diff --git a/zebra/zebra_static.c b/zebra/zebra_static.c
index 914b049c05..24160655d7 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_static.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_static.c
@@ -516,7 +516,9 @@ int static_add_route(afi_t afi, safi_t safi, uint8_t type, struct prefix *p,
 		if (ifp && ifp->ifindex != IFINDEX_INTERNAL) {
 			si->ifindex = ifp->ifindex;
 			static_install_route(afi, safi, p, src_p, si);
-		}
+		} else
+			zlog_warn("Static Route using %s interface not installed because the interface does not exist in specified vrf",
+				  ifname);
 	}
 
 	return 1;
diff --git a/zebra/zebra_vty.c b/zebra/zebra_vty.c
index 84fc76d7f6..16aece9747 100644
--- a/zebra/zebra_vty.c
+++ b/zebra/zebra_vty.c
@@ -207,6 +207,9 @@ static int zebra_static_route_holdem(
 	struct static_hold_route *shr, *lookup;
 	struct listnode *node;
 
+	zlog_warn("Static Route to %s not installed currently because dependent config not fully available",
+		  dest_str);
+
 	shr = XCALLOC(MTYPE_STATIC_ROUTE, sizeof(*shr));
 	shr->vrf_name = XSTRDUP(MTYPE_STATIC_ROUTE, zvrf->vrf->name);
 	shr->nhvrf_name = XSTRDUP(MTYPE_STATIC_ROUTE, nh_zvrf->vrf->name);