diff --git a/scripts/rust_is_available.sh b/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
index 0c9be438e4cd33..c965895d80b97b 100755
--- a/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
+++ b/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
@@ -90,8 +90,28 @@ if [ "$rust_bindings_generator_cversion" -gt "$rust_bindings_generator_min_cvers
 fi
 
 # Check that the `libclang` used by the Rust bindings generator is suitable.
+#
+# In order to do that, first invoke `bindgen` to get the `libclang` version
+# found by `bindgen`. This step may already fail if, for instance, `libclang`
+# is not found, thus inform the user in such a case.
+bindgen_libclang_output=$( \
+	LC_ALL=C "$BINDGEN" $(dirname $0)/rust_is_available_bindgen_libclang.h 2>&1 >/dev/null
+) || bindgen_libclang_code=$?
+if [ -n "$bindgen_libclang_code" ]; then
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	echo >&2 "*** Running '$BINDGEN' to check the libclang version (used by the Rust"
+	echo >&2 "*** bindings generator) failed with code $bindgen_libclang_code. This may be caused by"
+	echo >&2 "*** a failure to locate libclang. See output and docs below for details:"
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	echo >&2 "$bindgen_libclang_output"
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# `bindgen` returned successfully, thus use the output to check that the version
+# of the `libclang` found by the Rust bindings generator is suitable.
 bindgen_libclang_version=$( \
-	LC_ALL=C "$BINDGEN" $(dirname $0)/rust_is_available_bindgen_libclang.h 2>&1 >/dev/null \
+	echo "$bindgen_libclang_output" \
 		| grep -F 'clang version ' \
 		| grep -oE '[0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+' \
 		| head -n 1 \