diff --git a/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jimage/resources/jimage.properties b/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jimage/resources/jimage.properties
index 13faa3b40e4..2bc96bd30af 100644
--- a/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jimage/resources/jimage.properties
+++ b/jdk/src/jdk.jlink/share/classes/jdk/tools/jimage/resources/jimage.properties
@@ -98,3 +98,4 @@ err.not.a.jimage=not a jimage file: {0}
 err.no.jimage=no jimage provided
 err.option.unsupported={0} not supported: {1}
 err.unknown.option=unknown option: {0}
+err.cannot.create.dir=cannot create directory {0}