diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-26f2e365-fe3c-4635-8874-2e9536724017.json b/change/react-native-windows-26f2e365-fe3c-4635-8874-2e9536724017.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..61065975863
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-26f2e365-fe3c-4635-8874-2e9536724017.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "none",
+  "comment": "First attempt at logging DLL load failure info",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "14967941+danielayala94@users.noreply.github.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "none"
+}
diff --git a/vnext/Shared/HermesRuntimeHolder.cpp b/vnext/Shared/HermesRuntimeHolder.cpp
index 3ed3525b068..dd1fbfe05a7 100644
--- a/vnext/Shared/HermesRuntimeHolder.cpp
+++ b/vnext/Shared/HermesRuntimeHolder.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,14 @@ void NAPI_CDECL removeInspectorPage(int32_t pageId) noexcept;
 
 class HermesFuncResolver : public IFuncResolver {
  public:
-  HermesFuncResolver() : libHandle_(LoadLibraryAsPeerFirst(L"hermes.dll")) {}
+  HermesFuncResolver() {
+    libHandle_ = LoadLibraryAsPeerFirst(L"hermes.dll");
+
+    // If hermes.dll failed to load, catch the last Win32 error and surface it.
+    if (libHandle_ == nullptr) {
+      CRASH_ON_ERROR(GetLastError());
+    }
+  }
 
   FuncPtr getFuncPtr(const char *funcName) override {
     return reinterpret_cast<FuncPtr>(GetProcAddress(libHandle_, funcName));