diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index aab5888f..5f555af8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -84,8 +84,6 @@ IF( MINGW OR UNIX )
     string(REGEX MATCHALL "[0-9]+" GCC_VERSION_COMPONENTS ${GCC_VERSION})
     list(GET GCC_VERSION_COMPONENTS 0 GCC_MAJOR)
 
-    message(STATUS Compiler: ${COMPILER} " Major:" ${GCC_MAJOR})
-
     IF ( CYGWIN OR ( ${GCC_MAJOR} GREATER 5 ))
         ADD_DEFINITIONS( -std=gnu++98 ) # to support snprintf
     ELSE()
@@ -184,5 +182,6 @@ IF( MINGW OR UNIX OR APPLE)
   )
 ENDIF()
 
+INCLUDE( config/printSummary.cmake )
 # That's all Folks!
 ##
diff --git a/config/CMakeChecks.txt b/config/CMakeChecks.txt
index 71026d02..4e95bb36 100644
--- a/config/CMakeChecks.txt
+++ b/config/CMakeChecks.txt
@@ -177,11 +177,6 @@ check_function_exists( strtol HAVE_STRTOL )
 check_function_exists( timegm HAVE_TIMEGM )
 check_function_exists( vprintf HAVE_VPRINTF )
 
-MESSAGE( STATUS "None:              ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}" )
-MESSAGE( STATUS "Debug:             ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}" )
-MESSAGE( STATUS "Release:           ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}" )
-MESSAGE( STATUS "RelWithDebInfo:    ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}" )
-MESSAGE( STATUS "MinSizeRel:        ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL}" )
 
 IF( HAVE_STDBOOL_H )
     CHECK_SYMBOL_EXISTS( "_Bool" stdbool.h HAVE__BOOL )
@@ -311,38 +306,3 @@ IF( NOT MSVC )
     INSTALL(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/exiv2.lsm DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig )
 ENDIF( NOT MSVC )
 
-# ******************************************************************************
-# output chosen build options
-MACRO( OptionOutput _outputstring )
-    IF( ${ARGN} )
-        SET( _var "YES" )
-    ELSE( ${ARGN} )
-        SET( _var "NO" )
-    ENDIF( ${ARGN} )
-    MESSAGE( STATUS "${_outputstring}${_var}" )
-ENDMACRO( OptionOutput _outputstring )
-
-MESSAGE( STATUS "------------------------------------------------------------------" )
-MESSAGE( STATUS "${PACKAGE_STRING} configure results        <${PACKAGE_URL}>"        )
-OptionOutput( "Building PNG support:               " EXIV2_ENABLE_PNG AND ZLIB_FOUND )
-OptionOutput( "Building shared library:            " EXIV2_ENABLE_SHARED             )
-OptionOutput( "XMP metadata support:               " EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP                )
-OptionOutput( "Building static libxmp:             " EXIV2_ENABLE_LIBXMP             )
-OptionOutput( "Native language support:            " EXIV2_ENABLE_NLS                )
-OptionOutput( "Conversion of Windows XP tags:      " EXIV2_ENABLE_PRINTUCS2          )
-OptionOutput( "Nikon lens database:                " EXIV2_ENABLE_LENSDATA           )
-OptionOutput( "Commercial build:                   " EXIV2_ENABLE_COMMERCIAL         )
-OptionOutput( "Build the unit tests:               " EXIV2_ENABLE_BUILD_SAMPLES      )
-OptionOutput( "Building translations files:        " EXIV2_ENABLE_BUILD_PO           )
-OptionOutput( "Building video support:             " EXIV2_ENABLE_VIDEO              )
-OptionOutput( "Building webready support:          " EXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY           )
-
-if    ( EXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY )
-OptionOutput( "USE Libcurl for HttpIo:             " EXIV2_ENABLE_CURL               )
-OptionOutput( "USE Libssh for SshIo:               " EXIV2_ENABLE_SSH                )
-endif ( EXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY )
-IF (WIN32)
-OptionOutput( "Dynamic runtime override:           " EXIV2_ENABLE_DYNAMIC_RUNTIME    )
-OptionOutput( "Unicode paths (wstring):            " EXIV2_ENABLE_WIN_UNICODE        )
-ENDIF()
-MESSAGE( STATUS "------------------------------------------------------------------" )
diff --git a/config/printSummary.cmake b/config/printSummary.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6b3d7160
--- /dev/null
+++ b/config/printSummary.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+message( STATUS "None:              ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}" )
+message( STATUS "Debug:             ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG}" )
+message( STATUS "Release:           ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELEASE}" )
+message( STATUS "RelWithDebInfo:    ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO}" )
+message( STATUS "MinSizeRel:        ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_MINSIZEREL}" )
+
+# output chosen build options
+macro( OptionOutput _outputstring )
+    if( ${ARGN} )
+        set( _var "YES" )
+    else( ${ARGN} )
+        set( _var "NO" )
+    endif( ${ARGN} )
+    message( STATUS "${_outputstring}${_var}" )
+endmacro( OptionOutput _outputstring )
+
+message(STATUS Compiler: ${COMPILER} " Major:" ${GCC_MAJOR})
+message( STATUS "------------------------------------------------------------------" )
+message( STATUS "${PACKAGE_STRING} configure results        <${PACKAGE_URL}>"        )
+OptionOutput( "Building PNG support:               " EXIV2_ENABLE_PNG AND ZLIB_FOUND )
+OptionOutput( "Building shared library:            " EXIV2_ENABLE_SHARED             )
+OptionOutput( "XMP metadata support:               " EXIV2_ENABLE_XMP                )
+OptionOutput( "Building static libxmp:             " EXIV2_ENABLE_LIBXMP             )
+OptionOutput( "Native language support:            " EXIV2_ENABLE_NLS                )
+OptionOutput( "Conversion of Windows XP tags:      " EXIV2_ENABLE_PRINTUCS2          )
+OptionOutput( "Nikon lens database:                " EXIV2_ENABLE_LENSDATA           )
+OptionOutput( "Commercial build:                   " EXIV2_ENABLE_COMMERCIAL         )
+OptionOutput( "Build the unit tests:               " EXIV2_ENABLE_BUILD_SAMPLES      )
+OptionOutput( "Building translations files:        " EXIV2_ENABLE_BUILD_PO           )
+OptionOutput( "Building video support:             " EXIV2_ENABLE_VIDEO              )
+OptionOutput( "Building webready support:          " EXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY           )
+
+if    ( EXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY )
+    OptionOutput( "USE Libcurl for HttpIo:             " EXIV2_ENABLE_CURL           )
+    OptionOutput( "USE Libssh for SshIo:               " EXIV2_ENABLE_SSH            )
+endif ( EXIV2_ENABLE_WEBREADY )
+
+if (WIN32)
+    OptionOutput( "Dynamic runtime override:           " EXIV2_ENABLE_DYNAMIC_RUNTIME)
+    OptionOutput( "Unicode paths (wstring):            " EXIV2_ENABLE_WIN_UNICODE    )
+endif()
+
+message( STATUS "------------------------------------------------------------------" )