diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 815ae1b..5dd2099 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
 libatasmart (0.19-3) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
 
+  [ Dmitrijs Ledkovs ]
   * Use dh-autoreconf addon, to update config.sub|guess thus fixing FTBFS
     on arm64 (LP: #1234343, Closes: #725203)
+
+  [ Martin Pitt ]
+  * Disable silent build rules, for build log checks and debugging.
 
  -- Dmitrijs Ledkovs <dmitrij.ledkov@ubuntu.com>  Thu, 03 Oct 2013 11:42:29 +0100
 
diff --git a/debian/rules b/debian/rules
index b1f80f0..1c2695f 100755
--- a/debian/rules
+++ b/debian/rules
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 	dh $@ --with autoreconf
 
 export LDFLAGS := $(shell dpkg-buildflags --get LDFLAGS) -Wl,--as-needed
+
+override_dh_auto_configure:
+	dh_auto_configure -- --disable-silent-rules
 
 override_dh_link:
 	dh_link -plibatasmart-dev lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/$$(basename $$(readlink debian/tmp/usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/libatasmart.so)) usr/lib/$(DEB_HOST_MULTIARCH)/libatasmart.so