diff --git a/bin/subrepo_checkout.py b/bin/subrepo_checkout.py
index 2d5afaddb6756ade3360ca6d8d6a638507754e8a..a689d9bc3fcc409d81aa5f27edb31fd5c112cc2c 100755
--- a/bin/subrepo_checkout.py
+++ b/bin/subrepo_checkout.py
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ def read_branchfile(branchfile):
     return sub_repos
     
 def repo_checkout(directory, branch):
+    print(f"Checking out {directory} to branch {branch}")
     os.system(f"cd {directory}; git checkout {branch}")
     
 if __name__ == "__main__":