diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 06460a68f..83d4e7da3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -62,8 +62,10 @@ option(TCMALLOC "TCMALLOC" ON)
 if("${TCMALLOC}" MATCHES "ON")
   if(${TCMALLOC_FOUND})
     set(EXTRA_LIBS ${EXTRA_LIBS} ${TCMALLOC_LIBRARIES})
+    message(STATUS "Using tcmalloc.")
+  else()
+    message(WARNING "FAILED to find tcmalloc, using standard malloc.")
   endif()
-  message(STATUS "Using tcmalloc.")
 else()
   message(STATUS "Using standard malloc.")
 endif()