diff --git a/plugins/mongo_db_plugin/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/mongo_db_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
index 0882550c947..29f45bd6808 100644
--- a/plugins/mongo_db_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/mongo_db_plugin/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if(BUILD_MONGO_DB_PLUGIN)
       find_package(libbson-static-1.0 REQUIRED)
 
   else()
-      message("Could NOT find MongoDB. mongo_db_plugin with MongoDB support will not be included.")
+      message(FATAL_ERROR "Could NOT find mongo-c-driver. Disable mongo support or ensure mongo-c-driver and mongo-cxx-driver is built and installed")
       return()
   endif()