diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e8a9729..a5ef414 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ else()
        set(VCPKG_OVERLAY_TRIPLETS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/vcpkg_triplets)
        set(VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET ${VCPKG_OTEL_TRIPLET})
        set(TRIPLET_DEFINITIONS -DVCPKG_OVERLAY_TRIPLETS="${VCPKG_OVERLAY_TRIPLETS}" -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET})
+       message("APPLE is defined")
    elseif(WIN32)
        # On Windows, there is a conflict between abseil_dll.dll and the version used by Simulink. 
        # The shared library doesn't seem ABI stable and different versions cannot be used interchangeably. 
@@ -42,6 +43,14 @@ else()
        set(VCPKG_OVERLAY_TRIPLETS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/vcpkg_triplets)
        set(VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET x64-windows-otel-matlab)
        set(TRIPLET_DEFINITIONS -DVCPKG_OVERLAY_TRIPLETS="${VCPKG_OVERLAY_TRIPLETS}" -DVCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET=${VCPKG_TARGET_TRIPLET})
+       message("WIN32 is defined")
+   endif()
+   if(${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Windows")
+       message("CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM is set to Windows")
+   elseif(${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Darwin")
+       message("CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM is set to Darwin")
+   elseif(${CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Linux")
+       message("CMAKE_HOST_SYSTEM is set to Linux")
    endif()
 
    set(VCPKG_FETCH_CONTENT_NAME vcpkg)