diff --git a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
index 23a0fc5ff3580cf65785ef750c79c060bc8a63d2..d7fa57bd714e17cf852263a0d1df9b2b22994339 100644
--- a/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
+++ b/bob/devtools/scripts/build.py
@@ -243,6 +243,9 @@ def build(
             continue
 
         rendered_recipe = get_parsed_recipe(metadata)
+        logger.debug("Printing rendered recipe")
+        logger.debug("\n" + yaml.dump(rendered_recipe))
+        logger.debug("Finished printing rendered recipe")
         path = get_output_path(metadata, conda_config)[0]
 
         # gets the next build number