diff --git a/v2/ansible/errors/__init__.py b/v2/ansible/errors/__init__.py
index bdd6e52448..04beb2b3ca 100644
--- a/v2/ansible/errors/__init__.py
+++ b/v2/ansible/errors/__init__.py
@@ -167,3 +167,7 @@ class AnsibleFilterError(AnsibleRuntimeError):
 class AnsibleUndefinedVariable(AnsibleRuntimeError):
     ''' a templating failure '''
     pass
+
+class AnsibleFileNotFound(AnsibleRuntimeError):
+    ''' a file missing failure '''
+    pass