diff --git a/CHANGELIST.md b/CHANGELIST.md
index 62234b3e..0586bbfa 100644
--- a/CHANGELIST.md
+++ b/CHANGELIST.md
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@
 - Update Nuget packages
 - Remove deprecated protection setting
 - Update BurnOutSharp to 2.3.4
+- Add compression result reason to log
 
 ### 2.3 (2022-02-05)
 - Start overhauling Redump information pulling, again
diff --git a/MPF.Library/DumpEnvironment.cs b/MPF.Library/DumpEnvironment.cs
index a6bee542..599de669 100644
--- a/MPF.Library/DumpEnvironment.cs
+++ b/MPF.Library/DumpEnvironment.cs
@@ -407,11 +407,11 @@ namespace MPF.Library
             if (Options.CompressLogFiles)
             {
                 resultProgress?.Report(Result.Success("Compressing log files..."));
-                success = InfoTool.CompressLogFiles(this.OutputDirectory, this.OutputFilename, this.Parameters);
-                if (success)
-                    resultProgress?.Report(Result.Success("Compression complete!"));
+                (bool compressSuccess, string statement) = InfoTool.CompressLogFiles(this.OutputDirectory, this.OutputFilename, this.Parameters);
+                if (compressSuccess)
+                    resultProgress?.Report(Result.Success(statement));
                 else
-                    resultProgress?.Report(Result.Failure("Compression could not complete!"));
+                    resultProgress?.Report(Result.Failure(statement));
             }
 
             resultProgress?.Report(Result.Success("Submission information process complete!"));
diff --git a/MPF.Library/InfoTool.cs b/MPF.Library/InfoTool.cs
index 28f1e8ba..e53234bb 100644
--- a/MPF.Library/InfoTool.cs
+++ b/MPF.Library/InfoTool.cs
@@ -577,7 +577,7 @@ namespace MPF.Library
         /// <param name="outputFilename">Output filename to use as the base path</param>
         /// <param name="parameters">Parameters object to use to derive log file paths</param>
         /// <returns>True if the process succeeded, false otherwise</returns>
-        public static bool CompressLogFiles(string outputDirectory, string outputFilename, BaseParameters parameters)
+        public static (bool, string) CompressLogFiles(string outputDirectory, string outputFilename, BaseParameters parameters)
         {
             // Prepare the necessary paths
             outputFilename = Path.GetFileNameWithoutExtension(outputFilename);
@@ -592,7 +592,7 @@ namespace MPF.Library
             files.AddRange(mpfFiles);
 
             if (!files.Any())
-                return true;
+                return (true, "No files to compress!");
 
             // If the file already exists, we want to delete the old one
             try
@@ -602,7 +602,7 @@ namespace MPF.Library
             }
             catch
             {
-                return false;
+                return (false, "Could not delete old archive!");
             }
 
             // Add the log files to the archive and delete the uncompressed file after
@@ -626,11 +626,11 @@ namespace MPF.Library
                     catch { }
                 }
 
-                return true;
+                return (true, "Compression complete!");
             }
-            catch
+            catch (Exception ex)
             {
-                return false;
+                return (false, $"Compression could not complete: {ex}");
             }
             finally
             {