diff --git a/src/vm/wren_vm.c b/src/vm/wren_vm.c
index 2b2dc2ac..af6a235f 100644
--- a/src/vm/wren_vm.c
+++ b/src/vm/wren_vm.c
@@ -506,12 +506,17 @@ static Value importModule(WrenVM* vm, Value name)
   char* source = vm->config.loadModuleFn(vm, AS_CSTRING(name));
   if (source == NULL)
   {
-    // Couldn't load the module.
-    vm->fiber->error = wrenStringFormat(vm, "Could not find module '@'.", name);
+    vm->fiber->error = wrenStringFormat(vm, "Could not load module '@'.", name);
     return NULL_VAL;
   }
 
   ObjFiber* moduleFiber = loadModule(vm, name, source);
+  if (moduleFiber == NULL)
+  {
+    vm->fiber->error = wrenStringFormat(vm,
+                                        "Could not compile module '@'.", name);
+    return NULL_VAL;
+  }
 
   // Return the fiber that executes the module.
   return OBJ_VAL(moduleFiber);
diff --git a/test/language/module/compile_error/compile_error.wren b/test/language/module/compile_error/compile_error.wren
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..86141630
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/language/module/compile_error/compile_error.wren
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+System.print("before") // expect: before
+import "module" for Module // expect runtime error: Could not compile module 'module'.
diff --git a/test/language/module/compile_error/module.wren b/test/language/module/compile_error/module.wren
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f65f6ca5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/language/module/compile_error/module.wren
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// nontest
+undefined
diff --git a/test/language/module/unknown_module.wren b/test/language/module/unknown_module.wren
index 878708ec..6b096cb2 100644
--- a/test/language/module/unknown_module.wren
+++ b/test/language/module/unknown_module.wren
@@ -1 +1 @@
-import "does_not_exist" for DoesNotExist // expect runtime error: Could not find module 'does_not_exist'.
+import "does_not_exist" for DoesNotExist // expect runtime error: Could not load module 'does_not_exist'.
diff --git a/util/test.py b/util/test.py
index 54e113ce..fdf0eac2 100755
--- a/util/test.py
+++ b/util/test.py
@@ -173,15 +173,20 @@ class Test:
           self.runtime_error_message)
       return
 
-    # Make sure we got the right error.
-    if error_lines[0] != self.runtime_error_message:
+    # Skip any compile errors. This can happen if there is a compile error in
+    # a module loaded by the module being tested.
+    line = 0
+    while ERROR_PATTERN.search(error_lines[line]):
+      line += 1
+
+    if error_lines[line] != self.runtime_error_message:
       self.fail('Expected runtime error "{0}" and got:',
           self.runtime_error_message)
-      self.fail(error_lines[0])
+      self.fail(error_lines[line])
 
     # Make sure the stack trace has the right line. Skip over any lines that
     # come from builtin libraries.
-    stack_lines = error_lines[1:]
+    stack_lines = error_lines[line + 1:]
     for stack_line in stack_lines:
       match = STACK_TRACE_PATTERN.search(stack_line)
       if match: break