diff --git a/make/gen-folder-deps b/make/gen-folder-deps
index d4382eb1c..a8975bf8e 100755
--- a/make/gen-folder-deps
+++ b/make/gen-folder-deps
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ MAKE=$1
 shift
 
 for subdir in $@; do \
+  >&2 echo "Running folder deps for $subdir"
   DEPS=`$MAKE --no-print-directory -sC ${subdir} print-mesa-deps`
   cat <<EOF
 ${subdir}: ${DEPS} data/version_number