diff --git a/configure.py b/configure.py
index d8597e5..93bfe87 100755
--- a/configure.py
+++ b/configure.py
@@ -717,4 +717,6 @@ if options.bootstrap:
     if options.verbose:
         rebuild_args.append('-v')
 
+    print(' '.join(rebuild_args))
+    print('debug me with: gdb --args ' + ' '.join(rebuild_args))
     subprocess.check_call(rebuild_args)