diff --git a/bob/devtools/build.py b/bob/devtools/build.py
index 51a81d8ee59f2ff9fefa153b93cd9100504ca195..224d0f13fc7e02553341f967b05d6fa67bed888a 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/build.py
@@ -526,7 +526,9 @@ def base_build(bootstrap, server, intranet, use_local, group, recipe_dir,
   if use_local:
     prefix = get_env_directory(os.environ['CONDA_EXE'], 'base')
     conda_bld = os.path.join(prefix, 'conda-bld')
-    if os.path.exists(conda_bld): conda_build.api.update_index(conda_bld)
+    if os.path.exists(conda_bld):
+      logger.info('Re-indexing %s', conda_bld)
+      conda_build.api.update_index(conda_bld)
 
   logger.info('Merging conda configuration files...')
   if python_version not in ('noarch', None):
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
index 5391de04f511779fdaca9124e9778b34948b8089..e8498b2075822b7813398a413c249e6188e9f5a4 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
@@ -121,7 +121,9 @@ def build(recipe_dir, python, condarc, config, no_test, append_file,
   # updates the local index to get fresh packages if required
   if use_local:
     conda_bld = os.path.join(prefix, 'conda-bld')
-    if os.path.exists(conda_bld): conda_build.api.update_index(conda_bld)
+    if os.path.exists(conda_bld):
+      logger.info('Re-indexing %s', conda_bld)
+      conda_build.api.update_index(conda_bld)
 
   conda_config = make_conda_config(config, python, append_file,
       condarc_options)
diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py
index 9bab4f2d8bc8cc259328d3bdbed6d96a1760fabd..c14f2f31e1e7a707cc63c7f2c5d51d12c0b671a3 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/test.py
@@ -107,7 +107,9 @@ def test(package, condarc, config, append_file, server, group, private, stable,
   if use_local and not dry_run:
     prefix = get_env_directory(os.environ['CONDA_EXE'], 'base')
     conda_bld = os.path.join(prefix, 'conda-bld')
-    if os.path.exists(conda_bld): conda_build.api.update_index(conda_bld)
+    if os.path.exists(conda_bld):
+      logger.info('Re-indexing %s', conda_bld)
+      conda_build.api.update_index(conda_bld)
 
   conda_config = make_conda_config(config, None, append_file,
       condarc_options)