diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 034f47c89..3791c092e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -188,12 +188,17 @@ if(KOKKOSTOOLS_HAS_VARIORUM)
 endif()
 
 # GPU profilers
-if(Kokkos_ENABLE_CUDA)
+if(KOKKOSTOOLS_HAS_NVTX)
   add_subdirectory(profiling/nvtx-connector)
   add_subdirectory(profiling/nvtx-focused-connector)
+else()
+  message(STATUS "Skipping nvtx-connector:         NVTX is not enabled (maybe Kokkos was not found, or not configured with the CUDA backend)")
+  message(STATUS "Skipping nvtx-focused-connector: NVTX is not enabled (maybe Kokkos was not found, or not configured with the CUDA backend)")
 endif()
-if(Kokkos_ENABLE_HIP)
+if(KOKKOSTOOLS_HAS_ROCTX)
   add_subdirectory(profiling/roctx-connector)
+else()
+  message(STATUS "Skipping roctx-connector: ROCTX is not enabled (maybe Kokkos was not found, or not configured with the HIP backend)")
 endif()
 
 if(KOKKOSTOOLS_HAS_VTUNE)