diff --git a/scripts/rust_is_available.sh b/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
index da8296cd9b8d..117018946b57 100755
--- a/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
+++ b/scripts/rust_is_available.sh
@@ -97,6 +97,15 @@ rust_compiler_version=$( \
 	echo "$rust_compiler_output" \
 		| sed -nE '1s:.*rustc ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*:\1:p'
 )
+if [ -z "$rust_compiler_version" ]; then
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	echo >&2 "*** Running '$RUSTC' to check the Rust compiler version did not return"
+	echo >&2 "*** an expected output. See output and docs below for details:"
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	echo >&2 "$rust_compiler_output"
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	exit 1
+fi
 rust_compiler_min_version=$($min_tool_version rustc)
 rust_compiler_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $rust_compiler_version)
 rust_compiler_min_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $rust_compiler_min_version)
@@ -136,6 +145,15 @@ rust_bindings_generator_version=$( \
 	echo "$rust_bindings_generator_output" \
 		| sed -nE '1s:.*bindgen ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*:\1:p'
 )
+if [ -z "$rust_bindings_generator_version" ]; then
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	echo >&2 "*** Running '$BINDGEN' to check the bindings generator version did not return"
+	echo >&2 "*** an expected output. See output and docs below for details:"
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	echo >&2 "$rust_bindings_generator_output"
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	exit 1
+fi
 rust_bindings_generator_min_version=$($min_tool_version bindgen)
 rust_bindings_generator_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $rust_bindings_generator_version)
 rust_bindings_generator_min_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $rust_bindings_generator_min_version)
@@ -184,6 +202,16 @@ bindgen_libclang_version=$( \
 	echo "$bindgen_libclang_output" \
 		| sed -nE 's:.*clang version ([0-9]+\.[0-9]+\.[0-9]+).*:\1:p'
 )
+if [ -z "$bindgen_libclang_version" ]; then
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	echo >&2 "*** Running '$BINDGEN' to check the libclang version (used by the Rust"
+	echo >&2 "*** bindings generator) did not return an expected output. See output"
+	echo >&2 "*** and docs below for details:"
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	echo >&2 "$bindgen_libclang_output"
+	echo >&2 "***"
+	exit 1
+fi
 bindgen_libclang_min_version=$($min_tool_version llvm)
 bindgen_libclang_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $bindgen_libclang_version)
 bindgen_libclang_min_cversion=$(get_canonical_version $bindgen_libclang_min_version)