diff --git a/locust/main.py b/locust/main.py
index b742b12356..4031f2bb3b 100644
--- a/locust/main.py
+++ b/locust/main.py
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@
 # import external plugins if  installed to allow for registering custom arguments etc
 try:
     import locust_plugins  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports]
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
-    pass
+except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
+    if e.msg != "No module named 'locust_plugins'":
+        raise
 try:
     import locust_cloud  # pyright: ignore[reportMissingImports]
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
-    pass
+except ModuleNotFoundError as e:
+    if e.msg != "No module named 'locust_cloud'":
+        raise
 
 version = locust.__version__