diff --git a/configure b/configure
index e2670eed5d..83c959df32 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 # Convenience wrapper for easily viewing/setting options that
 # the project's CMake scripts will recognize
 set -e
+
+trap '[ $? -eq 0 ] && exit 0 || echo "Also, before rerunning configure, consider cleaning the cache via: make distclean"' EXIT
+
 command="$0 $*"
 
 usage="\