diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f1aa06c404..5ed700cdcb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 # The global Makefile for POCO [generated by mkrelease]
 #
 
+$(warning *********************************************************************)
+$(warning WARNING: Make is not officially supported to build Poco, use CMake
+$(warning *********************************************************************)
+
 sinclude config.make
 sinclude config.build
 POCO_CONFIG_INCLUDED = 1
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 1ceeebeeeb..8555ac0e71 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ $(ls -C "$base"/build/config/)
 ENDHELP
 }
 
+echo "*********************************************************************"
+echo "WARNING: Make is not officially supported to build Poco, use CMake"
+echo "*********************************************************************"
+
 # save cwd
 build=$(pwd)
 # get directory where we are located
diff --git a/release/script/mkrelease b/release/script/mkrelease
index fe3f9c7fa8..d3977c9323 100755
--- a/release/script/mkrelease
+++ b/release/script/mkrelease
@@ -181,6 +181,10 @@ cat >${target}/Makefile <<'ENDOFSCRIPT'
 # The global Makefile for POCO [generated by mkrelease]
 #
 
+$(warning *********************************************************************)
+$(warning WARNING: Make is not officially supported to build Poco, use CMake
+$(warning *********************************************************************)
+
 sinclude config.make
 sinclude config.build