diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttplugClient.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttplugClient.php
index e756ea5d3f..08023b9c42 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttplugClient.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/HttplugClient.php
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ use Http\Client\Exception\NetworkException;
 use Http\Client\Exception\RequestException;
 use Http\Client\HttpAsyncClient;
 use Http\Client\HttpClient as HttplugInterface;
+use Http\Discovery\Exception\NotFoundException;
 use Http\Discovery\Psr17FactoryDiscovery;
 use Http\Message\RequestFactory;
 use Http\Message\StreamFactory;
@@ -75,9 +76,13 @@ final class HttplugClient implements HttplugInterface, HttpAsyncClient, RequestF
                 throw new \LogicException('You cannot use the "Symfony\Component\HttpClient\HttplugClient" as no PSR-17 factories have been provided. Try running "composer require nyholm/psr7".');
             }
 
-            $psr17Factory = class_exists(Psr17Factory::class, false) ? new Psr17Factory() : null;
-            $this->responseFactory = $this->responseFactory ?? $psr17Factory ?? Psr17FactoryDiscovery::findResponseFactory();
-            $this->streamFactory = $this->streamFactory ?? $psr17Factory ?? Psr17FactoryDiscovery::findStreamFactory();
+            try {
+                $psr17Factory = class_exists(Psr17Factory::class, false) ? new Psr17Factory() : null;
+                $this->responseFactory = $this->responseFactory ?? $psr17Factory ?? Psr17FactoryDiscovery::findResponseFactory();
+                $this->streamFactory = $this->streamFactory ?? $psr17Factory ?? Psr17FactoryDiscovery::findStreamFactory();
+            } catch (NotFoundException $e) {
+                throw new \LogicException('You cannot use the "Symfony\Component\HttpClient\HttplugClient" as no PSR-17 factories have been found. Try running "composer require nyholm/psr7".', 0, $e);
+            }
         }
 
         $this->waitLoop = new HttplugWaitLoop($this->client, $this->promisePool, $this->responseFactory, $this->streamFactory);
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Psr18Client.php b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Psr18Client.php
index ba59dc11f7..67c2fdb8f0 100644
--- a/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Psr18Client.php
+++ b/src/Symfony/Component/HttpClient/Psr18Client.php
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 
 namespace Symfony\Component\HttpClient;
 
+use Http\Discovery\Exception\NotFoundException;
 use Http\Discovery\Psr17FactoryDiscovery;
 use Nyholm\Psr7\Factory\Psr17Factory;
 use Nyholm\Psr7\Request;
@@ -68,9 +69,13 @@ final class Psr18Client implements ClientInterface, RequestFactoryInterface, Str
             throw new \LogicException('You cannot use the "Symfony\Component\HttpClient\Psr18Client" as no PSR-17 factories have been provided. Try running "composer require nyholm/psr7".');
         }
 
-        $psr17Factory = class_exists(Psr17Factory::class, false) ? new Psr17Factory() : null;
-        $this->responseFactory = $this->responseFactory ?? $psr17Factory ?? Psr17FactoryDiscovery::findResponseFactory();
-        $this->streamFactory = $this->streamFactory ?? $psr17Factory ?? Psr17FactoryDiscovery::findStreamFactory();
+        try {
+            $psr17Factory = class_exists(Psr17Factory::class, false) ? new Psr17Factory() : null;
+            $this->responseFactory = $this->responseFactory ?? $psr17Factory ?? Psr17FactoryDiscovery::findResponseFactory();
+            $this->streamFactory = $this->streamFactory ?? $psr17Factory ?? Psr17FactoryDiscovery::findStreamFactory();
+        } catch (NotFoundException $e) {
+            throw new \LogicException('You cannot use the "Symfony\Component\HttpClient\HttplugClient" as no PSR-17 factories have been found. Try running "composer require nyholm/psr7".', 0, $e);
+        }
     }
 
     /**