diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c4dba930b51..640d04cbc45 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -491,7 +491,7 @@ if(FLB_UNICODE_ENCODER)
     add_subdirectory(${FLB_PATH_LIB_SIMDUTF} EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
     FLB_DEFINITION(FLB_HAVE_UNICODE_ENCODER)
   else()
-    message(STATUS "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} version: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} is too old. Disabling simdutf library build.")
+    message(WARNING "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER} version: ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION} is too old. Disabling simdutf library build.")
     set (FLB_UNICODE_ENCODER Off)
   endif()
 endif()