diff --git a/integration-cli/docker_cli_import_test.go b/integration-cli/docker_cli_import_test.go
index 9420dafa57..dc07fb40ee 100644
--- a/integration-cli/docker_cli_import_test.go
+++ b/integration-cli/docker_cli_import_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ func (s *DockerSuite) TestImportBadURL(c *check.C) {
 	testRequires(c, DaemonIsLinux)
 	out, _, err := dockerCmdWithError("import", "http://nourl/bad")
 	c.Assert(err, checker.NotNil, check.Commentf("import was supposed to fail but didn't"))
-	c.Assert(out, checker.Contains, "dial tcp", check.Commentf("expected an error msg but didn't get one"))
+	// Depending on your system you can get either of these errors
+	if !strings.Contains(out, "dial tcp") &&
+		!strings.Contains(out, "Error processing tar file") {
+		c.Fatalf("expected an error msg but didn't get one.\nErr: %v\nOut: %v", err, out)
+	}
 }
 
 func (s *DockerSuite) TestImportFile(c *check.C) {
diff --git a/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go b/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go
index 54a299b8fb..f2325abd74 100644
--- a/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go
+++ b/pkg/chrootarchive/archive_unix.go
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ func invokeUnpack(decompressedArchive io.Reader, dest string, options *archive.T
 		// pending on write pipe forever
 		io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, decompressedArchive)
 
-		return fmt.Errorf("Untar re-exec error: %v: output: %s", err, output)
+		return fmt.Errorf("Error processing tar file(%v): %s", err, output)
 	}
 	return nil
 }