diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index b90dc8a..5e29b4e 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ checksum = "97b3888a4aecf77e811145cadf6eef5901f4782c53886191b2f693f24761847c"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libcsp"
-version = "0.1.2"
+version = "0.1.3"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "libc",
@@ -54,16 +54,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "libcsp-cargo-build"
-version = "0.1.0"
-dependencies = [
- "cc",
-]
-
-[[package]]
-name = "libcsp-cargo-build"
-version = "0.1.0"
-source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "554733e90f35324f10e32b4e848f5c85eb28cd099c5015d9fbe869f3b5a59944"
+version = "0.2.0"
 dependencies = [
  "cc",
 ]
@@ -73,7 +64,7 @@ name = "libcsp-rust-examples"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "libcsp",
- "libcsp-cargo-build 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "libcsp-cargo-build",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b3019d9..f51dcd6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+[workspace]
+members = [
+    "libcsp-cargo-build",
+    "examples"
+]
+resolver = "2"
+
 [package]
 name = "libcsp"
 version = "0.1.3"
@@ -16,10 +23,3 @@ bitflags = "2"
 num_enum = "0.7"
 libc = "0.2"
 libcsp-sys = { version = "0.1", path = "libcsp-sys" }
-
-[workspace]
-members = [
-    "libcsp-cargo-build",
-    "examples"
-]
-resolver = "2"
diff --git a/clib/cfg/csp/autoconfig.h b/clib/cfg/csp/autoconfig.h
index 2eadec9..18db72d 100644
--- a/clib/cfg/csp/autoconfig.h
+++ b/clib/cfg/csp/autoconfig.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// This file was auto-generated by libcsp-cargo-build v0.1.0
+// This file was auto-generated by libcsp-cargo-build v0.2.0
 #define CSP_POSIX 1
 #define CSP_ZEPHYR 0
 
diff --git a/examples/Cargo.toml b/examples/Cargo.toml
index 9bef1f3..10693e2 100644
--- a/examples/Cargo.toml
+++ b/examples/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ edition = "2021"
 libcsp = { version = "0.1", path = ".." }
 
 [build-dependencies]
-libcsp-cargo-build = "0.1"
+libcsp-cargo-build = { version = "0.2", path = "../libcsp-cargo-build" }
diff --git a/examples/autoconfig.h b/examples/autoconfig.h
index 2eadec9..18db72d 100644
--- a/examples/autoconfig.h
+++ b/examples/autoconfig.h
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// This file was auto-generated by libcsp-cargo-build v0.1.0
+// This file was auto-generated by libcsp-cargo-build v0.2.0
 #define CSP_POSIX 1
 #define CSP_ZEPHYR 0
 
diff --git a/examples/autoconfig.rs b/examples/autoconfig.rs
index 0477874..1df51ed 100644
--- a/examples/autoconfig.rs
+++ b/examples/autoconfig.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// This file was auto-generated by libcsp-cargo-build v0.1.0
+// This file was auto-generated by libcsp-cargo-build v0.2.0
 pub const CSP_CONN_RXQUEUE_LEN: usize = 16;
 pub const CSP_QFIFO_LEN: usize = 16;
 pub const CSP_PORT_MAX_BIND: usize = 16;
diff --git a/examples/build.rs b/examples/build.rs
index 6d53417..0a48089 100644
--- a/examples/build.rs
+++ b/examples/build.rs
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ fn main() {
 
     // This helper structure will take care of the majority of work to compile libcsp using the
     // cc crate.
-    let mut csp_builder = Builder::new(PathBuf::from(libcsp_path), PathBuf::from(&out_dir));
+    let mut csp_builder = Builder::new(PathBuf::from(libcsp_path), PathBuf::from(&out_dir))
+        .expect("creating libcsp builder failed");
     // A lot of spam we are not interested in usually.
     csp_builder.compiler_warnings = false;
 
diff --git a/libcsp-cargo-build/CHANGELOG.md b/libcsp-cargo-build/CHANGELOG.md
index fd4480e..2ea29d1 100644
--- a/libcsp-cargo-build/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/libcsp-cargo-build/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 # [unreleased]
 
+# [v0.2.0] 2024-06-01
+
+Added basic sanity checks for the user-provided `libcsp` location.
+
 # [v0.1.0] 2024-06-01
 
 Initial release
diff --git a/libcsp-cargo-build/Cargo.toml b/libcsp-cargo-build/Cargo.toml
index c96deec..5a990ae 100644
--- a/libcsp-cargo-build/Cargo.toml
+++ b/libcsp-cargo-build/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "libcsp-cargo-build"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.2.0"
 edition = "2021"
 description = "Tools to build libcsp using cargo"
 homepage = "https://egit.irs.uni-stuttgart.de/rust/libcsp-rust"
diff --git a/libcsp-cargo-build/src/lib.rs b/libcsp-cargo-build/src/lib.rs
index ecd2e2f..6b57e16 100644
--- a/libcsp-cargo-build/src/lib.rs
+++ b/libcsp-cargo-build/src/lib.rs
@@ -133,12 +133,32 @@ pub struct Builder {
     build: cc::Build,
 }
 
+#[derive(Debug, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+pub enum BuildCreationError {
+    PathDoesNotExist,
+    InvalidLibcspFormat,
+}
+
 impl Builder {
-    /// Create a new builder instance.
-    pub fn new(libcsp_path: PathBuf, out_dir: PathBuf) -> Self {
+    /// Create a new builder instance. Returns [BuildCreationError] if the specified libcsp path
+    /// does not exist or does not have the expected format.
+    pub fn new(libcsp_path: PathBuf, out_dir: PathBuf) -> Result<Self, BuildCreationError> {
+        // Basic sanity checks for the passed libcsp path.
+        if !libcsp_path.exists() {
+            return Err(BuildCreationError::PathDoesNotExist);
+        }
+        if !libcsp_path
+            .join("include")
+            .join("csp")
+            .join("csp.h")
+            .exists()
+        {
+            return Err(BuildCreationError::InvalidLibcspFormat);
+        }
+
         let mut libcsp_src_path_base = libcsp_path.clone();
         libcsp_src_path_base.push("src");
-        Self {
+        Ok(Self {
             generate_autoconf_file: true,
             libcsp_path,
             libcsp_src_path_base,
@@ -146,7 +166,7 @@ impl Builder {
             cfg: Default::default(),
             compiler_warnings: true,
             build: Default::default(),
-        }
+        })
     }
 
     /// Access to the underlying [cc::Build] builder object.