diff --git a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory/TypeSystem/CecilLoader.cs b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory/TypeSystem/CecilLoader.cs
index f1652df90f..7bc866c501 100644
--- a/ICSharpCode.NRefactory/TypeSystem/CecilLoader.cs
+++ b/ICSharpCode.NRefactory/TypeSystem/CecilLoader.cs
@@ -1179,7 +1179,8 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.NRefactory.TypeSystem
 			IType ReadCustomAttributeFieldOrPropType()
 			{
 				ICompilation compilation = currentResolvedAssembly.Compilation;
-				switch (ReadByte()) {
+				var b = ReadByte();
+				switch (b) {
 					case 0x02:
 						return compilation.FindType(KnownTypeCode.Boolean);
 					case 0x03:
@@ -1215,7 +1216,7 @@ namespace ICSharpCode.NRefactory.TypeSystem
 					case 0x55: // enum
 						return ReadType();
 					default:
-						throw new NotSupportedException();
+						throw new NotSupportedException(string.Format("Custom attribute type 0x{0:x} is not supported.", b));
 				}
 			}