diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index 511e7865f..d47ca6f90 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -390,7 +390,9 @@ function(downloadImHexPatternsFiles dest)
             GIT_TAG master
         )
 
+        message(STATUS "Downloading ImHex-Patterns repo branch ${PATTERNS_BRANCH}...")
         FetchContent_Populate(imhex_patterns)
+        message(STATUS "Finished downloading ImHex-Patterns")
 
     else ()
         # Maybe patterns are cloned to a subdirectory
@@ -426,4 +428,4 @@ macro(setUninstallTarget)
         add_custom_target(uninstall
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -P ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/cmake_uninstall.cmake)
     endif()
-endmacro()
\ No newline at end of file
+endmacro()