diff --git a/src/virtual_packages.rs b/src/virtual_packages.rs
index 6205708cd..ef0d600fb 100644
--- a/src/virtual_packages.rs
+++ b/src/virtual_packages.rs
@@ -183,7 +183,11 @@ pub fn verify_current_platform_has_required_virtual_packages(
             }
 
             if req_pkg.version > local_vpkg.version {
-                miette::bail!("The current system has a mismatching virtual package. The project requires '{}' to be at least version '{}' but the system has version '{}'", req_pkg.name.as_source(), req_pkg.version, local_vpkg.version);
+                // This case can simply happen because the default system requirements in get_minimal_virtual_packages() is higher than required.
+                miette::bail!("The current system has a mismatching virtual package. The project requires '{}' to be at least version '{}' but the system has version '{}'\n\n\
+                Try setting the following in your pixi.toml:\n\
+                [system-requirements]\n\
+                {} = \"{}\"", req_pkg.name.as_source(), req_pkg.version, local_vpkg.version, req_pkg.name.as_normalized().strip_prefix("__").unwrap_or(local_vpkg.name.as_normalized()), local_vpkg.version);
             }
         } else {
             miette::bail!("The platform you are running on should at least have the virtual package {} on version {}, build_string: {}", req_pkg.name.as_source(), req_pkg.version, req_pkg.build_string)