diff --git a/api/go.mod b/api/go.mod
index 143d90992..29330cf62 100644
--- a/api/go.mod
+++ b/api/go.mod
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-openapi/spec v0.19.5
 	github.com/golangci/golangci-lint v1.21.0
 	github.com/google/shlex v0.0.0-20191202100458-e7afc7fbc510
+	github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.0
 	github.com/pkg/errors v0.8.1
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.4.0
 	github.com/yujunz/go-getter v1.4.1-lite
diff --git a/api/go.sum b/api/go.sum
index 7f0470b13..c2e3f304e 100644
--- a/api/go.sum
+++ b/api/go.sum
@@ -232,8 +232,12 @@ github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20180305231024-9cad4c3443a7/go.mod h1:Fecb
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.0.0/go.mod h1:FiyG127CGDf3tlThmgyCl78X/SZQqEOJBCDaAfeWzPs=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:8NvIoxWQoOIhqOTXgfV/d3M/q6VIi02HzZEHgUlZvzk=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.9.0/go.mod h1:vNeuVxBJEsws4ogUvrchl83t/GYV9WGTSLVdBhOQFDY=
+github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0 h1:hLrqtEDnRye3+sgx6z4qVLNuviH3MR5aQ0ykNJa/UYA=
+github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.0 h1:wvCrVc9TjDls6+YGAF2hAifE1E5U1+b4tH6KdvN3Gig=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.0/go.mod h1:JpRdi6/HCYpAwUzNwuwqhbovhLtngrth3wmdIIUrZ80=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.0 h1:B9UzwGQJehnUY1yNrnwREHc3fGbC2xefo8g4TbElacI=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.0/go.mod h1:spPvp8C1qA32ftKqdAHm4hHTbPw+vmowP0z+KUhOZdA=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-safetemp v1.0.0 h1:2HR189eFNrjHQyENnQMMpCiBAsRxzbTMIgBhEyExpmo=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-safetemp v1.0.0/go.mod h1:oaerMy3BhqiTbVye6QuFhFtIceqFoDHxNAB65b+Rj1I=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.1.0 h1:bPIoEKD27tNdebFGGxxYwcL4nepeY4j1QP23PFRGzg0=
diff --git a/api/internal/crawl/go.sum b/api/internal/crawl/go.sum
index e92a9abd0..165a40a06 100644
--- a/api/internal/crawl/go.sum
+++ b/api/internal/crawl/go.sum
@@ -206,8 +206,10 @@ github.com/gregjones/httpcache v0.0.0-20190611155906-901d90724c79/go.mod h1:Fecb
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-middleware v1.0.0/go.mod h1:FiyG127CGDf3tlThmgyCl78X/SZQqEOJBCDaAfeWzPs=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/go-grpc-prometheus v1.2.0/go.mod h1:8NvIoxWQoOIhqOTXgfV/d3M/q6VIi02HzZEHgUlZvzk=
 github.com/grpc-ecosystem/grpc-gateway v1.9.0/go.mod h1:vNeuVxBJEsws4ogUvrchl83t/GYV9WGTSLVdBhOQFDY=
+github.com/hashicorp/errwrap v1.0.0/go.mod h1:YH+1FKiLXxHSkmPseP+kNlulaMuP3n2brvKWEqk/Jc4=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.0 h1:wvCrVc9TjDls6+YGAF2hAifE1E5U1+b4tH6KdvN3Gig=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-cleanhttp v0.5.0/go.mod h1:JpRdi6/HCYpAwUzNwuwqhbovhLtngrth3wmdIIUrZ80=
+github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror v1.1.0/go.mod h1:spPvp8C1qA32ftKqdAHm4hHTbPw+vmowP0z+KUhOZdA=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-safetemp v1.0.0 h1:2HR189eFNrjHQyENnQMMpCiBAsRxzbTMIgBhEyExpmo=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-safetemp v1.0.0/go.mod h1:oaerMy3BhqiTbVye6QuFhFtIceqFoDHxNAB65b+Rj1I=
 github.com/hashicorp/go-version v1.1.0 h1:bPIoEKD27tNdebFGGxxYwcL4nepeY4j1QP23PFRGzg0=
diff --git a/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go b/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go
index d5d1626c9..0fe3c6daf 100644
--- a/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go
+++ b/api/internal/target/kusttarget.go
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"strings"
 
+	"github.com/hashicorp/go-multierror"
 	"github.com/pkg/errors"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/builtins"
 	"sigs.k8s.io/kustomize/api/ifc"
@@ -313,12 +314,18 @@ func (kt *KustTarget) accumulateResources(
 		if errF := kt.accumulateFile(ra, path); errF != nil {
 			ldr, errL := kt.ldr.New(path)
 			if errL != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("accumulateFile %q, loader.New %q", errF, errL)
+				return nil, multierror.Append(
+					fmt.Errorf("accumulateFile error: %q", errF),
+					fmt.Errorf("loader.New error: %q", errL),
+				)
 			}
 			var errD error
 			ra, errD = kt.accumulateDirectory(ra, ldr, false)
 			if errD != nil {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("accumulateFile %q, accumulateDirector: %q", errF, errD)
+				return nil, multierror.Append(
+					fmt.Errorf("accumulateFile error: %q", errF),
+					fmt.Errorf("accumulateDirector error: %q", errD),
+				)
 			}
 		}
 	}