diff --git a/bench-report.cabal b/bench-report.cabal
index 03f361b..f812e13 100644
--- a/bench-report.cabal
+++ b/bench-report.cabal
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ common compile-options
                         -Wno-all-missed-specialisations
     default-extensions: TemplateHaskell
                       , QuasiQuotes
+                      , ScopedTypeVariables
     default-language:   Haskell2010
 
 library
diff --git a/lib/BenchRunner.hs b/lib/BenchRunner.hs
index fb03770..d485211 100644
--- a/lib/BenchRunner.hs
+++ b/lib/BenchRunner.hs
@@ -407,9 +407,10 @@ runMeasurements targets = do
     if commitCompare
     then runBenchesComparing targets
     else do
-        liftIO $ runBuild buildBench benchPackageName "bench" targets
+        buildableTargets <-
+            liftIO $ runBuild buildBench benchPackageName "bench" targets
         -- XXX What is target_exe_extra_args here?
-        runBenchTargets benchPackageName "b" targets
+        runBenchTargets benchPackageName "b" buildableTargets
 
 runReports :: [String] -> Context ()
 runReports benchmarks = do
diff --git a/lib/BuildLib.hs b/lib/BuildLib.hs
index 109e457..4565db3 100644
--- a/lib/BuildLib.hs
+++ b/lib/BuildLib.hs
@@ -27,14 +27,17 @@ module BuildLib
 -- Imports
 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+import Control.Exception (catch)
+import Control.Monad.Catch (throwM)
 import Control.Monad (unless)
 import Control.Monad.IO.Class (MonadIO(..))
 import Control.Monad.Trans.Reader (ReaderT, asks)
 import Data.List (nub, sort, intercalate, isSuffixOf)
 import Data.Map (Map)
-import Data.Maybe (mapMaybe)
+import Data.Maybe (catMaybes, mapMaybe)
 import Streamly.Coreutils.Which (which)
 import Streamly.Internal.Unicode.String (str)
+import Streamly.System.Process (ProcessFailure(..))
 
 import qualified Data.List as List
 import qualified Data.Map as Map
@@ -258,9 +261,20 @@ getCabalExe = do
 getGhcVersion :: String -> IO String
 getGhcVersion ghc = liftIO $ toLastLine [str|#{ghc} --numeric-version|]
 
-runBuild :: String -> String -> String -> [String] -> IO ()
-runBuild buildProg package componentPrefix components = do
-    let componentsWithContext =
-            map (\c -> [str|#{package}:#{componentPrefix}:#{c}|]) components
-        componentsWithContextStr = unwords componentsWithContext
-    toStdoutV [str|#{buildProg} #{componentsWithContextStr}|]
+runBuild :: String -> String -> String -> [String] -> IO [String]
+runBuild buildProg package componentPrefix components =
+    catMaybes <$> mapM action components
+
+    where
+
+    actionBuildTarget c = do
+        toStdoutV [str|#{buildProg} #{package}:#{componentPrefix}:#{c}|]
+        return (Just c)
+
+    actionOnError c = do
+        --print $ "Warning: Target does not exist:" ++ c
+        throwM $ ProcessFailure 2
+        --return Nothing
+
+    action c =
+        catch (actionBuildTarget c) (\(_ :: ProcessFailure) -> actionOnError c)
diff --git a/lib/TestRunner.hs b/lib/TestRunner.hs
index 93e0bb9..2962ade 100644
--- a/lib/TestRunner.hs
+++ b/lib/TestRunner.hs
@@ -261,13 +261,14 @@ runMeasurements :: [String] -> Context ()
 runMeasurements targets = do
     buildCmd <- getBuildCommand
     benchPackageName <- asks bconfig_BENCHMARK_PACKAGE_NAME
-    liftIO $ runBuild buildCmd benchPackageName "test" targets
+    buildableTargets <-
+        liftIO $ runBuild buildCmd benchPackageName "test" targets
 
     coverage <- asks bconfig_COVERAGE
     when coverage $ do
         buildDir <- asks bconfig_BUILD_DIR
         liftIO $ toStdout [str|mkdir -p #{buildDir}/hpc|]
-    runBenchTargets benchPackageName "t" targets
+    runBenchTargets benchPackageName "t" buildableTargets
 
 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 -- Build and run targets