diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 871b431545..60aa7fc63a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ file(RELATIVE_PATH relDir
 set(CMAKE_INSTALL_RPATH ${base} ${base}/${relDir})
 
 include(BuildType)
+include(BuildInfo)
 
 if(EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git AND NOT EXISTS ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git/hooks/pre-commit)
     message(WARNING
@@ -125,3 +126,5 @@ add_custom_target(Github SOURCES
     .github/workflows/package-windows-msys2.yml
     .github/workflows/clang-tidy.yml
 )
+
+mrtrix_print_build_instructions()
diff --git a/cmake/BuildInfo.cmake b/cmake/BuildInfo.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8e6b061163
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/BuildInfo.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+function(mrtrix_print_build_instructions)
+    set(message_list "\n")
+    file(RELATIVE_PATH relative_build_path "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}" "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}")
+    list(APPEND message_list "MRtrix3 has been successfully configured for compilation.")
+    list(APPEND message_list "To build it, run 'cmake --build ${relative_build_path}'")
+
+    list(APPEND message_list "To reconfigure the project, run CMake again with the same arguments.")
+    list(APPEND message_list "If reconfiguration fails, remove the CMakeCache.txt file in the build "
+        "directory or run CMake adding the --fresh flag.")
+    list(APPEND message_list "\n")
+
+    # Remove ; from list and add two spaces to the beginning of each line
+    string(REPLACE ";" "\n  " message_list "${message_list}")
+    message(STATUS "${message_list}")
+endfunction()