diff --git a/tools/Makefile.in b/tools/Makefile.in
index 062ba916..01bb7a7c 100644
--- a/tools/Makefile.in
+++ b/tools/Makefile.in
@@ -37,13 +37,16 @@ subdir: sysdep/paths.h .dir-stamp .dep-stamp
 	set -e ; for a in $(static-dirs) $(client-dirs) ; do $(MAKE) -C $$a -f $(srcdir_abs)/$$a/Makefile $@ ; done
 
 $(exedir)/bird: $(bird-dep)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+	@echo LD $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+	@$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
 
 $(exedir)/birdc: $(birdc-dep)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(CLIENT_LIBS)
+	@echo LD $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(CLIENT_LIBS)
+	@$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS) $(CLIENT_LIBS)
 
 $(exedir)/birdcl: $(birdcl-dep)
-	$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+	@echo LD $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
+	@$(CC) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $^ $(LIBS)
 
 .dir-stamp: sysdep/paths.h
 	mkdir -p $(static-dirs) $(client-dirs) $(doc-dirs)
diff --git a/tools/Rules.in b/tools/Rules.in
index ca930ec8..f00c85d1 100644
--- a/tools/Rules.in
+++ b/tools/Rules.in
@@ -68,12 +68,14 @@ subdir: all.o
 all.o: $(objs)
 #       $(LD) -r -o $@ $^
 #	Changed to $(CC) because $(LD) has problems with crosscompiling
-	$(CC) -nostdlib -r -o $@ $^
+	@echo LD -r -o $@ $^
+	@$(CC) -nostdlib -r -o $@ $^
 
 endif
 
 %.o: $(src-path)%.c
-	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
+	@echo CC -o $@ -c $<
+	@$(CC) $(CFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
 
 ifndef source-dep
 source-dep := $(source)