diff --git a/cmake/GaudiProjectConfig.cmake b/cmake/GaudiProjectConfig.cmake
index 40535262a6e12159eb835b894da735275d05aa39..1a66021f1948aeced019a1eef8ecc63702a2757b 100644
--- a/cmake/GaudiProjectConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GaudiProjectConfig.cmake
@@ -1395,7 +1395,8 @@ function(gaudi_generate_env_conf filename)
     set(data "${data}  ${ln}\n")
   endwhile()
   set(data "${data}</env:config>\n")
-  message(STATUS "Generating ${filename}")
+  get_filename_component(fn ${filename} NAME)
+  message(STATUS "Generating ${fn}")
   file(WRITE ${filename} "${data}")
 endfunction()