diff --git a/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp b/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp
index b7316fdb7..938b08b27 100644
--- a/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp
+++ b/hyprpm/src/core/PluginManager.cpp
@@ -978,11 +978,15 @@ std::string CPluginManager::headerErrorShort(const eHeadersErrors err) {
 }
 
 bool CPluginManager::hasDeps() {
-    std::vector<std::string> deps = {"meson", "cpio", "cmake", "pkg-config", "g++", "gcc", "git"};
+    bool                     hasAllDeps = true;
+    std::vector<std::string> deps       = {"meson", "cpio", "cmake", "pkg-config", "g++", "gcc", "git"};
+
     for (auto const& d : deps) {
-        if (!execAndGet("command -v " + d).contains("/"))
-            return false;
+        if (!execAndGet("command -v " + d).contains("/")) {
+            std::println(stderr, "{}", failureString("Missing dependency: {}", d));
+            hasAllDeps = false;
+        }
     }
 
-    return true;
+    return hasAllDeps;
 }