diff --git a/src/node_sqlite.cc b/src/node_sqlite.cc
index 0eccb2f7103563..a6717853e434cb 100644
--- a/src/node_sqlite.cc
+++ b/src/node_sqlite.cc
@@ -2947,7 +2947,7 @@ BaseObjectPtr<StatementSync> SQLTagStore::PrepareStatement(
         session->database_->connection_, sql.data(), sql.size(), &s, 0);
 
     if (r != SQLITE_OK) {
-      THROW_ERR_SQLITE_ERROR(isolate, "Failed to prepare statement");
+      THROW_ERR_SQLITE_ERROR(isolate, session->database_.get());
       sqlite3_finalize(s);
       return BaseObjectPtr<StatementSync>();
     }
diff --git a/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js b/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js
index 627de70392c1d8..f640e70f8c399a 100644
--- a/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js
+++ b/test/parallel/test-sqlite-template-tag.js
@@ -102,3 +102,25 @@ test('TagStore capacity, size, and clear', () => {
 test('sql.db returns the associated DatabaseSync instance', () => {
   assert.strictEqual(sql.db, db);
 });
+
+test('sql error messages are descriptive', () => {
+  assert.strictEqual(sql.run`INSERT INTO foo (text) VALUES (${'test'})`.changes, 1);
+
+  // Test with non-existent column
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    const result = sql.get`SELECT nonexistent_column FROM foo`;
+    assert.fail(`Expected error, got: ${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
+  }, {
+    code: 'ERR_SQLITE_ERROR',
+    message: /no such column/i,
+  });
+
+  // Test with non-existent table
+  assert.throws(() => {
+    const result = sql.get`SELECT * FROM nonexistent_table`;
+    assert.fail(`Expected error, got: ${JSON.stringify(result)}`);
+  }, {
+    code: 'ERR_SQLITE_ERROR',
+    message: /no such table/i,
+  });
+});