--- src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
+++ src/rc/start-stop-daemon.c
@@ -1297,6 +1297,9 @@
 			close(i);
 
 		setsid();
+		fprintf(stderr, "exec: '%s'\n", exec);
+		for (i = 0; i < argc; i++)
+			fprintf(stderr, "argv[%d]: '%s'\n", i, argv[i]);
 		execvp(exec, argv);
 #ifdef HAVE_PAM
 		if (pamr == PAM_SUCCESS)
@@ -1313,6 +1316,7 @@
 		i = 0;
 		spid = pid;
 
+		fprintf(stderr, "spid: '%d'\n", spid);
 		do {
 			pid = waitpid(spid, &i, 0);
 			if (pid < 1) {
@@ -1321,6 +1325,10 @@
 				return -1;
 			}
 		} while (!WIFEXITED(i) && !WIFSIGNALED(i));
+		fprintf(stderr, "pid: '%d'\n", pid);
+		fprintf(stderr, "i: '%d'\n", i);
+		fprintf(stderr, "WIFEXITED(i): '%d'\n", WIFEXITED(i));
+		fprintf(stderr, "WEXITSTATUS(i): '%d'\n", WEXITSTATUS(i));
 		if (!WIFEXITED(i) || WEXITSTATUS(i) != 0) {
 			if (!quiet)
 				eerrorx("%s: failed to start `%s'",