diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e25bfc8b5..e42433c1c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -769,9 +769,12 @@ endif(ENABLE_OPENCL)
 if(ENABLE_GPERFTOOLS)
     find_package(Gperftools)
     if ( NOT GPERFTOOLS_FOUND )
-        message(STATUS "The optional library GPerftools has not been found.")
+        message(STATUS "Although ENABLE_GPERFTOOLS has been set to ON, GPerftools has not been found.")
+        message(STATUS "Binaries will be compiled without 'tcmalloc' and 'profiler' libraries.")
+        message(STATUS "You can install GPerftools from http://code.google.com/p/gperftools/")
     else( NOT GPERFTOOLS_FOUND )
-        message (STATUS "GPerftools library found." )
+        message(STATUS "GPerftools libraries found." )
+        message(STATUS "Binaries will be compiled with 'tcmalloc' and 'profiler' libraries.")
     endif( NOT GPERFTOOLS_FOUND )
 endif(ENABLE_GPERFTOOLS)