diff --git a/pkg/platform/api/buildplanner/response/commit.go b/pkg/platform/api/buildplanner/response/commit.go
index 74e4ec204c..303a632d65 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/api/buildplanner/response/commit.go
+++ b/pkg/platform/api/buildplanner/response/commit.go
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import (
 func ProcessBuildError(build *BuildResponse, fallbackMessage string) error {
 	logging.Debug("ProcessBuildError: build.Type=%s", build.Type)
 	if build.Type == types.PlanningErrorType {
-		return processPlanningError(build.Message, build.SubErrors)
+		return ProcessPlanningError(build.Message, build.SubErrors)
 	} else if build.Error == nil {
 		return errs.New(fallbackMessage)
 	}
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func ProcessBuildError(build *BuildResponse, fallbackMessage string) error {
 	return locale.NewInputError("err_buildplanner_build", "Encountered error processing build response")
 }
 
-func processPlanningError(message string, subErrors []*BuildExprError) error {
+func ProcessPlanningError(message string, subErrors []*BuildExprError) error {
 	var errs []string
 	var isTransient bool
 
diff --git a/pkg/platform/model/buildplanner/evaluate.go b/pkg/platform/model/buildplanner/evaluate.go
index f348ea51f1..254d43eaa1 100644
--- a/pkg/platform/model/buildplanner/evaluate.go
+++ b/pkg/platform/model/buildplanner/evaluate.go
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ import (
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/pkg/buildscript"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/pkg/platform/api/buildplanner/request"
 	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/pkg/platform/api/buildplanner/response"
+	"github.com/ActiveState/cli/pkg/platform/api/buildplanner/types"
 )
 
 func (bp *BuildPlanner) Evaluate(org, project string, script *buildscript.BuildScript) error {
@@ -31,6 +32,12 @@ func (bp *BuildPlanner) Evaluate(org, project string, script *buildscript.BuildS
 			if err != nil {
 				return processBuildPlannerError(err, "Failed to evaluate build expression")
 			}
+			if response.IsErrorResponse(resp.Type) {
+				if resp.Type == types.PlanningErrorType {
+					return response.ProcessPlanningError(resp.Message, resp.SubErrors)
+				}
+				return locale.NewError("err_buildplanner_evaluate", "Encountered error evaluating build plan: {{.V0}}", resp.Message)
+			}
 			sessionId = resp.SessionID
 			if resp.Status != raw.Planning && resp.Status != raw.Started {
 				return nil