diff --git a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_install.rs b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_install.rs
index 5f843e8c731..8ddfa4fab3d 100644
--- a/src/cargo/ops/cargo_install.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/ops/cargo_install.rs
@@ -320,7 +320,9 @@ impl<'cfg, 'a> InstallablePackage<'cfg, 'a> {
 
             format!(
                 "failed to compile `{}`, intermediate artifacts can be \
-                 found at `{}`",
+                 found at `{}`.\nTo reuse those artifacts with a future \
+                 compilation, set the environment variable \
+                 `CARGO_TARGET_DIR` to that path.",
                 self.pkg,
                 self.ws.target_dir().display()
             )
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/directory.rs b/tests/testsuite/directory.rs
index 0e28de03942..e72f1f07d13 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/directory.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/directory.rs
@@ -188,7 +188,9 @@ fn simple_install_fail() {
         .with_status(101)
         .with_stderr(
             "  Installing bar v0.1.0
-error: failed to compile `bar v0.1.0`, intermediate artifacts can be found at `[..]`
+error: failed to compile `bar v0.1.0`, intermediate artifacts can be found at `[..]`.
+To reuse those artifacts with a future compilation, set the environment variable \
+`CARGO_TARGET_DIR` to that path.
 
 Caused by:
   no matching package found
@@ -759,7 +761,9 @@ fn version_missing() {
         .with_stderr(
             "\
 [INSTALLING] bar v0.1.0
-error: failed to compile [..]
+error: failed to compile [..], intermediate artifacts can be found at `[..]`.
+To reuse those artifacts with a future compilation, set the environment variable \
+`CARGO_TARGET_DIR` to that path.
 
 Caused by:
   failed to select a version for the requirement `foo = \"^2\"`
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/install.rs b/tests/testsuite/install.rs
index 2609d804819..0f6d9909a42 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/install.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/install.rs
@@ -978,7 +978,8 @@ fn compile_failure() {
             "\
 [ERROR] could not compile `foo` (bin \"foo\") due to previous error
 [ERROR] failed to compile `foo v0.0.1 ([..])`, intermediate artifacts can be \
-    found at `[..]target`
+    found at `[..]target`.\nTo reuse those artifacts with a future compilation, \
+    set the environment variable `CARGO_TARGET_DIR` to that path.
 ",
         )
         .run();
@@ -2264,7 +2265,9 @@ fn failed_install_retains_temp_directory() {
     )
     .unwrap();
     compare::match_contains(
-        "error: failed to compile `foo v0.0.1`, intermediate artifacts can be found at `[..]`",
+        "error: failed to compile `foo v0.0.1`, intermediate artifacts can be found at \
+        `[..]`.\nTo reuse those artifacts with a future compilation, set the environment \
+        variable `CARGO_TARGET_DIR` to that path.",
         &stderr,
         None,
     )
@@ -2272,7 +2275,7 @@ fn failed_install_retains_temp_directory() {
 
     // Find the path in the output.
     let start = stderr.find("found at `").unwrap() + 10;
-    let end = stderr[start..].find('\n').unwrap() - 1;
+    let end = stderr[start..].find('.').unwrap() - 1;
     let path = Path::new(&stderr[start..(end + start)]);
     assert!(path.exists());
     assert!(path.join("release/deps").exists());
diff --git a/tests/testsuite/required_features.rs b/tests/testsuite/required_features.rs
index ac6c9d23335..88be89fd4d0 100644
--- a/tests/testsuite/required_features.rs
+++ b/tests/testsuite/required_features.rs
@@ -658,7 +658,9 @@ Consider enabling some of the needed features by passing, e.g., `--features=\"a\
             "\
 [INSTALLING] foo v0.0.1 ([..])
 [ERROR] failed to compile `foo v0.0.1 ([..])`, intermediate artifacts can be found at \
-    `[..]target`
+    `[..]target`.
+To reuse those artifacts with a future compilation, set the environment \
+variable `CARGO_TARGET_DIR` to that path.
 
 Caused by:
   target `foo` in package `foo` requires the features: `a`
@@ -678,7 +680,8 @@ Caused by:
             "\
 [INSTALLING] foo v0.0.1 ([..])
 [ERROR] failed to compile `foo v0.0.1 ([..])`, intermediate artifacts can be found at \
-    `[..]target`
+    `[..]target`.\nTo reuse those artifacts with a future compilation, set the environment \
+    variable `CARGO_TARGET_DIR` to that path.
 
 Caused by:
   target `foo` in package `foo` requires the features: `a`