diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6d5e6d9b02deb9b66a1dfabb99bf9cd06c27c2ba..9fd72e505389f6cd6884860a6a7d1d474673e745 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -514,6 +514,9 @@ if( CHAMELEON_SCHED_STARPU )
             if ( STARPU_FXT_START_PROFILING_FOUND )
                 message(STATUS "Set HAVE_STARPU_FXT_PROFILING - Activate FxT profiling through StarPU")
                 add_definitions(-DHAVE_STARPU_FXT_PROFILING)
+            else()
+                message(STATUS "Looking for starpu with fxt - starpu_fxt_start_profiling test fails in StarPU")
+                message(STATUS "Check in CMakeFiles/CMakeError.log to figure out why it fails")
             endif()
         endif()
         if (CHAMELEON_USE_MPI AND STARPU_MPI_LIBRARIES)