diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e26cc2686..8c3c5a8ce 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -212,3 +212,30 @@ export(
   TARGETS spiner
   NAMESPACE spiner::
   FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/spinerTargets.cmake")
+
+# Configuration summary ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+include(config_summary)
+
+config_summary_header("Spiner" "spiner" 27) # longest option name is 26 characters
+
+config_summary_block("CMake Options")
+config_summary_variable("CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE")
+config_summary_variable("CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER")
+config_summary_variable("CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION")
+config_summary_variable("CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS")
+config_summary_variable("CLANG_FORMAT_VERSION")
+
+config_summary_block("Dependencies")
+config_summary_dependency("Catch2" "Catch2")
+config_summary_dependency("HDF5" "hdf5")
+config_summary_dependency("Kokkos" "Kokkos" "${SPINER_TEST_USE_KOKKOS}")
+config_summary_dependency("Ports-of-Call" "ports-of-call")
+
+config_summary_block("User Options")
+config_summary_option("SPINER_USE_HDF")
+config_summary_option("SPINER_BUILD_TESTS")
+config_summary_option("SPINER_TEST_USE_KOKKOS")
+config_summary_option("SPINER_TEST_USE_KOKKOS_CUDA")
+
+config_summary_print()
diff --git a/cmake/config_summary.cmake b/cmake/config_summary.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1a9e888bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/config_summary.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,152 @@
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Set some colors
+
+string(ASCII 27 Esc)
+set(color_reset       "${Esc}[m")
+set(color_boldblue    "${Esc}[1;34m")
+set(color_boldcyan    "${Esc}[1;36m")
+set(color_boldgreen   "${Esc}[1;32m")
+set(color_boldgrey    "${Esc}[1;30m")
+set(color_boldmagenta "${Esc}[1;35m")
+set(color_boldplain   "${Esc}[1m")
+set(color_boldred     "${Esc}[1;31m")
+set(color_boldyellow  "${Esc}[1;33m")
+set(color_cyan        "${Esc}[36m")
+set(color_yellow      "${Esc}[33m")
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# A macro for internal use -- see below for the user macros
+
+# Print out a key-value pair (colored differently than a user option)
+macro(config_summary_kvc key value color)
+    # Figure out spacing
+    string(LENGTH ${key} _slen)
+    math(EXPR _tlen "${_width} - ${_slen}")
+    string(REPEAT " " ${_tlen} _tail)
+    # Key
+    string(APPEND _summary
+        "${color_boldplain}"
+        "   ${key}${_tail} : "
+        "${color_reset}"
+    )
+    # Value
+    string(APPEND _summary
+        "${color}"
+        "${value}"
+        "${color_reset}"
+    )
+    string(APPEND _summary "\n")
+endmacro()
+
+# -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Macros to write the configuration summary.
+# -- config_summary_header should always be called before all other config_summary_*
+# -- config_summary_print should always be called after all other config_summary_*
+
+# Print a header and do some setup
+# -- Arguments:
+#    0) display_name: The name of your project for printouts
+#    1) cmake_name: The name for your project as known to CMake (to find variables)
+#    2) optional: number of characters for variable names (must be large enough for the longest
+#       variable name, defaults to 48)
+macro(config_summary_header display_name cmake_name)
+    # save the terminal width (`tput cols` was not portable, so hard-code)
+    set(_termwidth 80)
+    # pretty-print a header bar
+    math(EXPR _bwid "${_termwidth} - 1")
+    string(REPEAT "-" ${_bwid} _bar)
+    set(_bar "${color_boldcyan}${_bar}${color_reset}")
+    string(APPEND _summary "${_bar}\n")
+    # header message
+    string(APPEND _summary
+        "${color_boldcyan}"
+        "${display_name} configuration summary (version ${${cmake_name}_VERSION})\n"
+        "${color_reset}"
+        )
+    # pretty-print a header bar
+    string(APPEND _summary "${_bar}\n")
+    # Set the width for variable names
+    if (${ARGC} GREATER 2)
+        set(_width "${ARGV2}")
+    else()
+        set(_width 48) #default length if none provided
+    endif()
+endmacro()
+
+# Start a block within the configuration summary
+# -- Arguments:
+#    0) The title of the block
+macro(config_summary_block title)
+    string(APPEND _summary
+        "${color_boldcyan}"
+        "${title}"
+        "${color_reset}"
+        "\n"
+    )
+endmacro()
+
+# Print out a key-value pair for information
+# -- Arguments:
+#    0) the key of the key-value pair
+#    1) the value of the key-value pair
+macro(config_summary_keyval key value)
+    config_summary_kvc("${key}" "${value}" "${color_yellow}")
+endmacro()
+
+# Shorthand to print out the name and value of an internal variable
+# -- Arguments:
+#    0) The name of the variable
+macro(config_summary_variable varname)
+    config_summary_keyval("${varname}" "${${varname}}")
+endmacro()
+
+# Print out a dependency: not found or version
+# -- Arguments:
+#    0) The display name of the dependency (for printing)
+#    1) The CMake name of the dependency (for finding variables)
+#    2) optional: condition for whether or not to print this dependency (e.g., if a dependency is
+#       only conditionally included, you may only want to conditionally print out whether or not
+#       the dependency was found)
+macro(config_summary_dependency display_name cmake_name)
+    if (${ARGC} GREATER 2)
+        set(_condition "${ARGV2}")
+    else()
+        set(_condition ON) # always print if no condition provided
+    endif()
+    if (${_condition})
+        if (NOT DEFINED ${cmake_name}_VERSION)
+            set(_color "${color_boldred}")
+            set(_version "not found")
+        else()
+            set(_color "${color_boldgreen}")
+            set(_version "${${cmake_name}_VERSION}")
+        endif()
+        config_summary_kvc("${display_name}" "${_version}" "${_color}")
+    endif()
+endmacro()
+
+# Print out the setting used for a user-settable variable.  This differs from
+# config_summary_variable mostly in how the output is colored in order to highlight what the user
+# turned on or off at a quick glance.
+# -- Arguments:
+#    0) The name of the variable
+macro(config_summary_option varname)
+    set(value "${${varname}}")
+    if (${value})
+        set(_color "${color_boldgreen}")
+    else()
+        set(_color "${color_boldgrey}")
+    endif()
+    config_summary_kvc("${varname}" "${value}" "${_color}")
+endmacro()
+
+# Finalize the configuration summary and do the actual printing to the terminal
+macro(config_summary_print)
+    # pretty-print a footer bar to match the header
+    string(APPEND _summary "${_bar}")
+    # actually print the summary, along with the footer bar
+    message(NOTICE
+        "${_summary}"
+        "${_footerbar}"
+    )
+endmacro()