diff --git a/cmake/cmake_findExternalLibs.cmake b/cmake/cmake_findExternalLibs.cmake
index 86360012c03..6b446643e2b 100644
--- a/cmake/cmake_findExternalLibs.cmake
+++ b/cmake/cmake_findExternalLibs.cmake
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ find_package(BZip2 REQUIRED)
 # creates Eigen3::Eigen3 package
 find_package(Eigen3 3.4.0 REQUIRED)
 if(TARGET Eigen3::Eigen)
-    message("Eigen version found: ${Eigen3_VERSION}")
+    message(STATUS "Eigen version found: ${Eigen3_VERSION}")
 endif(TARGET Eigen3::Eigen)
 
 #------------------------------------------------------------------------------