diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 261efad..be4577e 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	cout << " -------------------------------------------------------------------- " << endl;
 	cout << " | openEMS version " GIT_VERSION << endl;
 	cout << " | (C) 2010 Thorsten Liebig <thorsten.liebig@gmx.de>  GPL license" << endl;
-	cout << " -------------------------------------------------------------------- " << endl << endl;
+	cout << " -------------------------------------------------------------------- " << endl;
+	cout << openEMS::GetExtLibsInfo() << endl;
 
 	if (argc<=1)
 	{
diff --git a/openems.cpp b/openems.cpp
index 6a07bfb..23e8366 100644
--- a/openems.cpp
+++ b/openems.cpp
@@ -160,6 +160,16 @@ bool openEMS::parseCommandLineArgument( const char *argv )
 	return false;
 }
 
+string openEMS::GetExtLibsInfo()
+{
+	stringstream str;
+
+	str << "\tUsed external libraries:" << endl;
+	str << "\t\t" << ContinuousStructure::GetInfoLine(true) << endl;
+
+	return str.str();
+}
+
 bool openEMS::SetupBoundaryConditions(TiXmlElement* BC)
 {
 	int EC; //error code of tinyxml
diff --git a/openems.h b/openems.h
index 8f67a0c..53d0faf 100644
--- a/openems.h
+++ b/openems.h
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 #ifndef OPENEMS_H
 #define OPENEMS_H
 
+#include <sstream>
+
+using namespace std;
+
 class Operator;
 class Engine;
 class ProcessingArray;
@@ -44,6 +48,9 @@ public:
 	void DebugOperator() {DebugOp=true;}
 	void DebugBox() {m_debugBox=true;}
 
+	//! Get informations about external libs used by openEMS
+	static string GetExtLibsInfo();
+
 protected:
 	bool CylinderCoords;