diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1b7655d280eb16aa55b782067d28bb42251563d1..4ca3187238ba2205f56ee8dab84734a521936689 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3339,6 +3339,8 @@ fi
 # tests that don't need qmake (must be run before displaying help)
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+echo "Running configuration tests (phase 1)..."
+
 # detect build style
 if [ "$CFG_DEBUG" = "auto" ]; then
     if [ "$XPLATFORM_MAC" = "yes" -o "$XPLATFORM_MINGW" = "yes" ]; then
@@ -3611,6 +3613,8 @@ unset tty
 eval "`LC_ALL=C $TEST_COMPILER $SYSROOT_FLAG $TEST_COMPILER_CXXFLAGS -xc++ -E -v - < /dev/null 2>&1 > /dev/null | $AWK "$awkprog" | tee $tty`"
 unset tty
 
+echo "Done running configuration tests."
+
 #setup the build parts
 if [ -z "$CFG_BUILD_PARTS" ]; then
     CFG_BUILD_PARTS="$QT_DEFAULT_BUILD_PARTS"
@@ -4112,7 +4116,7 @@ if true; then ###[ '!' -f "$outpath/bin/qmake" ];
     fi
 fi # Build qmake
 
-echo "Running configuration tests..."
+echo "Running configuration tests (phase 2)..."
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # create a qt.conf for the Qt build tree itself
@@ -6641,6 +6645,8 @@ s/icpc version \([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\)\.\([0-9]*\) .*$/QT_ICC_MAJOR_VERSION=\1; Q
     ;;
 esac
 
+echo "Done running configuration tests."
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # part of configuration information goes into qconfig.h
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
index f955a8de2e44f9964015e701dba352e0a64f9b7a..17f19361f7bf4c01bd728f39011cee12fe769c68 100644
--- a/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
+++ b/tools/configure/configureapp.cpp
@@ -2577,6 +2577,8 @@ void Configure::autoDetection()
         dictionary["QT_POINTER_SIZE"] = "8";
     else
         dictionary["QT_POINTER_SIZE"] = "4";
+
+    cout << "Done running configuration tests." << endl;
 }
 
 bool Configure::verifyConfiguration()