diff --git a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
index 9c3cef67c4..93e544c5a2 100644
--- a/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
+++ b/Modules/CMakeDetermineCompilerId.cmake
@@ -858,7 +858,9 @@ ${CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_OUTPUT}
       string(APPEND _CMAKE_${lang}_COMPILER_ID_LOG "${MSG}")
     endif()
 
-    string(APPEND _CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_BUILD_MSG "${MSG}")
+    # Display in reverse order so that attempts with user flags
+    # won't be lost due to console limits / scrollback
+    string(PREPEND _CMAKE_DETERMINE_COMPILER_ID_BUILD_MSG "${MSG}")
 
     # Some languages may know the correct/desired set of flags and want to fail right away if they don't work.
     # This is currently only used by CUDA.