diff --git a/cmd/network/network.go b/cmd/network/network.go
index 91f1d21a..0cd8b5e3 100755
--- a/cmd/network/network.go
+++ b/cmd/network/network.go
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ func ApplyNetworkConfig(cfg *config.CloudConfig) {
 	}
 
 	// TODO: don't write to the file if nameservers is still empty
+	log.Infof("Writing resolv.conf (%v) %v", nameservers, search)
 	if _, err := resolvconf.Build("/etc/resolv.conf", nameservers, search, nil); err != nil {
 		log.Error(err)
 	}
diff --git a/dfs/scratch.go b/dfs/scratch.go
index 1881d92e..560eca7d 100644
--- a/dfs/scratch.go
+++ b/dfs/scratch.go
@@ -351,6 +351,7 @@ ff02::2    ip6-allrouters
 127.0.1.1       `+hostname)
 
 	if len(cfg.DNSConfig.Nameservers) != 0 {
+		log.Infof("Writing resolv.conf (%v) %v", cfg.DNSConfig.Nameservers, cfg.DNSConfig.Search)
 		if _, err := resolvconf.Build("/etc/resolv.conf", cfg.DNSConfig.Nameservers, cfg.DNSConfig.Search, nil); err != nil {
 			return err
 		}
diff --git a/netconf/netconf_linux.go b/netconf/netconf_linux.go
index 406f200d..d8b7d8f2 100755
--- a/netconf/netconf_linux.go
+++ b/netconf/netconf_linux.go
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ func ApplyNetworkConfigs(netCfg *NetworkConfig) error {
 }
 
 func RunDhcp(netCfg *NetworkConfig, setHostname, setDNS bool) error {
-	log.Debugf("RunDhcp")
+	log.Debugf("RunDhcp(%V, %v)", setHostname, setDNS)
 	populateDefault(netCfg)
 
 	links, err := netlink.LinkList()
@@ -258,6 +258,10 @@ func runDhcp(netCfg *NetworkConfig, iface string, argstr string, setHostname, se
 		args = append(args, "--nohook", "resolv.conf")
 	}
 
+	// Wait for lease
+	// TODO: this should be optional - based on kernel arg?
+	args = append(args, "-w", "--debug")
+
 	args = append(args, iface)
 	cmd := exec.Command(args[0], args[1:]...)
 	log.Infof("Running DHCP on %s: %s", iface, strings.Join(args, " "))