diff --git a/depends/Makefile b/depends/Makefile
index f4925593079..f1dc300b7ae 100644
--- a/depends/Makefile
+++ b/depends/Makefile
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ $(host_prefix)/.stamp_$(final_build_id): $(native_packages) $(packages)
 	echo copying packages: $^
 	echo to: $(@D)
 	cd $(@D); $(foreach package,$^, $(build_TAR) xf $($(package)_cached); )
+	echo To build Bitcoin Core with these packages, pass \'--toolchain $(@D)/toolchain.cmake\' to the first CMake invocation.
 	touch $@
 
 ifeq ($(host),$(build))