diff --git a/src/ert/config/ert_config.py b/src/ert/config/ert_config.py
index 41c44f4d589..0e0b473e858 100644
--- a/src/ert/config/ert_config.py
+++ b/src/ert/config/ert_config.py
@@ -349,6 +349,14 @@ def _log_config_dict(cls, content_dict: Dict[str, Any]) -> None:
 
         logger.info(f"Content of the config_dict: {tmp_dict}")
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _log_custom_forward_model_steps(cls, user_config: ConfigDict) -> None:
+        for fm_step, fm_step_filename in user_config.get(ConfigKeys.INSTALL_JOB, []):
+            fm_configuration = Path(fm_step_filename).read_text(encoding="utf-8")
+            logger.info(
+                f"Custom forward_model_step {fm_step} installed as: {fm_configuration}"
+            )
+
     @staticmethod
     def apply_config_content_defaults(content_dict: dict, config_dir: str):
         if ConfigKeys.ENSPATH not in content_dict:
@@ -378,6 +386,7 @@ def read_user_config_and_apply_site_config(
     ) -> ConfigDict:
         site_config_dict = cls.read_site_config()
         user_config_dict = cls.read_user_config(user_config_file)
+        cls._log_custom_forward_model_steps(user_config_dict)
 
         for keyword, value in site_config_dict.items():
             if keyword == "QUEUE_OPTION":
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/config/test_ert_config.py b/tests/unit_tests/config/test_ert_config.py
index 8ef95f8b435..4277fd7d51d 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/config/test_ert_config.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/config/test_ert_config.py
@@ -262,6 +262,28 @@ def test_logging_config(caplog, config_content, expected):
     assert expected in caplog.messages
 
 
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("use_tmpdir")
+def test_custom_forward_models_are_logged(caplog):
+    localhack = "localhack.sh"
+    Path(localhack).write_text("", encoding="utf-8")
+    st = os.stat(localhack)
+    os.chmod(localhack, st.st_mode | stat.S_IEXEC)
+    Path("foo_fm").write_text(f"EXECUTABLE {localhack}", encoding="utf-8")
+    Path("config.ert").write_text(
+        "NUM_REALIZATIONS 1\nINSTALL_JOB foo_fm foo_fm", encoding="utf-8"
+    )
+    with caplog.at_level(logging.INFO):
+        ErtConfig.from_file("config.ert")
+    assert (
+        f"Custom forward_model_step foo_fm installed as: EXECUTABLE {localhack}"
+        in caplog.messages
+    )
+    assert (
+        sum("Custom forward_model_step" in logmessage for logmessage in caplog.messages)
+        == 1
+    ), "check if site-config fm were logged"
+
+
 @pytest.mark.usefixtures("use_tmpdir")
 def test_logging_with_comments(caplog):
     """