diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 45ce9348d53232b7ac222b975bf9b46dfeeda329..88bc6c4e3ca9cf01beb541ce61ccfe4580fe643e 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -85,6 +85,8 @@ variables:
     - cmake --version
     - mkdir build
     - cd build
+    - echo "CMAKE_ARGS - ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+    - echo "CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS - ${CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS}"
     - cmake ${CMAKE_ARGS} ${CMAKE_EXTRA_FLAGS} ..
     - cmake --build . -- -j2 # using too many threads will cause weird compilation errors on the Ubuntu docker images...
     - cmake --build . -- install