diff --git a/R/build_binaries.R b/R/build_binaries.R
index 0058ab3..25591fd 100644
--- a/R/build_binaries.R
+++ b/R/build_binaries.R
@@ -63,7 +63,16 @@ build_binary_package <- function(package_name, tag = NULL, codename = NULL,
 
   ### Install system dependencies
   if (install_system_dependencies) {
-    install_package_system_dependencies(package_name, tag, platform, local_clone_dir)
+    tryCatch(
+      {
+        install_package_system_dependencies(package_name, tag, platform, local_clone_dir)
+      },
+      error = function(e) {
+        message(sprintf("Error in installing dependencies for package %s with tag %s: %s", package_name, tag, e))
+        store_build_metadata(package_name, tag, platform, error_occurred = TRUE, force = TRUE, error = e$stderr)
+      }
+    )
+    return(TRUE)
   }
 
   t1 <- Sys.time()