diff --git a/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt b/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt
index 443a5ad6e3..4f34a2f1fd 100644
--- a/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ if(CONFIG_SECURE_BOOT_BUILD_SIGNED_BINARIES)
 endif()
 
 if(EXISTS ${partition_csv})
-    add_custom_target(partition_table ALL DEPENDS "${final_partition_bin}")
+    add_custom_target(partition_table ALL DEPENDS "${final_partition_bin}"
+                        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Partition table binary generated. Contents:"
+                        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "*******************************************************************************"
+                        COMMAND "${PYTHON}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gen_esp32part.py" -q --offset 
+                                ${PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET} ${md5_opt} ${flashsize_opt} "${unsigned_partition_bin}"
+                        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "*******************************************************************************"
+                        VERBATIM)
 else()
     # This is a bit of a hack: If the partition input CSV is not found, create a phony partition_table target that
     # fails the build. Have it also touch CMakeCache.txt to cause a cmake run next time