diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index f76631a61..255c8a6ff 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -424,16 +424,17 @@ set (CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE  "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} ${LINKER
 set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG       "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE}")
 set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG       "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG} ${DEBUG_FLAGS}"        )
 
-# Finalizing
-set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE   "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE}    ${DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS}")
-set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG     "${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG}      ${DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS}")
+# Finalizing, adding PREFIX and SUFFIX to compiler chain
+set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE   "${DAMASK_PREFIX} ${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE} ${DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS} ${DAMASK_SUFFIX}")
+set (CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG     "${DAMASK_PREFIX} ${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_DEBUG}   ${DAMASK_INCLUDE_FLAGS} ${DAMASK_SUFFIX}")
 set (CMAKE_LINKER                  "${PETSC_LINKER}")
+
 if ("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "RELEASE")
     set (CMAKE_Fortran_LINK_EXECUTABLE
-      "${CMAKE_LINKER} ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} <OBJECTS> -o <TARGET> <LINK_LIBRARIES> ${PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB}")
+      "${DAMASK_PREFIX} ${CMAKE_LINKER} ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_RELEASE} <OBJECTS> -o <TARGET> <LINK_LIBRARIES> ${PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB}  ${DAMASK_SUFFIX}")
 else("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "RELEASE")
     set (CMAKE_Fortran_LINK_EXECUTABLE
-      "${CMAKE_LINKER} ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} <OBJECTS> -o <TARGET> <LINK_LIBRARIES> ${PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB}")
+      "${DAMASK_PREFIX} ${CMAKE_LINKER} ${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS_DEBUG} <OBJECTS> -o <TARGET> <LINK_LIBRARIES> ${PETSC_EXTERNAL_LIB}  ${DAMASK_SUFFIX}")
 endif("${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE}" STREQUAL "RELEASE")
 
 message("***COMPILE FLAGS:\n${CMAKE_Fortran_FLAGS_RELEASE}\n")
diff --git a/build_FEM.sh b/build_FEM.sh
index 56e26c45b..2333bc16c 100755
--- a/build_FEM.sh
+++ b/build_FEM.sh
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ cd FEM
 # PETSC_DIR                |  PETSC directory
 # DAMASK_V                 |  DAMASK current revision
 # CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE         |  Default set to release (no debugging output)
+# CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE   |  [ON/OFF] toggle makefile verbose output
 # OPENMP                   |  [ON/OFF]
 # OPTIMIZATION             |  [OFF,DEFENSIVE,AGGRESSIVE,ULTRA]
 # DAMASK_DRIVER            |  [SPECTRAL, FEM]
@@ -34,10 +35,13 @@ cd FEM
 cmake -D PETSC_DIR=${PETSC_DIR}             \
       -D DAMASK_V=${DAMASKVERSION}          \
       -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE           \
+      -D CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=OFF         \
       -D OPENMP=ON                          \
       -D OPTIMIZATION=DEFENSIVE             \
       -D DAMASK_DRIVER=FEM                  \
       -D DAMASK_INSTALL=${HOME}/bin         \
+      -D DAMASK_PREFIX=""                   \
+      -D DAMASK_SUFFIX="-Wl,--verbose"      \
       ../..
 
 echo
diff --git a/build_spectral.sh b/build_spectral.sh
index eb614f41c..0034554a5 100755
--- a/build_spectral.sh
+++ b/build_spectral.sh
@@ -36,17 +36,24 @@ cd $BUILDDIR
 # PETSC_DIR                |  PETSC directory
 # DAMASK_V                 |  DAMASK current revision
 # CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE         |  Default set to release (no debugging output)
+# CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE   |  [ON/OFF] toggle makefile verbose output
 # OPENMP                   |  [ON/OFF]
 # OPTIMIZATION             |  [OFF,DEFENSIVE,AGGRESSIVE,ULTRA]
 # DAMASK_DRIVER            |  [SPECTRAL, FEM]
 # DAMASK_INSTALL           |  Directory to install binary output
+# DAMASK_PREFIX            |  Compiler prefix
+# DAMASK_SUFFIX            |  Compiler suffix,
+#                          |    e.g. DAMASK_SUFFIX="-Wl,--verbose"
 cmake -D PETSC_DIR=${PETSC_DIR}          \
       -D DAMASK_V=${DAMASKVERSION}       \
       -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RELEASE        \
+      -D CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE=OFF      \
       -D OPENMP=ON                       \
       -D OPTIMIZATION=DEFENSIVE          \
       -D DAMASK_DRIVER=SPECTRAL          \
       -D DAMASK_INSTALL=${HOME}/bin      \
+      -D DAMASK_PREFIX=""                \
+      -D DAMASK_SUFFIX="-Wl,--verbose"   \
       ../..
 
 echo