diff --git a/bin/describe/describe_workspace.ml b/bin/describe/describe_workspace.ml
index f405e0c9861..08278c0be1a 100644
--- a/bin/describe/describe_workspace.ml
+++ b/bin/describe/describe_workspace.ml
@@ -562,8 +562,13 @@ module Crawl = struct
                 (Context.build_dir context)
                 (Dune_file.dir dune_file)
             in
-            let project = Dune_file.project dune_file in
-            executables sctx ~options ~project ~dir exes
+            let* expander = Super_context.expander sctx ~dir in
+            Expander.eval_blang expander exes.enabled_if
+            >>= (function
+             | false -> Memo.return None
+             | true ->
+               let project = Dune_file.project dune_file in
+               executables sctx ~options ~project ~dir exes)
           | _ -> Memo.return None)
         >>| List.filter_opt)
       >>| List.concat
diff --git a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/enabled_if/eif-dune-describe-crash.t b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/enabled_if/eif-dune-describe.t
similarity index 61%
rename from test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/enabled_if/eif-dune-describe-crash.t
rename to test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/enabled_if/eif-dune-describe.t
index 273b7a7a82a..edaa41ca97e 100644
--- a/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/enabled_if/eif-dune-describe-crash.t
+++ b/test/blackbox-tests/test-cases/enabled_if/eif-dune-describe.t
@@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
 
   $ dune build
   $ dune runtest
-  $ dune describe 2>&1 | head -n 5
-  Internal error, please report upstream including the contents of _build/log.
-  Description:
-    ("modules_and_obj_dir: failed lookup",
-     { keys = []; for_ = Exe { first_exe = "test" } })
-  Raised at Stdune__Code_error.raise in file
+  $ dune describe 2>&1
+  ((root
+    $TESTCASE_ROOT)
+   (build_context _build/default))