diff --git a/src/library/compiler/emit_cpp.cpp b/src/library/compiler/emit_cpp.cpp
index 0417bff752..edfb92fbdc 100644
--- a/src/library/compiler/emit_cpp.cpp
+++ b/src/library/compiler/emit_cpp.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ Author: Leonardo de Moura
 */
 #include <fstream>
 #include "runtime/utf8.h"
+#include "library/module.h"
 #include "library/compiler/emit_cpp.h"
 
 namespace lean {
@@ -68,8 +69,10 @@ environment emit_cpp(environment const & env, comp_decls const & /* ds */) {
     return env;
 }
 
-void print_cpp_code(std::ofstream & out, environment const & /* env */) {
+void print_cpp_code(std::ofstream & out, environment const & /* env */, module_name const & m, list<module_name> const & deps) {
     out << "// Lean compiler output\n";
+    out << "// Module: " << m << "\n";
+    out << "// Imports:"; for (module_name const & d : deps) out << " " << d; out << "\n";
     // TODO(Leo)
 }
 }
diff --git a/src/library/compiler/emit_cpp.h b/src/library/compiler/emit_cpp.h
index 49a44ccfa8..3e9130cb2c 100644
--- a/src/library/compiler/emit_cpp.h
+++ b/src/library/compiler/emit_cpp.h
@@ -5,10 +5,11 @@ Released under Apache 2.0 license as described in the file LICENSE.
 Author: Leonardo de Moura
 */
 #pragma once
+#include "util/lean_path.h"
 #include "kernel/environment.h"
 #include "library/compiler/util.h"
 
 namespace lean {
 environment emit_cpp(environment const & env, comp_decls const & ds);
-void print_cpp_code(std::ofstream & out, environment const & env);
+void print_cpp_code(std::ofstream & out, environment const & env, module_name const & m, list<module_name> const & deps);
 }
diff --git a/src/shell/lean.cpp b/src/shell/lean.cpp
index f0601b69a9..9a9f42334e 100644
--- a/src/shell/lean.cpp
+++ b/src/shell/lean.cpp
@@ -577,8 +577,17 @@ int main(int argc, char ** argv) {
             display_cumulative_profiling_times(std::cerr);
 
         if (cpp_output) {
+            if (mods.size() != 1) {
+                std::cerr << "Error, option `--cpp=<file>` expects one and only one input module\n";
+                return 1;
+            }
+            module_name mod_name = mods[0].m_mod_info->m_name;
+            buffer<name> dep_names;
+            for (auto d : mods[0].m_mod_info->m_deps) {
+                dep_names.push_back(d.m_mod_info->m_name);
+            }
             std::ofstream out(*cpp_output);
-            print_cpp_code(out, env);
+            print_cpp_code(out, env, mod_name, to_list(dep_names));
         }
 
         if (!test_suite) {