diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
index 23e71e0585..7faabbae6c 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/formula.rb
@@ -184,6 +184,7 @@ protected
         end
       end
       unless $? == 0
+        puts "Exit code: #{$?}"
         puts out
         raise
       end
diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
index 2a8dff0023..7beaba8ad3 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/utils.rb
@@ -69,7 +69,10 @@ def safe_system cmd, *args
   # CTRL-C interrupt to us too, so execution continues, but the exit code os
   # still 2 so we raise our own interrupt
   raise Interrupt, cmd if $?.termsig == 2
-  raise ExecutionError.new(cmd, args) unless exec_success and $?.success?
+  unless exec_success and $?.success?
+    puts "Exit code: #{$?}"
+    raise ExecutionError.new(cmd, args)
+  end 
 end
 
 def curl url, *args