diff --git a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
index 868dac49f1..801229e309 100644
--- a/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
+++ b/Help/manual/cmake.1.rst
@@ -292,6 +292,11 @@ Options
  is effectively a :command:`try_compile`.  Any combination of the two
  is subject to the potential issues described.)
 
+ .. versionadded:: 3.25
+
+   When this option is enabled, every try-compile check prints a log
+   message reporting the directory in which the check is performed.
+
 .. option:: --debug-output
 
  Put cmake in a debug mode.
diff --git a/Help/release/dev/try_compile-signatures.rst b/Help/release/dev/try_compile-signatures.rst
index d477d989fb..c32babda1e 100644
--- a/Help/release/dev/try_compile-signatures.rst
+++ b/Help/release/dev/try_compile-signatures.rst
@@ -5,4 +5,7 @@ try_compile-signatures
   signatures that more consistently use keyword dispatch and do not require a
   binary directory to be specified.  Additionally, these signatures use a
   unique directory for each invocation, which allows multiple outputs to be
-  preserved when using ``--debug-trycompile``.
+  preserved when using :option:`--debug-trycompile <cmake --debug-trycompile>`.
+
+* The :option:`cmake --debug-trycompile` option now prints log messages
+  reporting the directory in which each try-compile check is done.
diff --git a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
index cdf8efa975..588f44a6fc 100644
--- a/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
+++ b/Source/cmCoreTryCompile.cxx
@@ -1050,6 +1050,13 @@ bool cmCoreTryCompile::TryCompileCode(Arguments& arguments,
     }
   }
 
+  if (this->Makefile->GetCMakeInstance()->GetDebugTryCompile()) {
+    auto msg =
+      cmStrCat("Executing try_compile (", *arguments.CompileResultVariable,
+               ") in:\n  ", this->BinaryDirectory);
+    this->Makefile->IssueMessage(MessageType::LOG, msg);
+  }
+
   bool erroroc = cmSystemTools::GetErrorOccurredFlag();
   cmSystemTools::ResetErrorOccurredFlag();
   std::string output;
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/debug-trycompile-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/debug-trycompile-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e98730063d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/debug-trycompile-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+^CMake Debug Log at [^
+]*/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake:[0-9]+ \(try_compile\):
+  Executing try_compile \(CMAKE_C_ABI_COMPILED\) in:
+
+    [^
+]*/Tests/RunCMake/CommandLine/debug-trycompile-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-[^/]+
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  [^
+]*/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:[0-9]+ \(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ABI\)
+  debug-trycompile.cmake:[0-9]+ \(enable_language\)
+  CMakeLists.txt:[0-9]+ \(include\)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/try_compile/PlatformVariables-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/try_compile/PlatformVariables-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a42b2d5bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/try_compile/PlatformVariables-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+^CMake Debug Log at [^
+]*/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake:[0-9]+ \(try_compile\):
+  Executing try_compile \(CMAKE_C_ABI_COMPILED\) in:
+
+    [^
+]*/Tests/RunCMake/try_compile/PlatformVariables-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-[^/]+
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  [^
+]*/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:[0-9]+ \(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ABI\)
+  PlatformVariables.cmake:[0-9]+ \(enable_language\)
+  CMakeLists.txt:[0-9]+ \(include\)
diff --git a/Tests/RunCMake/try_compile/WarnDeprecated-stderr.txt b/Tests/RunCMake/try_compile/WarnDeprecated-stderr.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6474990517
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Tests/RunCMake/try_compile/WarnDeprecated-stderr.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+^CMake Debug Log at [^
+]*/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerABI.cmake:[0-9]+ \(try_compile\):
+  Executing try_compile \(CMAKE_C_ABI_COMPILED\) in:
+
+    [^
+]*/Tests/RunCMake/try_compile/WarnDeprecated-build/CMakeFiles/CMakeScratch/TryCompile-[^/]+
+Call Stack \(most recent call first\):
+  [^
+]*/Modules/CMakeTestCCompiler.cmake:[0-9]+ \(CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ABI\)
+  WarnDeprecated.cmake:[0-9]+ \(enable_language\)
+  CMakeLists.txt:[0-9]+ \(include\)