diff --git a/ci/travis-continuous.sh b/ci/travis-continuous.sh
index 30fe82996..4ac243f23 100755
--- a/ci/travis-continuous.sh
+++ b/ci/travis-continuous.sh
@@ -12,4 +12,5 @@ test -f $SRCDIR/CMakeLists.txt || { echo "! Missing $SRCDIR/CMakeLists.txt" ; ex
 
 cd $BUILDDIR || exit 1
 
+echo "# cmake $CMAKE_ARGS $SRCDIR"
 cmake $CMAKE_ARGS $SRCDIR && make -j2 && make install DESTDIR=/build/INSTALL_ROOT
diff --git a/ci/travis-coverity.sh b/ci/travis-coverity.sh
index 79b7fbdab..88b6a2ab5 100755
--- a/ci/travis-coverity.sh
+++ b/ci/travis-coverity.sh
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ mkdir "$BUILDDIR/coveritytool"
 tar xvf coverity_tool.tar.gz -C "$BUILDDIR/coveritytool" --strip-components 2
 export PATH="$BUILDDIR/coveritytool/bin:$PATH"
 
+echo "# cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug $CMAKE_ARGS $SRCDIR"
 cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Debug $CMAKE_ARGS $SRCDIR || exit 1
 cov-build --dir cov-int make -j2