diff --git a/src/modules/Makefile.in b/src/modules/Makefile.in
index b593ad83d9f20b2fcc476007696276458cc6c7fd..f7e96c5a0cf4978dd2a96a94e9b8324f5435789a 100644
--- a/src/modules/Makefile.in
+++ b/src/modules/Makefile.in
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ MAKE_FLAGS = "prefix=$(prefix)" "exec_prefix=$(exec_prefix)" "CC=$(CC)" "OTHERFL
 all: modules
 
 modules:
-	for a in $(MODULES) ; do ( cd $$a ; $(MAKE) $(MAKE_FLAGS) MODNAME=$$a) ; done
+	for a in $(MODULES) ; do echo making $$a ; ( cd $$a ; $(MAKE) $(MAKE_FLAGS) MODNAME=$$a) ; done
 	$(MAKE) linker_options lib_dirs modlist.h modlist_headers.h
 
 modlist.h: $(MODULE_SEGMENTS)