diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1adae8016c..05aab03a55 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,9 +28,18 @@ include(mode.common)
 if(CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES)
     foreach(config ${CMAKE_CONFIGURATION_TYPES})
         include(mode.${config})
+        list(APPEND scylla_build_modes ${scylla_build_mode})
     endforeach()
+    add_custom_target(mode_list
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "$<JOIN:${scylla_build_modes}, >"
+        COMMENT "List configured modes"
+        BYPRODUCTS mode-list.phony.stamp
+        COMMAND_EXPAND_LISTS)
 else()
     include(mode.${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})
+    add_custom_target(mode_list
+        ${CMAKE_COMMAND} -E echo "${scylla_build_mode}"
+        COMMENT "List configured modes")
 endif()
 
 add_compile_definitions(
diff --git a/cmake/mode.Coverage.cmake b/cmake/mode.Coverage.cmake
index b8431a0e28..d4f09c5a88 100644
--- a/cmake/mode.Coverage.cmake
+++ b/cmake/mode.Coverage.cmake
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ update_cxx_flags(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_COVERAGE
   WITH_DEBUG_INFO
   OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL "g")
 
+set(scylla_build_mode "coverage")
 set(Seastar_DEFINITIONS_COVERAGE
-  SCYLLA_BUILD_MODE=coverage
+  SCYLLA_BUILD_MODE=${scylla_build_mode}
   DEBUG
   SANITIZE
   DEBUG_LSA_SANITIZER
diff --git a/cmake/mode.Debug.cmake b/cmake/mode.Debug.cmake
index cba6258dbb..8221e9a0f4 100644
--- a/cmake/mode.Debug.cmake
+++ b/cmake/mode.Debug.cmake
@@ -9,8 +9,9 @@ update_cxx_flags(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG
   WITH_DEBUG_INFO
   OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL ${OptimizationLevel})
 
+set(scylla_build_mode "debug")
 set(Seastar_DEFINITIONS_DEBUG
-  SCYLLA_BUILD_MODE=debug
+  SCYLLA_BUILD_MODE=${scylla_build_mode}
   DEBUG
   SANITIZE
   DEBUG_LSA_SANITIZER
diff --git a/cmake/mode.Dev.cmake b/cmake/mode.Dev.cmake
index 80c8d099fe..13cdba4826 100644
--- a/cmake/mode.Dev.cmake
+++ b/cmake/mode.Dev.cmake
@@ -6,8 +6,9 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEV
 update_cxx_flags(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEV
   OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL "2")
 
+set(scylla_build_mode "dev")
 set(Seastar_DEFINITIONS_DEV
-  SCYLLA_BUILD_MODE=dev
+  SCYLLA_BUILD_MODE=${scylla_build_mode}
   DEVEL
   SEASTAR_ENABLE_ALLOC_FAILURE_INJECTION
   SCYLLA_ENABLE_ERROR_INJECTION)
diff --git a/cmake/mode.RelWithDebInfo.cmake b/cmake/mode.RelWithDebInfo.cmake
index d4a3a5c63e..4d22233618 100644
--- a/cmake/mode.RelWithDebInfo.cmake
+++ b/cmake/mode.RelWithDebInfo.cmake
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ update_cxx_flags(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_RELWITHDEBINFO
   WITH_DEBUG_INFO
   OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL "3")
 
+set(scylla_build_mode "release")
 add_compile_definitions(
-    $<$<CONFIG:RelWithDebInfo>:SCYLLA_BUILD_MODE=release>)
+    $<$<CONFIG:RelWithDebInfo>:SCYLLA_BUILD_MODE=${scylla_build_mode}>)
 
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR MATCHES "arm64|aarch64")
   set(clang_inline_threshold 300)
diff --git a/cmake/mode.Sanitize.cmake b/cmake/mode.Sanitize.cmake
index e3c64b1863..9b6f9da606 100644
--- a/cmake/mode.Sanitize.cmake
+++ b/cmake/mode.Sanitize.cmake
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ update_cxx_flags(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_SANITIZE
   WITH_DEBUG_INFO
   OPTIMIZATION_LEVEL "s")
 
+set(scylla_build_mode "sanitize")
 set(Seastar_DEFINITIONS_SANITIZE
-  SCYLLA_BUILD_MODE=sanitize
+  SCYLLA_BUILD_MODE=${scylla_build_mode}
   DEBUG
   SANITIZE
   DEBUG_LSA_SANITIZER