diff --git a/dist/dist_minipix.dist b/dist/dist_minipix.dist
index 8577511..17d9627 100644
--- a/dist/dist_minipix.dist
+++ b/dist/dist_minipix.dist
@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ pkg_dist_minipix_all() {
 				libssl.so.48 libtasn1.so.6 libtinfo.so.6 libtinfo.so		\
 				libtinfow.so.6 libu16ports.so.0 libunistring.so.2 libuuid.so.1	\
 				libz.so.1; do
-			if [ -e "${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib/${_fname}" ]\
-			&& rtl_is_newer "${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib/${_fname}" "${PREFIX_MINIPIX}/bin/${_fname}"\
+			if [ ! -e "${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib/${_fname}" ]; then
+				rtl_log_msg fatal "Error: shared object \`%s' non-existent on copy." "${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib/${_fname}";
+				return 1;
+			elif rtl_is_newer "${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib/${_fname}" "${PREFIX_MINIPIX}/bin/${_fname}"\
 			&& ! rtl_fileop cp_follow "${PREFIX_NATIVE}/lib/${_fname}" "${PREFIX_MINIPIX}/bin"; then
 				return 1;
 			fi;