diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 26a811c..cf3d5c9 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
   * Run the autopkgtest from within the autopkgtest temporary directory.
   * Use AUTOPKGTEST_TMP instead of deprecated ADTTMP.
   * Do not make missing conffiles a fatal error. Closes: #947951
+  * When catching errors during package processing, print them.
 
  -- Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>  Wed, 23 Dec 2020 04:33:48 +0100
 
diff --git a/dpkg-repack b/dpkg-repack
index 5f290e0..7b8f3fa 100755
--- a/dpkg-repack
+++ b/dpkg-repack
@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@
         Archive_Package($pkgname);
         1;
     } or do {
+        print { \*STDERR } "$@";
         warning("problems found processing $pkgname, the package may be broken");
     };
 }