diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler-worker.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler-worker.ts
index e2d271016e..ddf2544b8b 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler-worker.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler-worker.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export type CompilerReply =
   | {
       kind: "error";
       error: Error;
+      properties: Record<string, unknown>;
       issues?: ZodIssue[];
       errors?: unknown[];
       warnings?: unknown[];
@@ -50,6 +51,9 @@ async function run(task: CompilerTask): Promise<void> {
     port.postMessage({
       kind: "error",
       error,
+      // Error cloning drops own metadata such as filesystem code/path. Zod's
+      // readonly issues are reconstructed separately by the compiler owner.
+      properties: Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(error).filter(([key]) => key !== "issues")),
       ...("issues" in error ? { issues: error.issues as ZodIssue[] } : {}),
       ...("errors" in error ? { errors: error.errors as unknown[] } : {}),
       ...("warnings" in error ? { warnings: error.warnings as unknown[] } : {}),
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler.test.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler.test.ts
index 0084ba2638..67ca96e596 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler.test.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler.test.ts
@@ -1015,3 +1015,14 @@ it("preserves manifest validation errors across the compiler boundary", async ()
   await writeFile(path.join(directory, "paseo-plugin.json"), "{");
   await expect(compileDirectoryPlugin(directory, "0.13.2")).rejects.toBeInstanceOf(SyntaxError);
 });
+
+it("preserves filesystem error metadata for a missing entry", async () => {
+  const { server } = await createSplitPlugin();
+  await rm(server);
+  await expect(compilePlugin({ client: null, server })).rejects.toMatchObject({
+    code: "ENOENT",
+    errno: expect.any(Number),
+    syscall: "realpath",
+    path: server,
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler.ts b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler.ts
index 829acd1862..4a4197e2de 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/server/plugins/compiler.ts
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ class PluginCompiler {
             resolve(reply.value as TaskResult[T["kind"]]);
           } else {
             const error = reply.issues ? new ZodError(reply.issues) : reply.error;
+            Object.assign(error, reply.properties);
             if (reply.errors) Object.assign(error, { errors: reply.errors });
             if (reply.warnings) Object.assign(error, { warnings: reply.warnings });
             // Promise.all can reject while the other target is still compiling.