diff --git a/internal/secret/debug.go b/internal/secret/debug.go
index e85b8dc..c38d4ad 100644
--- a/internal/secret/debug.go
+++ b/internal/secret/debug.go
@@ -58,6 +58,16 @@ func IsDebugEnabled() bool {
 	return debugEnabled
 }
 
+// Warn logs a warning message to stderr unconditionally (visible without --verbose or debug flags)
+func Warn(msg string, args ...any) {
+	output := fmt.Sprintf("WARNING: %s", msg)
+	for i := 0; i+1 < len(args); i += 2 {
+		output += fmt.Sprintf(" %s=%v", args[i], args[i+1])
+	}
+	output += "\n"
+	fmt.Fprint(os.Stderr, output)
+}
+
 // Debug logs a debug message with optional attributes
 func Debug(msg string, args ...any) {
 	if !debugEnabled {
diff --git a/internal/vault/unlockers.go b/internal/vault/unlockers.go
index b7a2087..a20ce41 100644
--- a/internal/vault/unlockers.go
+++ b/internal/vault/unlockers.go
@@ -213,7 +213,9 @@ func (v *Vault) ListUnlockers() ([]UnlockerMetadata, error) {
 				return nil, fmt.Errorf("failed to check if metadata exists for unlocker %s: %w", file.Name(), err)
 			}
 			if !exists {
-				return nil, fmt.Errorf("unlocker directory %s is missing metadata file", file.Name())
+				secret.Warn("Skipping unlocker directory with missing metadata file", "directory", file.Name())
+
+				continue
 			}
 
 			metadataBytes, err := afero.ReadFile(v.fs, metadataPath)
diff --git a/internal/vault/vault_test.go b/internal/vault/vault_test.go
index a69bbdf..15ac662 100644
--- a/internal/vault/vault_test.go
+++ b/internal/vault/vault_test.go
@@ -243,3 +243,57 @@ func TestVaultOperations(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	})
 }
+
+func TestListUnlockers_SkipsMissingMetadata(t *testing.T) {
+	// Set test environment variables
+	testMnemonic := "abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon abandon about"
+	t.Setenv(secret.EnvMnemonic, testMnemonic)
+	t.Setenv(secret.EnvUnlockPassphrase, "test-passphrase")
+
+	// Use in-memory filesystem
+	fs := afero.NewMemMapFs()
+	stateDir := "/test/state"
+
+	// Create vault
+	vlt, err := CreateVault(fs, stateDir, "test-vault")
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create vault: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Create a passphrase unlocker so we have at least one valid unlocker
+	passphraseBuffer := memguard.NewBufferFromBytes([]byte("test-passphrase"))
+	defer passphraseBuffer.Destroy()
+	_, err = vlt.CreatePassphraseUnlocker(passphraseBuffer)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create passphrase unlocker: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Create a bogus unlocker directory with no metadata file
+	vaultDir, err := vlt.GetDirectory()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to get vault directory: %v", err)
+	}
+	bogusDir := filepath.Join(vaultDir, "unlockers.d", "bogus-no-metadata")
+	err = fs.MkdirAll(bogusDir, 0o700)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create bogus directory: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// ListUnlockers should succeed, skipping the bogus directory
+	unlockers, err := vlt.ListUnlockers()
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("ListUnlockers returned error when it should have skipped bad directory: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	// Should still have the valid passphrase unlocker
+	if len(unlockers) == 0 {
+		t.Errorf("Expected at least one unlocker, got none")
+	}
+
+	// Verify we only got the valid unlocker(s), not the bogus one
+	for _, u := range unlockers {
+		if u.Type == "" {
+			t.Errorf("Got unlocker with empty type, likely from bogus directory")
+		}
+	}
+}