diff --git a/Changelog.md b/Changelog.md
index 9ffaa9a62..b35b712db 100644
--- a/Changelog.md
+++ b/Changelog.md
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Language Features:
 
 Compiler Features:
  * Command Line Interface: Report error if file could not be read in ``--standard-json`` mode.
+ * Command Line interface: Report proper error for each output file which could not be written. Previously an exception was thrown, and execution aborted, on the first error.
  * SMTChecker: Add division by zero checks in the CHC engine.
  * SMTChecker: Support ``selector`` for expressions with value known at compile-time.
  * Command Line Interface: New option ``--model-checker-timeout`` sets a timeout in milliseconds for each individual query performed by the SMTChecker.
diff --git a/solc/CommandLineInterface.cpp b/solc/CommandLineInterface.cpp
index 7bb7d3c83..d56a80451 100644
--- a/solc/CommandLineInterface.cpp
+++ b/solc/CommandLineInterface.cpp
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ using namespace solidity;
 using namespace solidity::util;
 using namespace solidity::langutil;
 
-DEV_SIMPLE_EXCEPTION(FileError);
-
 namespace po = boost::program_options;
 
 namespace solidity::frontend
@@ -745,7 +743,11 @@ void CommandLineInterface::createFile(string const& _fileName, string const& _da
 	ofstream outFile(pathName);
 	outFile << _data;
 	if (!outFile)
-		BOOST_THROW_EXCEPTION(FileError() << errinfo_comment("Could not write to file: " + pathName));
+	{
+		serr() << "Could not write to file \"" << pathName << "\"." << endl;
+		m_error = true;
+		return;
+	}
 }
 
 void CommandLineInterface::createJson(string const& _fileName, string const& _json)