diff --git a/fuzzing/ossfuzz.sh b/fuzzing/ossfuzz.sh
index 8521e87b..d17eb03a 100755
--- a/fuzzing/ossfuzz.sh
+++ b/fuzzing/ossfuzz.sh
@@ -4,13 +4,23 @@
 # build the fuzzers does not require changes in oss fuzz but instead can
 # be done in the glaze repository.
 
-set -eux
+set -ux
 
 $CXX --version
 
+BUILT=0
 for SRCFILE in $(ls fuzzing/*.cpp |grep -v -E '(exhaustive|main\.cpp)'); do
     NAME=$(basename $SRCFILE .cpp)
-    $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++23 -g -Iinclude \
+    if $CXX $CXXFLAGS -std=c++23 -g -Iinclude \
          $SRCFILE -o $OUT/$NAME \
-         $LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE
+         $LIB_FUZZING_ENGINE; then
+        BUILT=$((BUILT + 1))
+    else
+        echo "WARNING: failed to build $NAME, skipping" >&2
+    fi
 done
+
+if [ "$BUILT" -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: no fuzzers built" >&2
+    exit 1
+fi