diff --git a/fish-rust/build.rs b/fish-rust/build.rs
index c734fca0279f..a87d6e5c4af9 100644
--- a/fish-rust/build.rs
+++ b/fish-rust/build.rs
@@ -4,7 +4,14 @@ use std::error::Error;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 
 fn main() {
-    let version = find_version().unwrap_or("unknown".into());
+    let version = match find_version() {
+        Ok(v) => Ok(v),
+        Err(e) => {
+            println!("cargo:warning=Failed to find a version, erorred with {}", e);
+            Err(e)
+        }
+    }
+    .unwrap_or("unknown".into());
     println!("cargo:rustc-env=FISH_BUILD_VERSION={version}");
 
     for key in ["DOCDIR", "DATADIR", "SYSCONFDIR", "BINDIR"] {