diff --git a/src/build.rs b/src/build.rs
index 48a1c88..851f8c3 100644
--- a/src/build.rs
+++ b/src/build.rs
@@ -1285,10 +1285,13 @@ pub fn build(filter: &Option<regex::Regex>, path: &str, no_timing: bool) -> Resu
     let mut compiled_modules = AHashSet::<String>::new();
     let dirty_modules = build_state
         .modules
-        .iter()
+        .iter_mut()
         .filter_map(|(module_name, module)| {
             if module.compile_dirty {
                 Some(module_name.to_owned())
+            } else if !module.deps.is_disjoint(&deleted_module_names) {
+                module.compile_dirty = true;
+                Some(module_name.to_owned())
             } else {
                 None
             }
diff --git a/tests/compile.sh b/tests/compile.sh
index d0f3ff6..955e1a4 100755
--- a/tests/compile.sh
+++ b/tests/compile.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+cd $(dirname $0)
 source "./utils.sh"
 cd ../testrepo
 
@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@ rewatch build --no-timing=true &> ../tests/snapshots/rename-file-with-interface.
 mv ./packages/main/src/ModuleWithInterface2.res ./packages/main/src/ModuleWithInterface.res
 rewatch build &> /dev/null
 
+# when deleting a file that other files depend on, the compile should fail
+rm packages/dep02/src/Dep02.res
+rewatch build --no-timing=true &> ../tests/snapshots/remove-file.txt
+# replace the absolute path so the snapshot is the same on all machines
+replace "s/$(pwd | sed "s/\//\\\\\//g")//g" ../tests/snapshots/remove-file.txt
+git checkout -- packages/dep02/src/Dep02.res
+rewatch build &> /dev/null
+
 # make sure we don't have changes in the test repo
 if git diff --exit-code ./; 
 then
@@ -72,6 +81,15 @@ then
   success "Snapshots are correct"
 else 
   error "Snapshots are incorrect:"
-  printf "${changed_snapshots}\n"
+  # print filenames in the snapshot dir call bold with the filename
+  # and then cat their contents
+  printf "\n\n"
+  for file in $changed_snapshots; do
+    bold $file
+    # show diff of file vs contents in git
+    git diff $file $file
+    printf "\n\n"
+  done
+
   exit 1
 fi
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/snapshots/remove-file.txt b/tests/snapshots/remove-file.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c686ce9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/snapshots/remove-file.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+[1/7] 🌴  Building package tree...
[1/7] ️✅  Built package tree in 0.00s
+[2/7] 🔍  Finding source files...
[2/7] ️✅  Found source files in 0.00s
+[3/7] 🧹  Cleaning up previous build...
[3/7] ️✅  Cleaned 1/9 0.00s
+
[4/7] ️✅  Parsed 0 source files in 0.00s
+
[5/7] ️✅  Collected deps in 0.00s
+
[6/7] ️🛑  Compiled 2 modules in 0.00s
+
+  We've found a bug for you!
+  /packages/dep01/src/Dep01.res:3:9-17
+
+  1 │ let log = () => {
+  2 │         Js.log("02")
+  3 │         Dep02.log()
+  4 │ }
+  5 │ 
+
+  The module or file Dep02 can't be found.
+  - If it's a third-party dependency:
+    - Did you list it in bsconfig.json?
+    - Did you run `rescript build` instead of `rescript build -with-deps`
+      (latter builds third-parties)?
+  - Did you include the file's directory in bsconfig.json?
+
diff --git a/tests/utils.sh b/tests/utils.sh
index d4a8957..0d04b1b 100644
--- a/tests/utils.sh
+++ b/tests/utils.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,13 @@ overwrite() { echo -e "\r\033[1A\033[0K$@"; }
 success() { echo -e "- ✅ \033[32m$1\033[0m"; }
 error() { echo -e "- 🛑 \033[31m$1\033[0m"; }
 bold() { echo -e "\033[1m$1\033[0m"; }
-rewatch() { RUST_BACKTRACE=1 ../target/release/rewatch --no-timing=true $1; } 
\ No newline at end of file
+rewatch() { RUST_BACKTRACE=1 ../target/release/rewatch --no-timing=true $1; } 
+
+replace() { 
+  if [[ $OSTYPE == 'darwin'* ]]; 
+  then
+    sed -i '' $1 $2;
+  else 
+    sed -i $1 $2;
+  fi
+} 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/watch.sh b/tests/watch.sh
index 338135b..20546d8 100755
--- a/tests/watch.sh
+++ b/tests/watch.sh
@@ -3,15 +3,6 @@ cd ../testrepo
 
 bold "Test: It should watch"
 
-replace() { 
-  if [[ $OSTYPE == 'darwin'* ]]; 
-  then
-    sed -i '' $1 $2;
-  else 
-    sed -i $1 $2;
-  fi
-} 
-
 if rewatch clean &> /dev/null;
 then
   success "Repo Cleaned"