diff --git a/compiler/extccomp.nim b/compiler/extccomp.nim
index b2ee9c7f14..eb9aac4902 100644
--- a/compiler/extccomp.nim
+++ b/compiler/extccomp.nim
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ proc callCCompiler*(projectfile: string) =
           "lib", quoteShell(libpath)])
     if optCompileOnly notin gGlobalOptions:
       execExternalProgram(linkCmd,
-                          if gVerbosity > 1: hintExecuting else: hintLinking)
+        if optListCmd in gGlobalOptions or gVerbosity > 1: hintExecuting else: hintLinking)
   else:
     linkCmd = ""
   if optGenScript in gGlobalOptions:
diff --git a/compiler/msgs.nim b/compiler/msgs.nim
index 03a63483da..83914753fa 100644
--- a/compiler/msgs.nim
+++ b/compiler/msgs.nim
@@ -518,7 +518,6 @@ const
                                          warnGcUnsafe,
                                          hintPath,
                                          hintDependency,
-                                         hintExecuting,
                                          hintCodeBegin, hintCodeEnd,
                                          hintSource, hintStackTrace,
                                          hintGCStats},
@@ -530,7 +529,7 @@ const
 
 var
   ForeignPackageNotes*: TNoteKinds = {hintProcessing, warnUnknownMagic,
-    hintQuitCalled}
+    hintQuitCalled, hintExecuting}
   filenameToIndexTbl = initTable[string, int32]()
   fileInfos*: seq[TFileInfo] = @[]
   systemFileIdx*: int32