diff --git a/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript b/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
index 2959d92e0..c8892ef91 100644
--- a/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
+++ b/openpilot/selfdrive/modeld/SConscript
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ Import('env', 'arch')
 # TODO: add GCC support to tinygrad?
 # tinygrad's CPU:LLVM backend requires libLLVM, skip the build on PC if it's not available
 if arch not in ('comma_arm64', 'Darwin') and ctypes.util.find_library('LLVM') is None:
-  print("modeld: LLVM not found, skipping tinygrad model compilation")
+  print("\033[93mmodeld: LLVM not found, skipping tinygrad model compilation. Install LLVM to compile models.\033[0m")
   Return()
 
 lenv = env.Clone()