diff --git a/phpBB/includes/template.php b/phpBB/includes/template.php
index 1e1ad31193..844ff468a0 100644
--- a/phpBB/includes/template.php
+++ b/phpBB/includes/template.php
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ class template
 			$this->root = $phpbb_root_path . 'styles/' . $user->theme['template_path'] . '/template';
 			$this->cachepath = $phpbb_root_path . 'cache/tpl_' . $user->theme['template_path'] . '_';
 		}
+		else
+		{
+			trigger_error('Template path could not be found: styles/' . $user->theme['template_path'] . '/template', E_USER_ERROR);
+		}
 
 		return true;
 	}