diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 84b5111d5..807b9e283 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -558,6 +558,7 @@ def init_env(
     )
     if verbose:
         print(ans.cc_version_string)
+        print('Detected:', ans.compiler_type)
     return ans