diff --git a/src/lime/tools/CPPHelper.hx b/src/lime/tools/CPPHelper.hx
index 2fcf06639..e2877c920 100644
--- a/src/lime/tools/CPPHelper.hx
+++ b/src/lime/tools/CPPHelper.hx
@@ -201,11 +201,17 @@ class CPPHelper
 			path = project.config.get("project.rebuild.path");
 		}
 
-		if (path == null || !FileSystem.exists(path))
+		if (path == null)
 		{
 			return;
 		}
 
+		if (!FileSystem.exists(path))
+		{
+			Log.warn("Skipping rebuild. Path not found: " + path + "\nIf you are using a release from Haxelib, source code for native binaries may not be bundled. To rebuild, you may need to check out the full repository.");
+			return;
+		}
+
 		if (buildFile == null && project.config.exists("project.rebuild.file"))
 		{
 			buildFile = project.config.get("project.rebuild.file");
@@ -215,6 +221,7 @@ class CPPHelper
 
 		if (!FileSystem.exists(Path.combine(path, buildFile)))
 		{
+			Log.warn("Skipping rebuild. Path not found: " + path + "\nIf you are using a release from Haxelib, source code for native binaries may not be bundled. To rebuild, you may need to check out the full repository.");
 			return;
 		}