diff --git a/src/librustc/traits/error_reporting.rs b/src/librustc/traits/error_reporting.rs
index 2e8e45468ddcb..51f9c1b353e27 100644
--- a/src/librustc/traits/error_reporting.rs
+++ b/src/librustc/traits/error_reporting.rs
@@ -457,11 +457,28 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> InferCtxt<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
         err
     }
 
+
+    /// Get the parent trait chain start
+    fn get_parent_trait_ref(&self, code: &ObligationCauseCode<'tcx>) -> Option<String> {
+        match code {
+            &ObligationCauseCode::BuiltinDerivedObligation(ref data) => {
+                let parent_trait_ref = self.resolve_type_vars_if_possible(
+                    &data.parent_trait_ref);
+                match self.get_parent_trait_ref(&data.parent_code) {
+                    Some(t) => Some(t),
+                    None => Some(format!("{}", parent_trait_ref.0.self_ty())),
+                }
+            }
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn report_selection_error(&self,
                                   obligation: &PredicateObligation<'tcx>,
                                   error: &SelectionError<'tcx>)
     {
         let span = obligation.cause.span;
+
         let mut err = match *error {
             SelectionError::Unimplemented => {
                 if let ObligationCauseCode::CompareImplMethodObligation {
@@ -486,14 +503,27 @@ impl<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> InferCtxt<'a, 'gcx, 'tcx> {
                                 return;
                             } else {
                                 let trait_ref = trait_predicate.to_poly_trait_ref();
-
-                                let mut err = struct_span_err!(self.tcx.sess, span, E0277,
-                                    "the trait bound `{}` is not satisfied",
-                                    trait_ref.to_predicate());
-                                err.span_label(span, &format!("the trait `{}` is not implemented \
-                                                               for `{}`",
-                                                              trait_ref,
-                                                              trait_ref.self_ty()));
+                                let (post_message, pre_message) = match self.get_parent_trait_ref(
+                                    &obligation.cause.code)
+                                {
+                                    Some(t) => {
+                                        (format!(" in `{}`", t), format!("within `{}`, ", t))
+                                    }
+                                    None => (String::new(), String::new()),
+                                };
+                                let mut err = struct_span_err!(
+                                    self.tcx.sess,
+                                    span,
+                                    E0277,
+                                    "the trait bound `{}` is not satisfied{}",
+                                    trait_ref.to_predicate(),
+                                    post_message);
+                                err.span_label(span,
+                                               &format!("{}the trait `{}` is not \
+                                                         implemented for `{}`",
+                                                        pre_message,
+                                                        trait_ref,
+                                                        trait_ref.self_ty()));
 
                                 // Try to report a help message
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/E0277-2.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/E0277-2.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..211c0e6f89031
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/E0277-2.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+// Copyright 2016 The Rust Project Developers. See the COPYRIGHT
+// file at the top-level directory of this distribution and at
+// http://rust-lang.org/COPYRIGHT.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 <LICENSE-APACHE or
+// http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0> or the MIT license
+// <LICENSE-MIT or http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT>, at your
+// option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
+// except according to those terms.
+
+struct Foo {
+    bar: Bar
+}
+
+struct Bar {
+    baz: Baz
+}
+
+struct Baz {
+    x: *const u8
+}
+
+fn is_send<T: Send>() { }
+
+fn main() {
+    is_send::<Foo>();
+    //~^ ERROR the trait bound `*const u8: std::marker::Send` is not satisfied in `Foo`
+    //~| NOTE within `Foo`, the trait `std::marker::Send` is not implemented for `*const u8`
+    //~| NOTE: `*const u8` cannot be sent between threads safely
+    //~| NOTE: required because it appears within the type `Baz`
+    //~| NOTE: required because it appears within the type `Bar`
+    //~| NOTE: required because it appears within the type `Foo`
+    //~| NOTE: required by `is_send`
+}
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/E0277.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/E0277.rs
index e4cb50cd3f253..e31fea1e45863 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/E0277.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/E0277.rs
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 // option. This file may not be copied, modified, or distributed
 // except according to those terms.
 
+use std::path::Path;
+
 trait Foo {
     fn bar(&self);
 }
@@ -16,6 +18,13 @@ fn some_func<T: Foo>(foo: T) {
     foo.bar();
 }
 
+fn f(p: Path) { }
+//~^ ERROR the trait bound `[u8]: std::marker::Sized` is not satisfied in `std::path::Path`
+//~| NOTE within `std::path::Path`, the trait `std::marker::Sized` is not implemented for `[u8]`
+//~| NOTE `[u8]` does not have a constant size known at compile-time
+//~| NOTE required because it appears within the type `std::path::Path`
+//~| NOTE all local variables must have a statically known size
+
 fn main() {
     some_func(5i32);
     //~^ ERROR the trait bound `i32: Foo` is not satisfied