diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/llvm.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/llvm.rs
index db2a76c4a2dff..51a791daef280 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/llvm.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/build_steps/llvm.rs
@@ -925,7 +925,7 @@ impl Step for Enzyme {
         }
         let target = self.target;
 
-        let LlvmResult { host_llvm_config, .. } = builder.ensure(Llvm { target: self.target });
+        let LlvmResult { host_llvm_config, llvm_cmake_dir } = builder.ensure(Llvm { target });
 
         static STAMP_HASH_MEMO: OnceLock<String> = OnceLock::new();
         let smart_stamp_hash = STAMP_HASH_MEMO.get_or_init(|| {
@@ -955,15 +955,20 @@ impl Step for Enzyme {
             return out_dir;
         }
 
+        if !builder.config.dry_run() && !llvm_cmake_dir.is_dir() {
+            builder.info(&format!(
+                "WARNING: {} does not exist, Enzyme build will likely fail",
+                llvm_cmake_dir.display()
+            ));
+        }
+
         trace!(?target, "(re)building enzyme artifacts");
         builder.info(&format!("Building Enzyme for {target}"));
         t!(stamp.remove());
         let _time = helpers::timeit(builder);
         t!(fs::create_dir_all(&out_dir));
 
-        builder
-            .config
-            .update_submodule(Path::new("src").join("tools").join("enzyme").to_str().unwrap());
+        builder.config.update_submodule("src/tools/enzyme");
         let mut cfg = cmake::Config::new(builder.src.join("src/tools/enzyme/enzyme/"));
         configure_cmake(builder, target, &mut cfg, true, LdFlags::default(), &[]);
 
@@ -983,7 +988,7 @@ impl Step for Enzyme {
             .define("LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS", "ON")
             .define("ENZYME_EXTERNAL_SHARED_LIB", "ON")
             .define("ENZYME_BC_LOADER", "OFF")
-            .define("LLVM_DIR", builder.llvm_out(target));
+            .define("LLVM_DIR", llvm_cmake_dir);
 
         cfg.build();
 
diff --git a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/llvm.rs b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/llvm.rs
index 9523f80214849..9751837a88794 100644
--- a/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/llvm.rs
+++ b/src/bootstrap/src/core/config/toml/llvm.rs
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ pub fn check_incompatible_options_for_ci_llvm(
         enable_warnings,
         download_ci_llvm: _,
         build_config,
-        enzyme: _,
+        enzyme,
     } = ci_llvm_config;
 
     err!(current_llvm_config.optimize, optimize);
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ pub fn check_incompatible_options_for_ci_llvm(
     err!(current_llvm_config.clang, clang);
     err!(current_llvm_config.build_config, build_config);
     err!(current_llvm_config.plugins, plugins);
+    err!(current_llvm_config.enzyme, enzyme);
 
     warn!(current_llvm_config.enable_warnings, enable_warnings);