diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 6bfd7e3..0d73bbe 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -41,3 +41,8 @@ This repository extends the great work of several other projects:
 * The CI build process is controlled by [cibuildwheel](https://github.com/pypa/cibuildwheel) which makes building wheels across a number of platforms a pleasant experience (!)
 
 We are grateful for the generous provisioning with CI resources that GitHub currently offers to Open Source projects.
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+To see which clang-tidy binary the package is using
+you can set `CLANG_TIDY_WHEEL_VERBOSE` to `1` in your environment.
diff --git a/clang_tidy/__init__.py b/clang_tidy/__init__.py
index d5d33eb..c4dac31 100644
--- a/clang_tidy/__init__.py
+++ b/clang_tidy/__init__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 from pathlib import Path
 import functools
 import pkg_resources
+import os
 
 
 @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)
@@ -11,7 +12,8 @@ def _get_executable(name:str) -> Path:
                  for s in ("", ".exe", ".bin", ".dmg")]
     for exe in possibles:
         if exe.exists():
-            print(f'Resource filename: {exe} ')
+            if os.environ.get("CLANG_TIDY_WHEEL_VERBOSE", None):
+                print(f'Found binary: {exe} ')
             return exe
 
     raise FileNotFoundError(f"No executable found for {name} at\n{possibles}")
diff --git a/test/test_executable.py b/test/test_executable.py
index 36f8317..abdbd93 100644
--- a/test/test_executable.py
+++ b/test/test_executable.py
@@ -19,12 +19,14 @@ def ensure_tidy_from_wheel(monkeypatch):
     monkeypatch.delitem(sys.modules, "clang_tidy", raising=False)
 
 
-def test_executable_file():
+def test_executable_file(capsys):
     import clang_tidy
 
+    clang_tidy._get_executable.cache_clear()
     exe = clang_tidy._get_executable("clang-tidy")
     assert os.path.exists(exe)
     assert os.access(exe, os.X_OK)
+    assert capsys.readouterr().out == ""
 
 
 def _test_code(code: str):
@@ -40,6 +42,15 @@ def _test_code(code: str):
         os.remove(compilation_unit)
 
 
+def test_verbose_output(capsys, monkeypatch):
+    import clang_tidy
+    monkeypatch.setenv("CLANG_TIDY_WHEEL_VERBOSE", "1")
+    # need to clear cache to make sure the function is run again
+    clang_tidy._get_executable.cache_clear()
+    clang_tidy._get_executable("clang-tidy")
+    assert capsys.readouterr().out
+
+
 @pytest.mark.skipif(
     os.environ.get("CI", None) and "linux" in sys.platform,
     reason="https://github.com/ssciwr/clang-tidy-wheel/issues/30",