diff --git a/osbenchmark/builder/installers/exception_handling_installer.py b/osbenchmark/builder/installers/exception_handling_installer.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d120af4b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osbenchmark/builder/installers/exception_handling_installer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+from osbenchmark.builder.installers.installer import Installer
+from osbenchmark.exceptions import InstallError
+
+
+class ExceptionHandlingInstaller(Installer):
+    def __init__(self, installer, executor=None):
+        super().__init__(executor)
+        self.installer = installer
+
+    def install(self, host, binaries, all_node_ips):
+        try:
+            return self.installer.install(host, binaries, all_node_ips)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise InstallError(f"Installing node on host \"{host}\" failed", e)
+
+    def cleanup(self, host):
+        try:
+            return self.installer.cleanup(host)
+        except Exception as e:
+            raise InstallError(f"Cleaning up install data on host \"{host}\" failed", e)
diff --git a/osbenchmark/exceptions.py b/osbenchmark/exceptions.py
index 60d49b125..19a90a412 100644
--- a/osbenchmark/exceptions.py
+++ b/osbenchmark/exceptions.py
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ class LaunchError(BenchmarkError):
     Thrown whenever there was a problem launching the benchmark candidate
     """
 
+class InstallError(BenchmarkError):
+    """
+    Thrown whenever there was a problem installing the benchmark candidate
+    """
+
 
 class ExecutorError(BenchmarkError):
     """