diff --git a/src/lib/taglistjob.cpp b/src/lib/taglistjob.cpp
--- a/src/lib/taglistjob.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/taglistjob.cpp
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
     Database *db = globalDatabaseInstance();
     if (!db->open(Database::ReadOnlyDatabase)) {
         setError(UserDefinedError);
-        setErrorText(QStringLiteral("Failed to open the database"));
+        setErrorText(QStringLiteral("Failed to open the database; please check that Baloo (the file indexing and searching KDE framework) is enabled on your system"));
         emitResult();
         return;
     }