diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index 16820d49f..3123e1672 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -749,7 +749,19 @@ def build(bld):
     env = bld.env
 
     if Options.options.check_profile:
-        print("Build profile: %s" % Options.options.build_profile)
+        # Parse the waf lockfile generated by latest 'configure' operation
+        lockfile = os.environ.get('WAFLOCK', '.lock-waf_%s_build' % sys.platform)
+        profile = "not found"
+        with open(lockfile, "r") as f:
+            for line in f:
+                if line.startswith("options ="):
+                    key, val = line.split('=')
+                    arr = val.split(',')
+                    for x in arr:
+                        optkey,optval = x.split(':')
+                        if (optkey.lstrip() == '\'build_profile\''):
+                            profile = str(optval.lstrip()).replace("'","")
+        print("Build profile: %s" % profile)
         raise SystemExit(0)
         return