diff --git a/source/dub/dub.d b/source/dub/dub.d
index 034f5726e..46060ac1f 100644
--- a/source/dub/dub.d
+++ b/source/dub/dub.d
@@ -616,7 +616,18 @@ class Dub {
 					auto versionStrings = ps.getVersions(dep);
 					depVers[dep] = versionStrings[$-1].toString;
 				} catch(Exception e){
-					logError("Error, no package %s found. Ignoring...", dep);
+					auto packages = ps.getPackageNames();
+					string[][size_t] lds; //holds the levenshteinDistance from dep for each package
+					foreach(pack; packages){
+						lds[dep.levenshteinDistance(pack)] ~= pack;
+					}
+					auto closestKey = lds.keys.sort.front;
+					if(closestKey <= 4){
+						logError("Error, no package \"%s\" found. Did you mean %s?", dep, lds[closestKey]);
+					} else{
+						logError("Error, no package \"%s\" found. Exiting...", dep);
+					}
+					return;
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/source/dub/packagesupplier.d b/source/dub/packagesupplier.d
index 12e9b0404..c087713d1 100644
--- a/source/dub/packagesupplier.d
+++ b/source/dub/packagesupplier.d
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ interface PackageSupplier {
 
 	/// perform cache operation
 	void cacheOp(Path cacheDir, CacheOp op);
+
+	/// get all package names for this supplier
+	string[] getPackageNames();
 }
 
 /// operations on package supplier cache
@@ -92,6 +95,10 @@ class FileSystemPackageSupplier : PackageSupplier {
 	void cacheOp(Path cacheDir, CacheOp op) {
 	}
 
+	string[] getPackageNames(){
+		assert(false, "FileSystemPackageSupplier.getPackageNames, not implemented yet");
+	}
+
 	private Path bestPackageFile(string packageId, Dependency dep, bool pre_release)
 	{
 		Path toPath(Version ver) {
@@ -148,11 +155,23 @@ class RegistryPackageSupplier : PackageSupplier {
 		download(url, path);
 	}
 
+
 	Json getPackageDescription(string packageId, Dependency dep, bool pre_release)
 	{
 		return getBestPackage(packageId, dep, pre_release);
 	}
 
+	string[] getPackageNames(){
+		import std.array : replace;
+		auto url = m_registryUrl ~ Path(PackagesPath~"/index.json");
+		Json data = (cast(string)download(url)).parseJsonString();
+		string[] packages;
+		foreach(ele; data){
+			packages ~= ele.toString().replace("\"", "");
+		}
+		return packages;
+	}
+
 	void cacheOp(Path cacheDir, CacheOp op)
 	{
 		auto path = cacheDir ~ cacheFileName;