diff --git a/Modules/Internal/CMakeDetermineLinkerId.cmake b/Modules/Internal/CMakeDetermineLinkerId.cmake
index e0a57eb835..45499a5e37 100644
--- a/Modules/Internal/CMakeDetermineLinkerId.cmake
+++ b/Modules/Internal/CMakeDetermineLinkerId.cmake
@@ -35,6 +35,13 @@ function(cmake_determine_linker_id lang linker)
                     OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
                     ERROR_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE)
 
+    string(JOIN "\" \"" flags_string ${flags})
+    string(REGEX REPLACE "\n\n.*" "" linker_desc_head "${linker_desc}")
+    message(CONFIGURE_LOG
+      "Running the ${lang} compiler's linker: \"${linker}\" \"${flags_string}\"\n"
+      "${linker_desc_head}\n"
+      )
+
     if(CMAKE_EFFECTIVE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Apple" AND linker_desc MATCHES "@\\(#\\)PROGRAM:ld.+PROJECT:[a-z0-9]+-([0-9.]+).+")
       set(linker_id "AppleClang")
       set(linker_frontend "GNU")