diff --git a/arget b/arget
index 3b8d795..978874c 100755
--- a/arget
+++ b/arget
@@ -107,7 +107,17 @@ if opt.pvlist:
     if opt.pvlist == '-':
         AF = sys.stdin
     else:
-        AF = open(opt.pvlist, 'r')
+        try:
+            AF = open(opt.pvlist, 'r')
+        except IOError:
+            print "--pv-list: No such file or directory: '%s'"%opt.pvlist
+            ret = 1
+            try:
+                from os import EX_NOINPUT # Platform-specific
+                ret = EX_NOINPUT
+            except ImportError:
+                pass
+            sys.exit(ret)
     args += filter(lambda L:len(L) and L[0]!='#', map(str.rstrip, AF.readlines()))
     if opt.pvlist != '-':
         AF.close()