diff --git a/cmake/modules/ImHexPlugin.cmake b/cmake/modules/ImHexPlugin.cmake
index 2b3024c290493..cebb13cd80658 100644
--- a/cmake/modules/ImHexPlugin.cmake
+++ b/cmake/modules/ImHexPlugin.cmake
@@ -117,6 +117,10 @@ macro(add_imhex_plugin)
 endmacro()
 
 macro(add_romfs_resource input output)
+    if (NOT EXISTS ${input})
+        message(WARNING "Resource file ${input} does not exist")
+    endif()
+
     configure_file(${input} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/romfs/${output} COPYONLY)
 
     list(APPEND LIBROMFS_RESOURCE_LOCATION ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/romfs)
diff --git a/plugins/builtin/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/builtin/CMakeLists.txt
index ea86ca3486edf..80c6c9405735d 100644
--- a/plugins/builtin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/builtin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
 
 include(ImHexPlugin)
 
+find_file(DEFAULT_MAGIC_FILE_PATH magic.mgc HINTS ${LIBMAGIC_INCLUDE_DIR}/../share/misc)
+if (EXISTS ${DEFAULT_MAGIC_FILE_PATH})
+    add_romfs_resource(${DEFAULT_MAGIC_FILE_PATH} always_auto_extract/magic/magic.mgc)
+endif ()
+
 add_imhex_plugin(
     NAME
         builtin
@@ -122,11 +127,6 @@ add_imhex_plugin(
         LLVMDemangle
 )
 
-find_file(DEFAULT_MAGIC_FILE_PATH magic.mgc HINTS ${LIBMAGIC_INCLUDE_DIR}/../share/misc)
-if (DEFAULT_MAGIC_FILE_PATH)
-    add_romfs_resource(${DEFAULT_MAGIC_FILE_PATH} always_auto_extract/magic/magic.mgc)
-endif ()
-
 if (WIN32)
     target_link_libraries(builtin PRIVATE setupapi)
 endif ()
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