diff --git a/rts/Linker.c b/rts/Linker.c
index f39112f4f18cb1f72f7219244627c09396363f73..c1310b03b03657d985a6f083fefc313013795999 100644
--- a/rts/Linker.c
+++ b/rts/Linker.c
@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ initLinker( void )
 #   endif /* RTLD_DEFAULT */
 
     compileResult = regcomp(&re_invalid,
-           "(([^ \t()])+\\.so([^ \t:()])*):([ \t])*invalid ELF header",
+           "(([^ \t()])+\\.so([^ \t:()])*):([ \t])*(invalid ELF header|file too short)",
            REG_EXTENDED);
     ASSERT( compileResult == 0 );
     compileResult = regcomp(&re_realso,