diff --git a/crates/uv-distribution/src/distribution_database.rs b/crates/uv-distribution/src/distribution_database.rs
index 06783f642c6c..5339d3aa82fe 100644
--- a/crates/uv-distribution/src/distribution_database.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-distribution/src/distribution_database.rs
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ impl<'a, Context: BuildContext> DistributionDatabase<'a, Context> {
     }
 
     /// Return the [`RequiresDist`] from a `pyproject.toml`, if it can be statically extracted.
-    pub async fn requires_dist(&self, project_root: &Path) -> Result<RequiresDist, Error> {
-        self.builder.requires_dist(project_root).await
+    pub async fn requires_dist(&self, project_root: &Path) -> Result<Option<RequiresDist>, Error> {
+        self.builder.source_tree_requires_dist(project_root).await
     }
 
     /// Stream a wheel from a URL, unzipping it into the cache as it's downloaded.
diff --git a/crates/uv-distribution/src/source/mod.rs b/crates/uv-distribution/src/source/mod.rs
index 8df51913f75b..7c36bb2c814a 100644
--- a/crates/uv-distribution/src/source/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-distribution/src/source/mod.rs
@@ -360,21 +360,6 @@ impl<'a, T: BuildContext> SourceDistributionBuilder<'a, T> {
         Ok(metadata)
     }
 
-    /// Return the [`RequiresDist`] from a `pyproject.toml`, if it can be statically extracted.
-    pub(crate) async fn requires_dist(&self, project_root: &Path) -> Result<RequiresDist, Error> {
-        let requires_dist = read_requires_dist(project_root).await?;
-        let requires_dist = RequiresDist::from_project_maybe_workspace(
-            requires_dist,
-            project_root,
-            None,
-            self.build_context.locations(),
-            self.build_context.sources(),
-            self.build_context.bounds(),
-        )
-        .await?;
-        Ok(requires_dist)
-    }
-
     /// Build a source distribution from a remote URL.
     async fn url<'data>(
         &self,
@@ -1250,6 +1235,48 @@ impl<'a, T: BuildContext> SourceDistributionBuilder<'a, T> {
         Ok(pointer)
     }
 
+    /// Return the [`RequiresDist`] from a `pyproject.toml`, if it can be statically extracted.
+    pub(crate) async fn source_tree_requires_dist(
+        &self,
+        project_root: &Path,
+    ) -> Result<Option<RequiresDist>, Error> {
+        // Attempt to read static metadata from the `pyproject.toml`.
+        match read_requires_dist(project_root).await {
+            Ok(requires_dist) => {
+                debug!(
+                    "Found static `requires-dist` for: {}",
+                    project_root.display()
+                );
+                let requires_dist = RequiresDist::from_project_maybe_workspace(
+                    requires_dist,
+                    project_root,
+                    None,
+                    self.build_context.locations(),
+                    self.build_context.sources(),
+                    self.build_context.bounds(),
+                )
+                .await?;
+                Ok(Some(requires_dist))
+            }
+            Err(
+                err @ (Error::MissingPyprojectToml
+                | Error::PyprojectToml(
+                    uv_pypi_types::MetadataError::Pep508Error(_)
+                    | uv_pypi_types::MetadataError::DynamicField(_)
+                    | uv_pypi_types::MetadataError::FieldNotFound(_)
+                    | uv_pypi_types::MetadataError::PoetrySyntax,
+                )),
+            ) => {
+                debug!(
+                    "No static `requires-dist` available for: {} ({err:?})",
+                    project_root.display()
+                );
+                Ok(None)
+            }
+            Err(err) => Err(err),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Build a source distribution from a Git repository.
     async fn git(
         &self,
diff --git a/crates/uv-requirements/src/source_tree.rs b/crates/uv-requirements/src/source_tree.rs
index a6f2e2aafa22..569c658b6200 100644
--- a/crates/uv-requirements/src/source_tree.rs
+++ b/crates/uv-requirements/src/source_tree.rs
@@ -191,8 +191,12 @@ impl<'a, Context: BuildContext> SourceTreeResolver<'a, Context> {
             )
         })?;
 
-        // If the path is a `pyproject.toml`, attempt to extract the requirements statically.
-        if let Ok(metadata) = self.database.requires_dist(source_tree).await {
+        // If the path is a `pyproject.toml`, attempt to extract the requirements statically. The
+        // distribution database will do this too, but we can be even more aggressive here since we
+        // _only_ need the requirements. So, for example, even if the version is dynamic, we can
+        // still extract the requirements without performing a build, unlike in the database where
+        // we typically construct a "complete" metadata object.
+        if let Some(metadata) = self.database.requires_dist(source_tree).await? {
             return Ok(metadata);
         }
 
diff --git a/crates/uv/tests/it/pip_compile.rs b/crates/uv/tests/it/pip_compile.rs
index 198bea7195c4..a132e7a48768 100644
--- a/crates/uv/tests/it/pip_compile.rs
+++ b/crates/uv/tests/it/pip_compile.rs
@@ -293,6 +293,37 @@ dependencies = [
     Ok(())
 }
 
+#[test]
+fn compile_pyproject_toml_eager_validation() -> Result<()> {
+    let context = TestContext::new("3.12");
+    let pyproject_toml = context.temp_dir.child("pyproject.toml");
+    pyproject_toml.write_str(indoc! {r#"
+        [project]
+        name = "project"
+        dynamic = ["version"]
+        requires-python = ">=3.10"
+        dependencies = ["anyio==4.7.0"]
+
+        [tool.uv.sources]
+        anyio = { workspace = true }
+    "#})?;
+
+    // This should fail without attempting to build the package.
+    uv_snapshot!(context
+        .pip_compile()
+        .arg("pyproject.toml"), @r###"
+    success: false
+    exit_code: 2
+    ----- stdout -----
+
+    ----- stderr -----
+    error: Failed to parse entry: `anyio`
+      Caused by: `anyio` references a workspace in `tool.uv.sources` (e.g., `anyio = { workspace = true }`), but is not a workspace member
+    "###);
+
+    Ok(())
+}
+
 /// Resolve a package from a `requirements.in` file, with a `constraints.txt` file.
 #[test]
 fn compile_constraints_txt() -> Result<()> {