diff --git a/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/cmakemake.py b/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/cmakemake.py
index cfdb73f02d..3e2bf0385a 100644
--- a/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/cmakemake.py
+++ b/easybuild/easyblocks/generic/cmakemake.py
@@ -34,21 +34,22 @@
 @author: Maxime Boissonneault (Compute Canada - Universite Laval)
 """
 import glob
-import re
 import os
-from easybuild.tools import LooseVersion
+import re
 
-from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.configuremake import ConfigureMake
 from easybuild.framework.easyconfig import BUILD, CUSTOM
+from easybuild.tools import LooseVersion
 from easybuild.tools.build_log import EasyBuildError, print_warning
 from easybuild.tools.config import build_option
-from easybuild.tools.filetools import change_dir, create_unused_dir, mkdir, which
 from easybuild.tools.environment import setvar
+from easybuild.tools.filetools import (change_dir, create_unused_dir, mkdir,
+                                       which)
 from easybuild.tools.modules import get_software_root, get_software_version
 from easybuild.tools.run import run_cmd
 from easybuild.tools.systemtools import get_shared_lib_ext
 from easybuild.tools.utilities import nub
 
+from easybuild.easyblocks.generic.configuremake import ConfigureMake
 
 DEFAULT_CONFIGURE_CMD = 'cmake'
 
@@ -316,6 +317,8 @@ def configure_step(self, srcdir=None, builddir=None):
                 options['BOOST_ROOT'] = boost_root
                 options['Boost_NO_SYSTEM_PATHS'] = 'ON'
 
+        self.cmake_options = options
+
         if self.cfg.get('configure_cmd') == DEFAULT_CONFIGURE_CMD:
             self.prepend_config_opts(options)
             command = ' '.join([