diff --git a/sc2/src/options.c b/sc2/src/options.c
index 9c0066912..9e9370ec5 100644
--- a/sc2/src/options.c
+++ b/sc2/src/options.c
@@ -172,6 +172,9 @@ prepareConfigDir (const char *configDirName) {
 		}
 		configDirName = buf;
 	}
+#ifdef DEBUG
+	fprintf (stderr, "Using config dir '%s'\n", configDirName);
+#endif
 
 	// Set the environment variable UQM_CONFIG_DIR so UQM_MELEE_DIR
 	// and UQM_SAVE_DIR can refer to it.