9a02df 100644
--- a/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/extract-dependencies.js
+++ b/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/extract-dependencies.js
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ const babylon = require('babylon');
  * because it ignores that the scope may have reassigned or shadowed that value,
  * but it's a tradeoff for simplicity.
  */
-function extractDependencies(code: string) {
+
+function extractDependencies(code: string, filename: string) {
   const ast = babylon.parse(code, {sourceType: 'module'});
   const dependencies = new Set();
   const dependencyOffsets = [];
@@ -40,7 +41,10 @@ function extractDependencies(code: string) {
       if (parentType === 'TryStatement') {
         return;
       }
-      throw new Error('require() must have a single string literal argument');
+      throw new Error(
+        `require() must have a single string literal argument: ${filename}:${arg
+          .loc.start.line - 1}`,
+      );
     }
     dependencyOffsets.push(arg.start);
     dependencies.add(arg.value);
diff --git a/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js b/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
index a25913f7..37e2c3f7 100644
--- a/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
+++ b/packages/metro-bundler/src/JSTransformer/worker/index.js
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ const transformCode: TransformCode = asyncify(
 
     const depsResult = isJson
       ? {dependencies: [], dependencyOffsets: []}
-      : extractDependencies(code);
+      : extractDependencies(code, filename);
 
     const timeDelta = process.hrtime(
       transformFileStartLogEntry.start_timestamp,