diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index d4867d2..76d22af 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### New features
+- Add `FS_NOTIFY_ERRORS` flag to display notifications for FS errors (#282)
+
 ### Changes
 - Small improvements to Dropdown(WithInput) UI components
 
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index efdf555..f8ed405 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { ConfigLocation, FileSystemConfig, invalidConfigName, parseConnectionString } from './fileSystemConfig';
 import { Logging } from './logging';
 import { toPromise } from './utils';
+import * as semver from 'semver';
 
 // Logger scope with default warning/error options (which enables stacktraces) disabled
 const logging = Logging.scope(undefined, false);
@@ -385,6 +386,9 @@ function parseFlagList(list: string[] | undefined, origin: string): Record<strin
     - Enables attempting to inject a file to be sourced by the remote shells (which adds the `code` alias)
   DEBUG_REMOTE_COMMANDS (boolean) (default=false)
     - Enables debug logging for the remote command terminal (thus useless if REMOTE_COMMANDS isn't true)
+  FS_NOTIFY_ERRORS (boolean) (default=false)
+    - Enables displaying error notifications when a file system operation fails and isn't automatically ignored
+    - Automatically enabled VS Code 1.56 and later (see issue #282)
 */
 export type FlagValue = string | boolean | null;
 export type FlagCombo<V extends FlagValue = FlagValue> = [value: V, origin: string];
@@ -401,6 +405,11 @@ function calculateFlags(): Record<string, FlagCombo> {
   if ((process.versions as { electron?: string }).electron?.match(/^11\.(0|1|2)\./)) {
     applyList(['+DF-GE'], 'Fix for issue #239')
   }
+  // Starting with 1.56, FileSystemProvider errors aren't shown to the user and just silently fail
+  // https://github.com/SchoofsKelvin/vscode-sshfs/issues/282
+  if (semver.gte(vscode.version, '1.56.0')) {
+    applyList(['+FS_NOTIFY_ERRORS'], 'Fix for issue #282');
+  }
   applyList(config.globalValue, 'Global Settings');
   applyList(config.workspaceValue, 'Workspace Settings');
   applyList(config.workspaceFolderValue, 'WorkspaceFolder Settings');
diff --git a/src/sshFileSystem.ts b/src/sshFileSystem.ts
index b905680..5e99f37 100644
--- a/src/sshFileSystem.ts
+++ b/src/sshFileSystem.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import * as path from 'path';
 import type * as ssh2 from 'ssh2';
 import type * as ssh2s from 'ssh2-streams';
 import * as vscode from 'vscode';
+import { getFlagBoolean } from './config';
 import type { FileSystemConfig } from './fileSystemConfig';
 import { Logger, Logging, LOGGING_NO_STACKTRACE, LOGGING_SINGLE_LINE_STACKTRACE, withStacktraceOffset } from './logging';
 
@@ -198,6 +199,11 @@ export class SSHFileSystem implements vscode.FileSystemProvider {
       }
       if (e !== oldE) Logging.debug(`Error converted to: ${e}`);
     }
+    // Display an error notification if the FS_ERROR_NOTIFICATION flag is enabled
+    const [flagCH] = getFlagBoolean('FS_NOTIFY_ERRORS', true, this.config.flags);
+    if (flagCH) {
+      vscode.window.showErrorMessage(`Error handling uri: ${uri}\n${e.message || e}`);
+    }
     if (doThrow === true) throw e;
     if (doThrow) return doThrow(e);
   }