diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
index e4172a306a91..6b22e21d8362 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/FilePath.java
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
 import hudson.remoting.Which;
 import hudson.security.AccessControlled;
 import hudson.slaves.WorkspaceList;
+import hudson.tasks.ArtifactArchiver;
 import hudson.util.DaemonThreadFactory;
 import hudson.util.DirScanner;
 import hudson.util.ExceptionCatchingThreadFactory;
@@ -3054,6 +3055,21 @@ public String validateAntFileMask(final String fileMasks, final boolean caseSens
     @SuppressFBWarnings(value = "MS_SHOULD_BE_FINAL", justification = "for script console")
     public static int VALIDATE_ANT_FILE_MASK_BOUND = SystemProperties.getInteger(FilePath.class.getName() + ".VALIDATE_ANT_FILE_MASK_BOUND", 10000);
 
+    /**
+     * A dedicated subtype of {@link InterruptedException} for when no matching Ant file mask
+     * matches are found.
+     *
+     * @see ArtifactArchiver
+     */
+    @Restricted(NoExternalUse.class)
+    public static class FileMaskNoMatchesFoundException extends InterruptedException {
+        private FileMaskNoMatchesFoundException(String message) {
+            super(message);
+        }
+
+        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Validates the ant file mask (like "foo/bar/*.txt, zot/*.jar") against this directory, and try to point out the problem.
      * This performs only a bounded number of operations.
@@ -3223,7 +3239,7 @@ class Cancel extends RuntimeException {}
                     if (ds.getIncludedFilesCount() != 0 || ds.getIncludedDirsCount() != 0) {
                         return true;
                     } else {
-                        throw (InterruptedException) new InterruptedException("no matches found within " + bound).initCause(c);
+                        throw (FileMaskNoMatchesFoundException) new FileMaskNoMatchesFoundException("no matches found within " + bound).initCause(c);
                     }
                 }
                 return ds.getIncludedFilesCount() != 0 || ds.getIncludedDirsCount() != 0;
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/ArtifactArchiver.java b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/ArtifactArchiver.java
index 0f72c72319eb..efa0a63bed49 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/ArtifactArchiver.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/hudson/tasks/ArtifactArchiver.java
@@ -270,6 +270,8 @@ public void perform(Run<?, ?> build, FilePath ws, EnvVars environment, Launcher
                         if (msg != null) {
                             listener.getLogger().println(msg);
                         }
+                    } catch (FilePath.FileMaskNoMatchesFoundException e) {
+                        listener.getLogger().println(e.getMessage());
                     } catch (Exception e) {
                         Functions.printStackTrace(e, listener.getLogger());
                     }
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/ArtifactArchiverTest.java b/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/ArtifactArchiverTest.java
index 282efe49a70d..92dee288b429 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/ArtifactArchiverTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/hudson/tasks/ArtifactArchiverTest.java
@@ -131,6 +131,20 @@ public void testAllowEmptyArchive() throws Exception {
         assertFalse(project.getBuildByNumber(1).getHasArtifacts());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    @Issue("JENKINS-51913")
+    public void testFileMaskNoMatchesFoundException() throws Exception {
+        FreeStyleProject project = j.createFreeStyleProject();
+        String pattern = "dir/**";
+        ArtifactArchiver aa = new ArtifactArchiver(pattern);
+        aa.setAllowEmptyArchive(true);
+        project.getPublishersList().replaceBy(Collections.singleton(aa));
+        FreeStyleBuild build = j.buildAndAssertSuccess(project);
+        assertFalse(project.getBuildByNumber(1).getHasArtifacts());
+        j.assertLogContains("No artifacts found that match the file pattern \"" + pattern + "\"", build);
+        assertThat("No stacktrace shown", build.getLog(31), Matchers.iterableWithSize(lessThan(30)));
+    }
+
     @Issue("JENKINS-21958")
     @Test public void symlinks() throws Exception {
         FreeStyleProject p = j.createFreeStyleProject();