diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4da95c11..db766b66 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -182,4 +182,7 @@ if (PYTHONINTERP_FOUND)
   add_custom_command(OUTPUT sol.hpp COMMAND ${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/single.py --output ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sol.hpp DEPENDS ${HEADER_SRCS})
   add_custom_target(single_sol DEPENDS sol.hpp)
   install(FILES "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/sol.hpp" DESTINATION include)
+  message(STATUS "single_sol can be generated as python 3 has been found.")
+else()
+  message(STATUS "single_sol cannot be generated as python 3 has not been found.")
 endif()