diff --git a/scripts/chroot.sh b/scripts/chroot.sh
index 12bd6cc404a6feab5e61bd5a62ebc3af9958b23d..4b37b4d01c9adc58e2dea8f52187e2a31f567bbc 100755
--- a/scripts/chroot.sh
+++ b/scripts/chroot.sh
@@ -576,6 +576,7 @@ cat > "${DIR}/chroot_script.sh" <<-__EOF__
 		if [ "x\${deb_codename}" = "xstretch" ] ; then
 			apt_options="--allow-downgrades --allow-remove-essential --allow-change-held-packages"
 		fi
+		echo "Log: (chroot): apt using \${apt_options}"
 	}
 
 	install_pkg_updates () {