diff --git a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/lib.rs b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/lib.rs
index 5f49bbf0c7e31..65c83a612bf9f 100644
--- a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/lib.rs
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ extern crate rustc_ast_pretty;
 extern crate rustc_data_structures;
 extern crate rustc_errors;
 extern crate rustc_expand;
+extern crate rustc_feature;
 extern crate rustc_parse;
 extern crate rustc_session;
 extern crate rustc_span;
diff --git a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/modules.rs b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/modules.rs
index 099a644282102..baa1a86ad25c8 100644
--- a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/modules.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/modules.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use crate::parse::parser::{
     Directory, DirectoryOwnership, ModError, ModulePathSuccess, Parser, ParserError,
 };
 use crate::parse::session::ParseSess;
-use crate::utils::{contains_skip, mk_sp};
+use crate::utils::{contains_custom_attributes, contains_skip, mk_sp};
 
 mod visitor;
 
@@ -472,6 +472,16 @@ impl<'ast, 'psess, 'c> ModResolver<'ast, 'psess> {
             }
             Err(e) => match e {
                 ModError::FileNotFound(_, default_path, _secondary_path) => {
+                    if contains_custom_attributes(attrs) {
+                        // It's possible that at least one of the attributes is a custom proc macro
+                        // that takes the module tokens as an input. It's hard to know for sure
+                        // since rustfmt only operates on the AST pre-expansion. In this case we'll
+                        // be overly permissive and just ignore the file not found error so rustfmt
+                        // can still try formatting the input.
+                        tracing::warn!("Couldn't find file for mod {};`", mod_name.to_string());
+                        return Ok(None);
+                    }
+
                     Err(ModuleResolutionError {
                         module: mod_name.to_string(),
                         kind: ModuleResolutionErrorKind::NotFound { file: default_path },
diff --git a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/utils.rs b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/utils.rs
index 15a4fce93482a..131455fc0ff12 100644
--- a/src/tools/rustfmt/src/utils.rs
+++ b/src/tools/rustfmt/src/utils.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use rustc_ast::ast::{
     NodeId, Path, RestrictionKind, Visibility, VisibilityKind,
 };
 use rustc_ast_pretty::pprust;
+use rustc_feature::is_builtin_attr_name;
 use rustc_span::{BytePos, LocalExpnId, Span, Symbol, SyntaxContext, sym, symbol};
 use unicode_width::UnicodeWidthStr;
 
@@ -327,6 +328,13 @@ pub(crate) fn contains_skip(attrs: &[Attribute]) -> bool {
         .any(|a| a.meta().map_or(false, |a| is_skip(&a)))
 }
 
+#[inline]
+pub(crate) fn contains_custom_attributes(attrs: &[Attribute]) -> bool {
+    attrs
+        .iter()
+        .any(|a| a.name().is_some_and(|name| !is_builtin_attr_name(name)))
+}
+
 #[inline]
 pub(crate) fn semicolon_for_expr(context: &RewriteContext<'_>, expr: &ast::Expr) -> bool {
     // Never try to insert semicolons on expressions when we're inside
diff --git a/src/tools/rustfmt/tests/target/issue_6959.rs b/src/tools/rustfmt/tests/target/issue_6959.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..2194ba3285353
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tools/rustfmt/tests/target/issue_6959.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+#[my_macro]
+mod foo;