diff -urp ltrace-0.7.91/libltrace.c master/libltrace.c

--- ltrace-0.7.91/libltrace.c	2014-01-14 16:31:37.696174464 +0100

+++ master/libltrace.c	2013-11-21 14:06:38.623701688 +0100

@@ -113,9 +117,13 @@ ltrace_init(int argc, char **argv) {

 	if (command) {

 		/* Check that the binary ABI is supported before

 		 * calling execute_program.  */

-		struct ltelf lte;

-		ltelf_init(&lte, command);

-		ltelf_destroy(<e;;

+		{

+			struct ltelf lte;

+			if (ltelf_init(&lte, command) == 0)

+				ltelf_destroy(<e;;

+			else

+				exit(EXIT_FAILURE);

+		}

 		pid_t pid = execute_program(command, argv);

 		struct process *proc = open_program(command, pid);

diff -urp ltrace-0.7.91/ltrace-elf.c master/ltrace-elf.c

--- ltrace-0.7.91/ltrace-elf.c	2014-01-14 16:31:37.688174420 +0100

+++ master/ltrace-elf.c	2013-11-22 18:17:11.767721609 +0100

@@ -361,8 +361,11 @@ ltelf_init(struct ltelf *lte, const char

 {

 	memset(lte, 0, sizeof *lte);

 	lte->fd = open(filename, O_RDONLY);

-	if (lte->fd == -1)

+	if (lte->fd == -1) {

+		fprintf(stderr, "Can't open %s: %s\n", filename,

+			strerror(errno));

 		return 1;

+	}

 	elf_version(EV_CURRENT);