diff --git a/src/EFCore.Tools/tools/EntityFrameworkCore.psm1 b/src/EFCore.Tools/tools/EntityFrameworkCore.psm1
index 3cc442fce0a..8fa8084cd8a 100644
--- a/src/EFCore.Tools/tools/EntityFrameworkCore.psm1
+++ b/src/EFCore.Tools/tools/EntityFrameworkCore.psm1
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ function Add-Migration
 
     # NB: -join is here to support ConvertFrom-Json on PowerShell 3.0
     $result = (EF $dteProject $dteStartupProject $params) -join "`n" | ConvertFrom-Json
-    Write-Output 'To undo this action, use Remove-Migration.'
+    Write-Host 'To undo this action, use Remove-Migration.'
 
     $dteProject.ProjectItems.AddFromFile($result.migrationFile) | Out-Null
     $DTE.ItemOperations.OpenFile($result.migrationFile) | Out-Null
@@ -818,7 +818,7 @@ function EF($project, $startupProject, $params, [switch] $skipBuild)
 
     if (!$skipBuild)
     {
-        Write-Verbose 'Build started...'
+        Write-Host 'Build started...'
 
         # TODO: Only build startup project. Don't use BuildProject, you can't specify platform
         $solutionBuild = $DTE.Solution.SolutionBuild
@@ -828,7 +828,7 @@ function EF($project, $startupProject, $params, [switch] $skipBuild)
             throw 'Build failed.'
         }
 
-        Write-Verbose 'Build succeeded.'
+        Write-Host 'Build succeeded.'
     }
 
     $startupProjectDir = GetProperty $startupProject.Properties 'FullPath'
diff --git a/src/dotnet-ef/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/dotnet-ef/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index 002b5a1ae73..a8aa1bedf04 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-ef/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet-ef/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -400,6 +400,18 @@ public static string ContextDirDescription
         public static string WorkingDirDescription
             => GetString("WorkingDirDescription");
 
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Build started...
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string BuildStarted
+            => GetString("BuildStarted");
+
+        /// <summary>
+        ///     Build succeeded.
+        /// </summary>
+        public static string BuildSucceeded
+            => GetString("BuildSucceeded");
+
         private static string GetString(string name, params string[] formatterNames)
         {
             var value = _resourceManager.GetString(name);
diff --git a/src/dotnet-ef/Properties/Resources.resx b/src/dotnet-ef/Properties/Resources.resx
index 13ca042aa3d..18dd5855492 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-ef/Properties/Resources.resx
+++ b/src/dotnet-ef/Properties/Resources.resx
@@ -300,4 +300,10 @@
   <data name="WorkingDirDescription" xml:space="preserve">
     <value>The working directory of the tool invoking this command.</value>
   </data>
+  <data name="BuildStarted" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Build started...</value>
+  </data>
+  <data name="BuildSucceeded" xml:space="preserve">
+    <value>Build succeeded.</value>
+  </data>
 </root>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/dotnet-ef/RootCommand.cs b/src/dotnet-ef/RootCommand.cs
index 7e81f8bb19c..a18bb0ab158 100644
--- a/src/dotnet-ef/RootCommand.cs
+++ b/src/dotnet-ef/RootCommand.cs
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ protected override int Execute()
 
             if (!_noBuild.HasValue())
             {
+                Reporter.WriteInformation(Resources.BuildStarted);
                 startupProject.Build();
+                Reporter.WriteInformation(Resources.BuildSucceeded);
             }
 
             string executable;