diff --git a/cmake/AwsSanitizers.cmake b/cmake/AwsSanitizers.cmake
index 998eb70d2..ca1be9e02 100644
--- a/cmake/AwsSanitizers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/AwsSanitizers.cmake
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ function(aws_check_sanitizer sanitizer)
         if(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_LOADED})
             check_cxx_compiler_flag(${sanitizer_test_flag} ${out_variable})
         endif()
+
+        if(NOT ${out_variable})
+            message(STATUS "Check ${out_variable} failed")
+        endif()
     else()
         set(${out_variable} 0 PARENT_SCOPE)
     endif()