diff --git a/source/dyaml/exception.d b/source/dyaml/exception.d
index 7e05b96..2f13a44 100644
--- a/source/dyaml/exception.d
+++ b/source/dyaml/exception.d
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ class YAMLException : Exception
 struct Mark
 {
     package:
+        /// File name.
+        string name_;
         /// Line number.
         ushort line_;
         /// Column number.
@@ -36,14 +38,21 @@ struct Mark
 
     public:
         /// Construct a Mark with specified line and column in the file.
-        this(const uint line, const uint column) @safe pure nothrow @nogc
+        this(string name, const uint line, const uint column) @safe pure nothrow @nogc
         {
+            name_   = name;
             line_   = cast(ushort)min(ushort.max, line);
             // This *will* overflow on extremely wide files but saves CPU time
             // (mark ctor takes ~5% of time)
             column_ = cast(ushort)column;
         }
 
+        /// Get a file name.
+        @property string name() @safe pure nothrow @nogc const
+        {
+            return name_;
+        }
+
         /// Get a line number.
         @property ushort line() @safe pure nothrow @nogc const
         {
@@ -64,7 +73,7 @@ struct Mark
             {
                 return text(v + 1, v == ushort.max ? " or higher" : "");
             }
-            return "line " ~ clamped(line_) ~ ",column " ~ clamped(column_);
+            return "file " ~ name_ ~ ",line " ~ clamped(line_) ~ ",column " ~ clamped(column_);
         }
 }
 
diff --git a/source/dyaml/loader.d b/source/dyaml/loader.d
index 780862e..7e7096c 100644
--- a/source/dyaml/loader.d
+++ b/source/dyaml/loader.d
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ struct Loader
          {
             try
             {
-                auto loader = Loader(std.file.read(filename));
-                loader.name_ = filename;
+                auto loader = Loader(std.file.read(filename), filename);
                 return loader;
             }
             catch(FileException e)
@@ -77,8 +76,7 @@ struct Loader
          /// ditto
          static Loader fromFile(File file) @system
          {
-            auto loader = Loader(file.byChunk(4096).join);
-            loader.name_ = file.name;
+            auto loader = Loader(file.byChunk(4096).join, file.name);
             return loader;
          }
 
@@ -140,17 +138,18 @@ struct Loader
             return Loader(yamlData);
         }
         /// Ditto
-        private this(void[] yamlData) @system
+        private this(void[] yamlData, string name = "<unknown>") @system
         {
-            this(cast(ubyte[])yamlData);
+            this(cast(ubyte[])yamlData, name);
         }
         /// Ditto
-        private this(ubyte[] yamlData) @safe
+        private this(ubyte[] yamlData, string name = "<unknown>") @safe
         {
             resolver_ = Resolver.withDefaultResolvers;
+            name_ = name;
             try
             {
-                auto reader_ = new Reader(yamlData);
+                auto reader_ = new Reader(yamlData, name);
                 scanner_ = Scanner(reader_);
                 parser_ = new Parser(scanner_);
             }
diff --git a/source/dyaml/reader.d b/source/dyaml/reader.d
index 331ff26..9fe42fc 100644
--- a/source/dyaml/reader.d
+++ b/source/dyaml/reader.d
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@ final class Reader
         // Number of characters (code points) in buffer_.
         size_t characterCount_;
 
+        // File name
+        string name_;
         // Current line in file.
         uint line_;
         // Current column in file.
@@ -89,11 +91,14 @@ final class Reader
         ///                   contents of a file or a string. $(B will) be modified by
         ///                   the Reader and other parts of D:YAML (D:YAML tries to
         ///                   reuse the buffer to minimize memory allocations)
+        ///          name   = File name if the buffer is the contents of a file or
+        ///                   `"<unknown>"` if the buffer is the contents of a string.
         ///
         /// Throws:  ReaderException on a UTF decoding error or if there are
         ///          nonprintable Unicode characters illegal in YAML.
-        this(ubyte[] buffer) @safe pure
+        this(ubyte[] buffer, string name = "<unknown>") @safe pure
         {
+            name_ = name;
             auto endianResult = fixUTFByteOrder(buffer);
             if(endianResult.bytesStripped > 0)
             {
@@ -395,7 +400,10 @@ final class Reader
         SliceBuilder sliceBuilder;
 
         /// Get a string describing current buffer position, used for error messages.
-        Mark mark() const pure nothrow @nogc @safe { return Mark(line_, column_); }
+        Mark mark() const pure nothrow @nogc @safe { return Mark(name_, line_, column_); }
+
+        /// Get file name.
+        string name() const @safe pure nothrow @nogc { return name_; }
 
         /// Get current line number.
         uint line() const @safe pure nothrow @nogc { return line_; }
diff --git a/source/dyaml/scanner.d b/source/dyaml/scanner.d
index d4f8253..2009521 100644
--- a/source/dyaml/scanner.d
+++ b/source/dyaml/scanner.d
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ struct Scanner
                 {
                     enforce(!key.required,
                             new ScannerException("While scanning a simple key",
-                                                 Mark(key.line, key.column),
+                                                 Mark(reader_.name, key.line, key.column),
                                                  "could not find expected ':'", reader_.mark));
                     key.isNull = true;
                 }
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ struct Scanner
                 const key = possibleSimpleKeys_[flowLevel_];
                 enforce(!key.required,
                         new ScannerException("While scanning a simple key",
-                                             Mark(key.line, key.column),
+                                             Mark(reader_.name, key.line, key.column),
                                              "could not find expected ':'", reader_.mark));
                 possibleSimpleKeys_[flowLevel_].isNull = true;
             }
@@ -540,7 +540,7 @@ struct Scanner
             {
                 const key = possibleSimpleKeys_[flowLevel_];
                 possibleSimpleKeys_[flowLevel_].isNull = true;
-                Mark keyMark = Mark(key.line, key.column);
+                Mark keyMark = Mark(reader_.name, key.line, key.column);
                 const idx = key.tokenIndex - tokensTaken_;
 
                 assert(idx >= 0);