diff --git a/commands/command_pre_push.go b/commands/command_pre_push.go
index e878b148..cb800b0e 100644
--- a/commands/command_pre_push.go
+++ b/commands/command_pre_push.go
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ func prePushCommand(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
 
 		u, wErr := lfs.NewUploadable(pointer.Oid, pointer.Name, i+1, len(pointers))
 		if wErr != nil {
-			if Debugging || wErr.Panic {
+			if cleanPointerErr, ok := wErr.Err.(*lfs.CleanedPointerError); ok {
+				Exit("%s is an LFS pointer to %s, which does not exist in .git/lfs/objects.\n\nRun 'git lfs fsck' to verify Git LFS objects.",
+					pointer.Name, cleanPointerErr.Pointer.Oid)
+			} else if Debugging || wErr.Panic {
 				Panic(wErr.Err, wErr.Error())
 			} else {
 				Exit(wErr.Error())
diff --git a/lfs/pointer_clean.go b/lfs/pointer_clean.go
index 2d998bee..0d7c7c8e 100644
--- a/lfs/pointer_clean.go
+++ b/lfs/pointer_clean.go
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ type cleanedAsset struct {
 }
 
 type CleanedPointerError struct {
-	Bytes []byte
+	Pointer *Pointer
+	Bytes   []byte
 }
 
 func (e *CleanedPointerError) Error() string {
@@ -36,9 +37,9 @@ func PointerClean(reader io.Reader, size int64, cb CopyCallback) (*cleanedAsset,
 		cb = nil
 	}
 
-	by, _, err := DecodeFrom(reader)
+	by, ptr, err := DecodeFrom(reader)
 	if err == nil && len(by) < 512 {
-		return nil, &CleanedPointerError{by}
+		return nil, &CleanedPointerError{ptr, by}
 	}
 
 	multi := io.MultiReader(bytes.NewReader(by), reader)
diff --git a/lfs/upload_queue.go b/lfs/upload_queue.go
index 40cd344b..cbd075ad 100644
--- a/lfs/upload_queue.go
+++ b/lfs/upload_queue.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ type Uploadable struct {
 // NewUploadable builds the Uploadable from the given information.
 func NewUploadable(oid, filename string, index, totalFiles int) (*Uploadable, *WrappedError) {
 	path, err := LocalMediaPath(oid)
+
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, Errorf(err, "Error uploading file %s (%s)", filename, oid)
 	}
diff --git a/test/test-pre-push.sh b/test/test-pre-push.sh
index ad7888a7..cbe9f6f4 100755
--- a/test/test-pre-push.sh
+++ b/test/test-pre-push.sh
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ begin_test "pre-push with existing file"
   reponame="$(basename "$0" ".sh")-existing-file"
   setup_remote_repo "$reponame"
 
-  clone_repo "$reponame" dry-run2
+  clone_repo "$reponame" existing-file
   echo "existing" > existing.dat
   git add existing.dat
   git commit -m "add existing dat"
@@ -137,3 +137,47 @@ begin_test "pre-push with existing file"
   }
 )
 end_test
+
+begin_test "pre-push with existing pointer"
+(
+  set -e
+
+  reponame="$(basename "$0" ".sh")-existing-pointer"
+  setup_remote_repo "$reponame"
+  clone_repo "$reponame" existing-pointer
+
+  echo "$(pointer "7aa7a5359173d05b63cfd682e3c38487f3cb4f7f1d60659fe59fab1505977d4c" 4)" > new.dat
+  git add new.dat
+  git commit -m "add new pointer"
+  mkdir -p .git/lfs/objects/7a/a7
+  echo "new" > .git/lfs/objects/7a/a7/7aa7a5359173d05b63cfd682e3c38487f3cb4f7f1d60659fe59fab1505977d4c
+
+  # push file to the git lfs server
+  echo "refs/heads/master master refs/heads/master 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" |
+    git lfs pre-push origin "$GITSERVER/$reponame" 2>&1 |
+    tee push.log
+  grep "(1 of 1 files)" push.log
+)
+end_test
+
+begin_test "pre-push with missing pointer"
+(
+  set -e
+
+  reponame="$(basename "$0" ".sh")-missing-pointer"
+  setup_remote_repo "$reponame"
+  clone_repo "$reponame" missing-pointer
+
+  echo "$(pointer "7aa7a5359173d05b63cfd682e3c38487f3cb4f7f1d60659fe59fab1505977d4c" 4)" > new.dat
+  git add new.dat
+  git commit -m "add new pointer"
+
+  # assert that push fails
+  set +e
+  echo "refs/heads/master master refs/heads/master 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000" |
+    git lfs pre-push origin "$GITSERVER/$reponame" 2>&1 |
+    tee push.log
+  set -e
+  grep "new.dat is an LFS pointer to 7aa7a5359173d05b63cfd682e3c38487f3cb4f7f1d60659fe59fab1505977d4c, which does not exist in .git/lfs/objects" push.log
+)
+end_test