diff --git a/cmake/build-info.cmake b/cmake/build-info.cmake
index c1a456e17..75c78222f 100644
--- a/cmake/build-info.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build-info.cmake
@@ -41,14 +41,20 @@ endif()
 
 if(MSVC)
     set(BUILD_COMPILER "${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION}")
-    set(BUILD_TARGET ${CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME})
+    if (CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME)
+        set(BUILD_TARGET ${CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME})
+    else()
+        set(BUILD_TARGET "${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} ${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}")
+    endif()
 else()
     execute_process(
-        COMMAND sh -c "\"$@\" --version | head -1" _ ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} --version
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE OUT
         OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
     )
+    string(REGEX REPLACE " *\n.*" "" OUT "${OUT}")
     set(BUILD_COMPILER ${OUT})
+
     execute_process(
         COMMAND ${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -dumpmachine
         OUTPUT_VARIABLE OUT
diff --git a/common/CMakeLists.txt b/common/CMakeLists.txt
index 43533fc86..f15e12a96 100644
--- a/common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -39,7 +39,9 @@ add_custom_command(
     COMMENT "Generating build details from Git"
     COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -DMSVC=${MSVC} -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_VERSION}
             -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER_ID} -DCMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME=${CMAKE_VS_PLATFORM_NAME}
-            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER} -P "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/build-info-gen-cpp.cmake"
+            -DCMAKE_C_COMPILER=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}
+            -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=${CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR}
+            -P "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/build-info-gen-cpp.cmake"
     WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/.."
     DEPENDS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/build-info.cpp.in" ${GIT_INDEX}
     VERBATIM
diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
index 8623214c7..f3cfdeaef 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-cuda/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ if (CUDAToolkit_FOUND)
                 COMMAND ${NVCC_CMD} -Xcompiler "-dumpfullversion -dumpversion"
                 OUTPUT_VARIABLE CUDA_CCVER
                 ERROR_QUIET
+                OUTPUT_STRIP_TRAILING_WHITESPACE
             )
         else()
             if (CUDA_CCFULLVER MATCHES Apple)
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ if (CUDAToolkit_FOUND)
             string(REGEX REPLACE "^.* version ([0-9.]*).*$" "\\1" CUDA_CCVER ${CUDA_CCFULLVER})
         endif()
 
-        message("-- CUDA host compiler is ${CUDA_CCID} ${CUDA_CCVER}")
+        message(STATUS "CUDA host compiler is ${CUDA_CCID} ${CUDA_CCVER}")
 
         ggml_get_flags(${CUDA_CCID} ${CUDA_CCVER})
         list(APPEND CUDA_CXX_FLAGS ${CXX_FLAGS} ${GF_CXX_FLAGS})  # This is passed to -Xcompiler later