diff --git a/src/libcmd/installables.cc b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
index 21db2b08b..39a5c1a9f 100644
--- a/src/libcmd/installables.cc
+++ b/src/libcmd/installables.cc
@@ -919,6 +919,9 @@ std::vector<std::pair<std::shared_ptr<Installable>, BuiltPath>> Installable::bui
         break;
 
     case Realise::Outputs: {
+        if (settings.printMissing)
+          printMissing(store, pathsToBuild, lvlInfo);
+
         for (auto & buildResult : store->buildPathsWithResults(pathsToBuild, bMode, evalStore)) {
             if (!buildResult.success())
                 buildResult.rethrow();