diff --git a/Foundation/src/File_UNIX.cpp b/Foundation/src/File_UNIX.cpp
index 96e521c15..28ec8619f 100644
--- a/Foundation/src/File_UNIX.cpp
+++ b/Foundation/src/File_UNIX.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "Poco/File_UNIX.h"
 #include "Poco/Buffer.h"
 #include "Poco/Exception.h"
+#include "Poco/Error.h"
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
@@ -526,7 +527,7 @@ void FileImpl::handleLastErrorImpl(const std::string& path)
 	case EMFILE:
 		throw FileException("too many open files", path, errno);
 	default:
-		throw FileException(std::strerror(errno), path, errno);
+		throw FileException(Error::getMessage(errno), path, errno);
 	}
 }