diff --git a/src/cmd/moby/build.go b/src/cmd/moby/build.go
index 8b3711abc..7d7d6f61f 100644
--- a/src/cmd/moby/build.go
+++ b/src/cmd/moby/build.go
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ func build(name string, pull bool, args []string) {
 	containers := []*bytes.Buffer{}
 
 	if pull {
+		log.Infof("Pull kernel image: %s", m.Kernel.Image)
 		err := dockerPull(m.Kernel.Image)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Could not pull image %s: %v", m.Kernel.Image, err)
@@ -99,6 +100,7 @@ func build(name string, pull bool, args []string) {
 	}
 	// get kernel bzImage and initrd tarball from container
 	// TODO examine contents to see what names they might have
+	log.Infof("Extract kernel image: %s", m.Kernel.Image)
 	const (
 		bzimageName = "bzImage"
 		ktarName    = "kernel.tar"
@@ -116,11 +118,13 @@ func build(name string, pull bool, args []string) {
 
 	// convert init image to tarball
 	if pull {
+		log.Infof("Pull init: %s", m.Init)
 		err := dockerPull(m.Init)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Could not pull image %s: %v", m.Init, err)
 		}
 	}
+	log.Infof("Process init: %s", m.Init)
 	init, err := ImageExtract(m.Init, "")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to build init tarball: %v", err)
@@ -128,13 +132,16 @@ func build(name string, pull bool, args []string) {
 	buffer := bytes.NewBuffer(init)
 	containers = append(containers, buffer)
 
+	log.Infof("Add system containers:")
 	for i, image := range m.System {
 		if pull {
+			log.Infof("  Pull: %s", image.Image)
 			err := dockerPull(image.Image)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("Could not pull image %s: %v", image.Image, err)
 			}
 		}
+		log.Infof("  Create OCI config for %s", image.Image)
 		config, err := ConfigToOCI(&image)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Failed to run riddler to get config.json for %s: %v", image.Image, err)
@@ -149,13 +156,16 @@ func build(name string, pull bool, args []string) {
 		containers = append(containers, buffer)
 	}
 
+	log.Infof("Add daemon containers:")
 	for _, image := range m.Daemon {
 		if pull {
+			log.Infof("  Pull: %s", image.Image)
 			err := dockerPull(image.Image)
 			if err != nil {
 				log.Fatalf("Could not pull image %s: %v", image.Image, err)
 			}
 		}
+		log.Infof("  Create OCI config for %s", image.Image)
 		config, err := ConfigToOCI(&image)
 		if err != nil {
 			log.Fatalf("Failed to run riddler to get config.json for %s: %v", image.Image, err)
@@ -176,11 +186,13 @@ func build(name string, pull bool, args []string) {
 	}
 	containers = append(containers, buffer)
 
+	log.Infof("Create initial ram disk")
 	initrd, err := containersInitrd(containers)
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Failed to make initrd %v", err)
 	}
 
+	log.Infof("Create outputs:")
 	err = outputs(m, name, bzimage.Bytes(), initrd.Bytes())
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Fatalf("Error writing outputs: %v", err)
diff --git a/src/cmd/moby/config.go b/src/cmd/moby/config.go
index 58fbbcfdd..0f19c0514 100644
--- a/src/cmd/moby/config.go
+++ b/src/cmd/moby/config.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import (
 	"strconv"
 	"strings"
 
+	log "github.com/Sirupsen/logrus"
 	"gopkg.in/yaml.v2"
 )
 
@@ -119,7 +120,9 @@ func filesystem(m *Moby) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 	tw := tar.NewWriter(buf)
 	defer tw.Close()
 
+	log.Infof("Add files:")
 	for _, f := range m.Files {
+		log.Infof("  %s", f.Path)
 		if f.Path == "" {
 			return buf, errors.New("Did not specify path for file")
 		}
diff --git a/src/cmd/moby/output.go b/src/cmd/moby/output.go
index 909c6c1ee..609b1b311 100644
--- a/src/cmd/moby/output.go
+++ b/src/cmd/moby/output.go
@@ -133,6 +133,7 @@ func tarInitrdKernel(bzimage, initrd []byte) (*bytes.Buffer, error) {
 
 func outputImg(image, filename string, bzimage []byte, initrd []byte, args ...string) error {
 	log.Debugf("output img: %s %s", image, filename)
+	log.Infof("  %s", filename)
 	buf, err := tarInitrdKernel(bzimage, initrd)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -145,12 +146,12 @@ func outputImg(image, filename string, bzimage []byte, initrd []byte, args ...st
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fmt.Println(filename)
 	return nil
 }
 
 func outputISO(image, filename string, bzimage []byte, initrd []byte, args ...string) error {
 	log.Debugf("output iso: %s %s", image, filename)
+	log.Infof("  %s", filename)
 	buf, err := tarInitrdKernel(bzimage, initrd)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -163,12 +164,12 @@ func outputISO(image, filename string, bzimage []byte, initrd []byte, args ...st
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fmt.Println(filename)
 	return nil
 }
 
 func outputKernelInitrd(base string, bzimage []byte, initrd []byte, cmdline string) error {
 	log.Debugf("output kernel/initrd: %s %s", base, cmdline)
+	log.Infof("  %s %s %s", base+"-bzImage", base+"-initrd.img", base+"-cmdline")
 	err := ioutil.WriteFile(base+"-initrd.img", initrd, os.FileMode(0644))
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
@@ -181,6 +182,5 @@ func outputKernelInitrd(base string, bzimage []byte, initrd []byte, cmdline stri
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	fmt.Println(base + "-bzImage " + base + "-initrd.img " + base + "-cmdline")
 	return nil
 }