diff --git a/include/boost/archive/basic_text_iprimitive.hpp b/include/boost/archive/basic_text_iprimitive.hpp
index 606f59f58..254601707 100644
--- a/include/boost/archive/basic_text_iprimitive.hpp
+++ b/include/boost/archive/basic_text_iprimitive.hpp
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 #include <locale>
 #include <cstddef> // size_t
+#include <cstdlib> // itoa
 
 #include <boost/config.hpp>
 #if defined(BOOST_NO_STDC_NAMESPACE)
@@ -86,10 +87,13 @@ class BOOST_SYMBOL_VISIBLE basic_text_iprimitive {
     template<class T>
     void load(T & t)
     {
+        auto pos = is.tellg();
         if(is >> t)
             return;
+        static char at_offset[64] = "at offset ";
+        itoa(pos, &at_offset[10], 10);
         boost::serialization::throw_exception(
-            archive_exception(archive_exception::input_stream_error)
+            archive_exception(archive_exception::input_stream_error, at_offset)
         );
     }