diff --git a/pkg/engine/engine.go b/pkg/engine/engine.go
index 00d1a5a64..d782f70bc 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/engine.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/engine.go
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ func New(config *rest.Config) Engine {
 func (e Engine) Render(chrt ci.Charter, values common.Values) (map[string]string, error) {
 	tmap, err := allTemplates(chrt, values)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("collecting templates: %w", err)
 	}
 	return e.render(tmap)
 }
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ func recAllTpls(c ci.Charter, templates map[string]renderable, values common.Val
 		}
 		subTpls, err := recAllTpls(child, templates, next)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error rendering dependency chart %q at %q: %w", sub.Name(), sub.ChartFullPath(), err)
 		}
 		subCharts[sub.Name()] = subTpls
 	}
diff --git a/pkg/engine/engine_test.go b/pkg/engine/engine_test.go
index c87932555..f5c6cb583 100644
--- a/pkg/engine/engine_test.go
+++ b/pkg/engine/engine_test.go
@@ -599,8 +599,10 @@ func TestAllTemplates(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+type unsupportedChart struct{}
+
 func TestRenderInvalidChartType(t *testing.T) {
-	_, err := Render(struct{}{}, common.Values{})
+	_, err := Render(unsupportedChart{}, common.Values{})
 	if err == nil {
 		t.Error("Expected error when rendering invalid chart type, got nil")
 	} else if !strings.Contains(err.Error(), "unsupported chart type") {