diff --git a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/operations.rs b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/operations.rs
index 4e2bd312b549..c34b8e089a14 100644
--- a/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/operations.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/src/commands/pip/operations.rs
@@ -463,7 +463,15 @@ pub(crate) async fn install(
                     install_wheel_rs::Error::MissingRecord(_),
                 )) => {
                     warn_user!(
-                        "Failed to uninstall package at {} due to missing RECORD file. Installation may result in an incomplete environment.",
+                        "Failed to uninstall package at {} due to missing `RECORD` file. Installation may result in an incomplete environment.",
+                        dist_info.path().user_display().cyan(),
+                    );
+                }
+                Err(uv_installer::UninstallError::Uninstall(
+                    install_wheel_rs::Error::MissingTopLevel(_),
+                )) => {
+                    warn_user!(
+                        "Failed to uninstall package at {} due to missing `top-level.txt` file. Installation may result in an incomplete environment.",
                         dist_info.path().user_display().cyan(),
                     );
                 }
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/pip_install.rs b/crates/uv/tests/pip_install.rs
index 712c0d26fa4e..1307317c95d3 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/pip_install.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/pip_install.rs
@@ -13,7 +13,9 @@ use url::Url;
 use common::{uv_snapshot, TestContext};
 use uv_fs::Simplified;
 
-use crate::common::{build_vendor_links_url, decode_token, get_bin, venv_bin_path};
+use crate::common::{
+    build_vendor_links_url, decode_token, get_bin, venv_bin_path, venv_to_interpreter,
+};
 
 mod common;
 
@@ -6455,3 +6457,40 @@ fn stale_egg_info() -> Result<()> {
 
     Ok(())
 }
+
+/// `suds-community` has an incorrect layout whereby the wheel includes `suds_community.egg-info` at
+/// the top-level. We're then under the impression that `suds` is installed twice, but when we go to
+/// uninstall the second "version", we can't find the `egg-info` directory.
+#[test]
+fn missing_top_level() {
+    let context = TestContext::new("3.12");
+
+    uv_snapshot!(context.filters(), context.pip_install()
+        .arg("suds-community==0.8.5"), @r###"
+    success: true
+    exit_code: 0
+    ----- stdout -----
+
+    ----- stderr -----
+    Resolved 1 package in [TIME]
+    Prepared 1 package in [TIME]
+    Installed 1 package in [TIME]
+     + suds-community==0.8.5
+    "###
+    );
+
+    uv_snapshot!(context.filters(), context.pip_install()
+        .arg("suds-community==0.8.5"), @r###"
+    success: true
+    exit_code: 0
+    ----- stdout -----
+
+    ----- stderr -----
+    Resolved 1 package in [TIME]
+    warning: Failed to uninstall package at [SITE_PACKAGES]/suds_community.egg-info due to missing `top-level.txt` file. Installation may result in an incomplete environment.
+    Uninstalled 2 packages in [TIME]
+    Installed 1 package in [TIME]
+     ~ suds-community==0.8.5
+    "###
+    );
+}