diff --git a/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.cc b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.cc
index ddccb8c5a..182955fbe 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.cc
+++ b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.cc
@@ -188,6 +188,13 @@ void LocalOverlayStore::deleteGCPath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed)
     }
 }
 
+bool LocalOverlayStore::verifyStore(bool checkContents, RepairFlag repair)
+{
+    if (repair)
+        warn("local-overlay: store does not support --verify --repair");
+    return LocalStore::verifyStore(checkContents, NoRepair);
+}
+
 static RegisterStoreImplementation<LocalOverlayStore, LocalOverlayStoreConfig> regLocalOverlayStore;
 
 }
diff --git a/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
index 6f995ba39..8fa99ee14 100644
--- a/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
+++ b/src/libstore/local-overlay-store.hh
@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ private:
         Callback<std::shared_ptr<const Realisation>> callback) noexcept override;
 
     void deleteGCPath(const Path & path, uint64_t & bytesFreed) override;
+
+    bool verifyStore(bool checkContents, RepairFlag repair) override;
 };
 
 }
diff --git a/tests/overlay-local-store/verify-inner.sh b/tests/overlay-local-store/verify-inner.sh
index 5f8cbcf0e..8f8839302 100755
--- a/tests/overlay-local-store/verify-inner.sh
+++ b/tests/overlay-local-store/verify-inner.sh
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ rm -v "$inputDrvFullPath"
 find "$storeA" -name "*-dummy" -exec truncate -s 0 {} \;
 
 # Verify should fail with the messages about missing input and modified dummy file
-verifyOutput=$(expectStderr 1 nix-store --store "$storeB" --verify --check-contents)
+verifyOutput=$(expectStderr 1 nix-store --store "$storeB" --verify --check-contents --repair)
 <<<"$verifyOutput" grepQuiet "path '$inputDrvPath' disappeared, but it still has valid referrers!"
 <<<"$verifyOutput" grepQuiet "path '$dummyPath' was modified! expected hash"
+<<<"$verifyOutput" grepQuiet "store does not support --verify --repair"