diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 154af4bc43..7541cd1d71 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -425,41 +425,51 @@ CXXCPPFLAGS='-I$(top_srcdir)/src  -I$(top_srcdir)/src/include'" $CXXCPPFLAGS"
 #
 # WRAPPER_EXTRA_CFLAGS
 #
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for mpicc CFLAGS])
 LAM_UNIQ(WRAPPER_EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(WRAPPER_EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(WRAPPER_EXTRA_CFLAGS, "$WRAPPER_EXTRA_CFLAGS",
     [Additional CFLAGS to pass through the wrapper compilers])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$WRAPPER_EXTRA_CFLAGS])
 
 #
 # WRAPPER_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS
 #
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for mpiCC CXXFLAGS])
 LAM_UNIQ(WRAPPER_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(WRAPPER_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(WRAPPER_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS, "$WRAPPER_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS",
     [Additional CXXFLAGS to pass through the wrapper compilers])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$WRAPPER_EXTRA_CXXFLAGS])
 
 #
 # WRAPPER_EXTRA_FFLAGS
 #
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for mpif77/mpif90 FFLAGS])
 LAM_UNIQ(WRAPPER_EXTRA_FFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(WRAPPER_EXTRA_FFLAGS)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(WRAPPER_EXTRA_FFLAGS, "$WRAPPER_EXTRA_FFLAGS",
     [Additional FFLAGS to pass through the wrapper compilers])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$WRAPPER_EXTRA_FFLAGS])
 
 #
 # WRAPPER_EXTRA_LDFLAGS
 #
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for wrapper compiler LDFLAGS])
 LAM_UNIQ(WRAPPER_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(WRAPPER_EXTRA_LDFLAGS)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(WRAPPER_EXTRA_LDFLAGS, "$WRAPPER_EXTRA_LDFLAGS",
     [Additional LDFLAGS to pass through the wrapper compilers])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$WRAPPER_EXTRA_LDFLAGS])
 
 #
 # WRAPPER_EXTRA_LIBS
 #
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([for wrapper compiler LIBS])
 AC_SUBST(WRAPPER_EXTRA_LIBS)
 AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(WRAPPER_EXTRA_LIBS, "$WRAPPER_EXTRA_LIBS",
     [Additional LIBS to pass through the wrapper compilers])
+AC_MSG_RESULT([$WRAPPER_EXTRA_LIBS])
 
 #
 # Delayed the substitution of CFLAGS and CXXFLAGS until now because