diff --git a/contrib/devtools/bitcoin-tidy/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/devtools/bitcoin-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
index c6f683f7aba..a7422a2807e 100644
--- a/contrib/devtools/bitcoin-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/devtools/bitcoin-tidy/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ set(CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_ZLIB ON)
 set(CMAKE_DISABLE_FIND_PACKAGE_zstd ON)
 
 find_package(LLVM REQUIRED CONFIG)
-find_program(CLANG_TIDY_EXE NAMES "clang-tidy-${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}" "clang-tidy" HINTS ${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR})
+find_program(CLANG_TIDY_EXE REQUIRED NAMES "clang-tidy-${LLVM_VERSION_MAJOR}" "clang-tidy" HINTS ${LLVM_TOOLS_BINARY_DIR})
 message(STATUS "Found LLVM ${LLVM_PACKAGE_VERSION}")
 message(STATUS "Found clang-tidy: ${CLANG_TIDY_EXE}")