diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index 32be7ba..baf408d 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ CHANGELOG_LINE := $(shell head -n1 debian/changelog)
 BEEGFS_VERSION := $(shell echo "$(CHANGELOG_LINE)" | awk -F'[()]' '{print $$2}')
 BEEGFS_MAJOR   := $(shell echo "$(CHANGELOG_LINE)" | awk -F'[()]' '{split($$2,a,"."); print a[1]}')
 
+# Print them when make runs
+$(info BEEGFS_VERSION = $(BEEGFS_VERSION))
+$(info BEEGFS_MAJOR = $(BEEGFS_MAJOR))
+
 BEEGFS_NVFS=1
 DPKG_EXPORT_BUILDFLAGS = 1
 include /usr/share/dpkg/default.mk