diff --git a/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt b/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt
index 65b1ff556..9b094876e 100644
--- a/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/components/partition_table/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -33,15 +33,24 @@ endif()
 idf_build_get_property(build_dir BUILD_DIR)
 idf_build_get_property(python PYTHON)
 
+set(gen_partition_table "${python}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gen_esp32part.py" "-q"
+                        "--offset" "${PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET}" "${md5_opt}" "${flashsize_opt}"
+                        "${partition_secure_opt}" )
+
 add_custom_command(OUTPUT "${build_dir}/partition_table/${unsigned_partition_bin}"
-    COMMAND "${python}" "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gen_esp32part.py"
-    -q --offset ${PARTITION_TABLE_OFFSET} ${md5_opt} ${flashsize_opt}
-    ${partition_secure_opt} ${partition_csv} ${build_dir}/partition_table/${unsigned_partition_bin}
+    COMMAND ${gen_partition_table} "${partition_csv}" "${build_dir}/partition_table/${unsigned_partition_bin}"
     DEPENDS ${partition_csv} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/gen_esp32part.py"
     VERBATIM)
 
 if(EXISTS ${partition_csv})
-    add_custom_target(partition_table ALL DEPENDS "${build_dir}/partition_table/${final_partition_bin}")
+    add_custom_target(partition_table ALL
+                        DEPENDS "${build_dir}/partition_table/${unsigned_partition_bin}"
+                                "${build_dir}/partition_table/${final_partition_bin}"
+                        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "Partition table binary generated. Contents:"
+                        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "*******************************************************************************"
+                        COMMAND ${gen_partition_table} "${build_dir}/partition_table/${unsigned_partition_bin}"
+                        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "*******************************************************************************"
+                        VERBATIM)
 else()
     # If the partition input CSV is not found, create a phony partition_table target that
     # fails the build. fail_at_build_time also touches CMakeCache.txt to cause a cmake run next time
@@ -68,7 +77,7 @@ if(CONFIG_SECURE_SIGNED_APPS_ECDSA_SCHEME)
         add_custom_command(TARGET partition_table POST_BUILD
             COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo
                 "Partition table built but not signed. Sign partition data before flashing:"
-            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo 
+            COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo
                 "\t${espsecurepy} sign_data --keyfile KEYFILE ${build_dir}/partition_table/${final_partition_bin}"
             VERBATIM)
     endif()