diff --git a/pkg/winperfcounters/watcher.go b/pkg/winperfcounters/watcher.go
index 9eb4518ed240..47f5b7da7bc3 100644
--- a/pkg/winperfcounters/watcher.go
+++ b/pkg/winperfcounters/watcher.go
@@ -106,12 +106,12 @@ func (pc *perfCounter) Path() string {
 func (pc *perfCounter) ScrapeData() ([]CounterValue, error) {
 	err := pc.query.CollectData()
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to collect data for performance counter '%s': %w", pc.path, err)
 	}
 
 	vals, err := pc.query.GetFormattedCounterArrayDouble(pc.handle)
 	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to format data for performance counter '%s': %w", pc.path, err)
 	}
 
 	vals = removeTotalIfMultipleValues(vals)
diff --git a/unreleased/winperfcounters-add-countername-to-error.yaml b/unreleased/winperfcounters-add-countername-to-error.yaml
new file mode 100755
index 000000000000..69a6b642cbe8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/unreleased/winperfcounters-add-countername-to-error.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+# One of 'breaking', 'deprecation', 'new_component', 'enhancement', 'bug_fix'
+change_type: enhancement
+
+# The name of the component, or a single word describing the area of concern, (e.g. filelogreceiver)
+component: pkg/winperfcounters
+
+# A brief description of the change.  Surround your text with quotes ("") if it needs to start with a backtick (`).
+note: Add counter path to error if scraping fails
+
+# One or more tracking issues related to the change
+issues: [14443]