diff --git a/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal b/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal
index b917cae348e..d6250562279 100644
--- a/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal
+++ b/cabal-install/cabal-install.cabal
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ library
         Distribution.Client.Compat.Orphans
         Distribution.Client.Compat.Prelude
         Distribution.Client.Compat.Semaphore
+        Distribution.Client.Compat.SysInfo
         Distribution.Client.Compat.Tar
         Distribution.Client.Config
         Distribution.Client.Configure
diff --git a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Compat/SysInfo.hs b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Compat/SysInfo.hs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..850a385c0af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Compat/SysInfo.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE CPP #-}
+
+module Distribution.Client.Compat.SysInfo
+  ( fullCompilerVersion
+  ) where
+
+import Data.Version (Version)
+import qualified System.Info as SI
+
+fullCompilerVersion :: Version
+#if MIN_VERSION_base(4,15,0)
+fullCompilerVersion = SI.fullCompilerVersion
+#else
+fullCompilerVersion = SI.compilerVersion
+#endif
diff --git a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Main.hs b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Main.hs
index be0ab581c00..301f9cd3abe 100644
--- a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Main.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Main.hs
@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@ import Distribution.Client.Utils
   , relaxEncodingErrors
   )
 import Distribution.Client.Version
-  ( cabalInstallGitInfo
+  ( cabalInstallCompilerInfo
+  , cabalInstallGitInfo
   , cabalInstallVersion
   )
 
@@ -424,6 +425,8 @@ mainWorker args = do
           ++ display cabalVersion
           ++ " of the Cabal library "
           ++ cabalGitInfo'
+          ++ "\nwith "
+          ++ cabalInstallCompilerInfo
       where
         cabalGitInfo'
           | cabalGitInfo == cabalInstallGitInfo = "(in-tree)"
diff --git a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Version.hs b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Version.hs
index 14a3c166f63..cb782219a23 100644
--- a/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Version.hs
+++ b/cabal-install/src/Distribution/Client/Version.hs
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@
 module Distribution.Client.Version
   ( cabalInstallVersion
   , cabalInstallGitInfo
+  , cabalInstallCompilerInfo
   ) where
 
+import Data.List (intercalate)
+import qualified Data.Version as DV
+import qualified Distribution.Client.Compat.SysInfo as SIC
 import Distribution.Version
+import qualified System.Info as SI
 
 import qualified Paths_cabal_install as PackageInfo
 
@@ -28,6 +33,20 @@ import GitHash
 cabalInstallVersion :: Version
 cabalInstallVersion = mkVersion' PackageInfo.version
 
+-- |
+-- `cabal-install` compiler information.
+cabalInstallCompilerInfo :: String
+cabalInstallCompilerInfo =
+  concat
+    [ SI.compilerName
+    , " "
+    , intercalate "." (map show (DV.versionBranch SIC.fullCompilerVersion))
+    , " on "
+    , SI.os
+    , " "
+    , SI.arch
+    ]
+
 -- |
 -- `cabal-install` Git information. Only filled in if built in a Git tree in
 -- developmnent mode and Template Haskell is available.