diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 5575ecb6a0fbb9daa427ae89a13773f8d50961b1..7bb32db7ba69ca1638b40f694f89a6548b2a1325 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3615,7 +3615,7 @@ setBootstrapVariable()
 
 # build qmake
 if true; then ###[ '!' -f "$outpath/bin/qmake" ];
-    echo "Creating qmake. Please wait..."
+    echo "Creating qmake..."
 
     mkdir -p "$outpath/qmake" || exit
     # fix makefiles
@@ -3726,6 +3726,8 @@ if true; then ###[ '!' -f "$outpath/bin/qmake" ];
     (cd "$outpath/qmake"; "$MAKE") || exit 2
 fi # Build qmake
 
+echo "Running configuration tests..."
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # create a qt.conf for the Qt build tree itself
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index d19d34e54ee9b6fee3ca3957ccbdb9ae710d6690..58ec3bf001a73199c66c6e272c7da0a190aa948e 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -2127,6 +2127,8 @@ bool Configure::checkAvailability(const QString &part)
 */
 void Configure::autoDetection()
 {
+    cout << "Running configuration tests..." << endl;
+
     if (dictionary["C++11"] == "auto") {
         if (!dictionary["QMAKESPEC"].contains("msvc"))
             dictionary["C++11"] = tryCompileProject("common/c++11") ? "yes" : "no";