diff --git a/cmd/govulncheck_compare/govulncheck_compare.go b/cmd/govulncheck_compare/govulncheck_compare.go
index 7660590..4d51e2f 100644
--- a/cmd/govulncheck_compare/govulncheck_compare.go
+++ b/cmd/govulncheck_compare/govulncheck_compare.go
@@ -58,10 +58,16 @@
 	defer removeBinaries(binaries)
 
 	for _, binary := range binaries {
-		pair := govulncheck.ComparePair{
+		pair := &govulncheck.ComparePair{
 			BinaryResults: govulncheck.SandboxResponse{Stats: govulncheck.ScanStats{BuildTime: binary.BuildTime}},
 			SourceResults: govulncheck.SandboxResponse{Stats: govulncheck.ScanStats{}},
 		}
+		response.FindingsForMod[binary.ImportPath] = pair
+
+		if binary.Error != nil {
+			pair.Error = binary.Error
+			continue // there was an error in building the binary
+		}
 
 		pair.SourceResults.Findings, err = govulncheck.RunGovulncheckCmd(govulncheckPath, govulncheck.FlagSource, binary.ImportPath, modulePath, vulndbPath, &pair.SourceResults.Stats)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -74,8 +80,6 @@
 			fail(err)
 			return
 		}
-
-		response.FindingsForMod[binary.ImportPath] = &pair
 	}
 
 	b, err := json.MarshalIndent(response, "", "\t")
diff --git a/internal/buildbinary/bin.go b/internal/buildbinary/bin.go
index b21d9af..17ea3d0 100644
--- a/internal/buildbinary/bin.go
+++ b/internal/buildbinary/bin.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 	BinaryPath string
 	ImportPath string
 	BuildTime  time.Duration
+	Error      error
 }
 
 // FindAndBuildBinaries finds and builds all possible binaries from a given module.
@@ -30,14 +31,15 @@
 
 	for i, target := range buildTargets {
 		path, buildTime, err := runBuild(modulePath, target, i)
-		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
-		}
-		binaries = append(binaries, &BinaryInfo{
+		b := &BinaryInfo{
 			BinaryPath: path,
 			ImportPath: target,
 			BuildTime:  buildTime,
-		})
+		}
+		if err != nil {
+			b.Error = err
+		}
+		binaries = append(binaries, b)
 	}
 	return binaries, nil
 }
diff --git a/internal/buildbinary/bin_test.go b/internal/buildbinary/bin_test.go
index 1249755..b79f739 100644
--- a/internal/buildbinary/bin_test.go
+++ b/internal/buildbinary/bin_test.go
@@ -40,13 +40,17 @@
 			want:    []string{"example.com/test", "example.com/test/multipleBinModule", "example.com/test/p1"},
 			wantErr: false,
 		},
+		{
+			name:    "error test",
+			dir:     "non-existing-module",
+			wantErr: true,
+		},
 	}
 	for _, tt := range tests {
 		t.Run(tt.name, func(t *testing.T) {
 			got, err := findBinaries(tt.dir)
 			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
-				t.Errorf("findBinaries() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
-				return
+				t.Fatalf("got error=%v, wantErr=%v", err, tt.wantErr)
 			}
 
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got, cmpopts.SortSlices(less)); diff != "" {
@@ -86,8 +90,7 @@
 			got, _, err := runBuild(tt.modulePath, tt.importPath, 1)
 			defer os.Remove(got)
 			if (err != nil) != tt.wantErr {
-				t.Errorf("runBuild() error = %v, wantErr %v", err, tt.wantErr)
-				return
+				t.Fatalf("got error=%v; wantErr=%v", err, tt.wantErr)
 			}
 
 			if diff := cmp.Diff(tt.want, got); diff != "" {
@@ -95,7 +98,7 @@
 			}
 			_, err = os.Stat(got)
 			if err != nil && os.IsNotExist(err) {
-				t.Errorf("runBuild did not produce the expected binary")
+				t.Errorf("did not produce the expected binary")
 			}
 		})
 	}
diff --git a/internal/govulncheck/govulncheck.go b/internal/govulncheck/govulncheck.go
index cecd547..2d12126 100644
--- a/internal/govulncheck/govulncheck.go
+++ b/internal/govulncheck/govulncheck.go
@@ -288,6 +288,7 @@
 type ComparePair struct {
 	BinaryResults SandboxResponse
 	SourceResults SandboxResponse
+	Error         error
 }
 
 func UnmarshalCompareResponse(output []byte) (*CompareResponse, error) {
diff --git a/internal/worker/govulncheck_scan.go b/internal/worker/govulncheck_scan.go
index c22bca2..dd16d14 100644
--- a/internal/worker/govulncheck_scan.go
+++ b/internal/worker/govulncheck_scan.go
@@ -230,6 +230,13 @@
 	}
 	log.Infof(ctx, "scanner.runGovulncheckCompare found %d compilable binaries in %s:", len(response.FindingsForMod), sreq.Path())
 	for pkg, results := range response.FindingsForMod {
+		if results.Error != nil {
+			// Just log error if binary failed to build. Otherwise, we'd have
+			// to create bq rows for both binary and source compare modes.
+			log.Errorf(ctx, err, "building binary failed: %s %s", pkg, sreq.Path())
+			continue
+		}
+
 		binRow := createComparisonRow(pkg, &results.BinaryResults, baseRow, ModeBinary)
 		srcRow := createComparisonRow(pkg, &results.SourceResults, baseRow, ModeGovulncheck)