diff --git a/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt b/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt
index 492dfb8107..11fef65f0b 100644
--- a/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,14 @@ if(CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_BUILD_SIGNED_BINARIES)
 endif()
 
 if(EXISTS ${partition_csv})
-    add_custom_target(partition_table ALL DEPENDS "${IDF_BUILD_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/partition_table/${final_partition_bin}")
+    add_custom_target(partition_table ALL DEPENDS "${IDF_BUILD_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/partition_table/${final_partition_bin}"
+                        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Partition table binary generated. Contents:"
+                        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "*******************************************************************************"
+                        COMMAND COMMAND "${PYTHON}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gen_esp32part.py" 
+                        -q --offset ${PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET} ${md5_opt} ${flashsize_opt}
+                        ${partition_secure_opt} "${IDF_BUILD_ARTIFACTS_DIR}/partition_table/${unsigned_partition_bin}"
+                        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "*******************************************************************************"
+                        VERBATIM)
 else()
     # If the partition input CSV is not found, create a phony partition_table target that
     # fails the build. fail_at_build_time also touches CMakeCache.txt to cause a cmake run next time