--- a/pym/gentoolkit/equery/check.py
+++ b/pym/gentoolkit/equery/check.py
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
 from getopt import gnu_getopt, GetoptError
 
 import portage.checksum as checksum
+from portage.exception import PermissionDenied
 
 import gentoolkit.pprinter as pp
 from gentoolkit import errors
@@ -146,10 +147,14 @@ def _verify_obj(self, files, cfile, real_cfile, errs):
 			md5sum = files[cfile][2]
 			try:
 				cur_checksum = checksum.perform_md5(real_cfile, calc_prelink=1)
-			except IOError:
+			except PermissionDenied:
 				err = "Insufficient permissions to read %(cfile)s"
 				obj_errs.append(err % locals())
 				return obj_errs
+			except Exception as ex:
+				err = "Problem checking %(cfile)s: %(ex)s"
+				obj_errs.append(err % locals())
+				return obj_errs
 			if cur_checksum != md5sum:
 				err = "%(cfile)s has incorrect MD5sum"
 				obj_errs.append(err % locals())