diff --git a/src/libutil/experimental-features.cc b/src/libutil/experimental-features.cc
index 47edca3a582..6b9427423ac 100644
--- a/src/libutil/experimental-features.cc
+++ b/src/libutil/experimental-features.cc
@@ -12,7 +12,19 @@ struct ExperimentalFeatureDetails
     std::string_view description;
 };
 
-constexpr std::array<ExperimentalFeatureDetails, 16> xpFeatureDetails = {{
+/**
+ * If two different PRs both add an experimental feature, and we just
+ * used a number for this, we *woudln't* get merge conflict and the
+ * counter will be incremented once instead of twice, causing a build
+ * failure.
+ *
+ * By instead defining this instead as 1 + the bottom experimental
+ * feature, we either have no issue at all if few features are not added
+ * at the end of the list, or a proper merge conflict if they are.
+ */
+constexpr size_t numXpFeatures = 1 + static_cast<size_t>(Xp::VerifiedFetches);
+
+constexpr std::array<ExperimentalFeatureDetails, numXpFeatures> xpFeatureDetails = {{
     {
         .tag = Xp::CaDerivations,
         .name = "ca-derivations",