diff --git a/DDParsers/CMakeLists.txt b/DDParsers/CMakeLists.txt
index cca4607769b01f4939d31280e4325a7a829cc296..a12abc941c5c9e77465a8c58a5c163940b3fad22 100644
--- a/DDParsers/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/DDParsers/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 #
 #=================================================================================
 
-dd4hep_print(STATUS "|++> Will build DDParsers")
+dd4hep_print("|++> Will build DDParsers")
 
 file(GLOB DDParsers_SOURCES src/Parsers/*.cpp src/Evaluator/*.cpp)
 file(GLOB DDParsers_SPIRIT_SOURCES src/Spirit/*.cpp)
diff --git a/DDRec/CMakeLists.txt b/DDRec/CMakeLists.txt
index 25bcf71d5d5aeb96c058bfff31c3316d34f08d2f..e96dfa065510e5cd91a4b68991cb33e2c8fbf732 100644
--- a/DDRec/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/DDRec/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 #
 #==========================================================================
 SET_PROPERTY(DIRECTORY . PROPERTY PACKAGE_NAME DDRec)
-
+dd4hep_print("|++> Will build DDRec")
 dd4hep_add_dictionary( G__DDRec
   SOURCES ../DDCore/include/ROOT/Warnings.h
   GENERATED src/RecDictionary.h
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dd4hep_add_dictionary( G__DDRec
 file(GLOB DDRec_SOURCES src/*.cpp )
 
 if(DD4HEP_USE_GEAR)
+  dd4hep_print("|++++> Adding gear to DDRec")
   FIND_PACKAGE(GEAR REQUIRED COMPONENTS geartgeo)
   SET(GEAR_SOURCE_FILE src/gear/DDGear.cpp)
   SET_SOURCE_FILES_PROPERTIES(${GEAR_SOURCE_FILE}