diff --git a/hack/build-go.sh b/hack/build-go.sh
index a6075fddbaa..121f95d4fc6 100755
--- a/hack/build-go.sh
+++ b/hack/build-go.sh
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ for arg; do
   fi
 done
 
+echo "Building local go components"
 # Note that the flags to 'go build' are duplicated in the salt build setup
 # (release/build-release.sh) for our cluster deploy.  If we add more command
 # line options to our standard build we'll want to duplicate them there.  As we