diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 2ff4ce41..44a90bb6 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -465,6 +465,11 @@ preconfigure:
 		exit 1; \
 	fi
 
+	if test "$(DISTRO)" = "bookworm" -a "$(LLVM_SPIRV_INSTALLED)" = "no"; then \
+		echo "llvm spriv isn't detected while it should probably for this distro"; \
+		exit 1; \
+	fi
+
 	@echo "DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH=$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)"
 	@echo "DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE=$(DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE)"
 	@echo "DEB_HOST_ARCH_BITS=$(DEB_HOST_ARCH_BITS)"