diff --git a/config/initializers/vips.rb b/config/initializers/vips.rb
index 8d5d5cdc91c..a539d7035c4 100644
--- a/config/initializers/vips.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/vips.rb
@@ -5,7 +5,11 @@ if Rails.configuration.x.use_vips
 
   require 'vips'
 
-  abort('Incompatible libvips version, please install libvips >= 8.13') unless Vips.at_least_libvips?(8, 13)
+  unless Vips.at_least_libvips?(8, 13)
+    abort <<~ERROR.squish
+      Incompatible libvips version (#{Vips.version_string}), please install libvips >= 8.13
+    ERROR
+  end
 
   Vips.block('VipsForeign', true)