diff --git a/lib/GHCup/Errors.hs b/lib/GHCup/Errors.hs
index 0ce4a01..e4f33c5 100644
--- a/lib/GHCup/Errors.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Errors.hs
@@ -360,13 +360,18 @@ deriving instance Show InstallSetError
 
 
 -- | A build failed.
-data BuildFailed = forall es . (ToVariantMaybe BuildFailed es, PopVariant BuildFailed es, Pretty (V es), Show (V es)) => BuildFailed FilePath (V es)
+data BuildFailed = forall es . (ToVariantMaybe BuildFailed es, PopVariant BuildFailed es, Pretty (V es), Show (V es)) => BuildFailed FilePath (V es) (Just Requirements)
 
 instance Pretty BuildFailed where
-  pPrint (BuildFailed path reason) =
+  pPrint (BuildFailed path reason req) =
     case reason of
       VMaybe (_ :: BuildFailed) -> pPrint reason
       _ -> text "BuildFailed failed in dir" <+> text (path <> ":") <+> pPrint reason
+           <+> printToolReq'
+   where
+    printToolReq' = case req of
+                      Nothing -> T.pack ""
+                      Just req' -> prettyRequirementsError req'
 
 deriving instance Show BuildFailed
 
diff --git a/lib/GHCup/Requirements.hs b/lib/GHCup/Requirements.hs
index 27bb87a..826e117 100644
--- a/lib/GHCup/Requirements.hs
+++ b/lib/GHCup/Requirements.hs
@@ -68,6 +68,17 @@ prettyRequirements Requirements {..} =
       n = if not . T.null $ _notes then "\n  Note: " <> _notes else ""
   in  "System requirements " <> d <> n
 
+
+prettyRequirementsError :: Requirements -> T.Text
+prettyRequirementsError Requirements {..} =
+  let d = if not . null $ _distroPKGs
+        then "\nMake sure the following distro packages "
+          <> "are installed: "
+          <> T.intercalate " " _distroPKGs
+        else ""
+      n = if not . T.null $ _notes then "\nMake sure the following requirements are met: " <> _notes else ""
+  in d <> n
+
 rawRequirements :: Requirements -> T.Text
 rawRequirements Requirements {..} =
   if not . null $ _distroPKGs