diff --git a/pkgs/test/stdenv/no-broken-symlinks.nix b/pkgs/test/stdenv/no-broken-symlinks.nix
index 344f8b5afc1d..5ef7a75e7774 100644
--- a/pkgs/test/stdenv/no-broken-symlinks.nix
+++ b/pkgs/test/stdenv/no-broken-symlinks.nix
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ let
     )
     if readlink "$out/unreadable-symlink" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
       nixErrorLog "symlink permissions not supported"
-      ${optionalString failIfUnsupported "exit 1"}
+      ${optionalString failIfUnsupported
+        # Postpone the failure until after no-broken-symlinks.sh has a chance to print its messages
+        "postFixupHooks+=('exit 1')"
+      }
     fi
   '';