diff --git a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-sysmo.sh b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-sysmo.sh
index 3fb5c0b6..b8dc8410 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-sysmo.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-sysmo.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ have_repo openbsc
 . /opt/poky/1.5.4/environment-setup-armv5te-poky-linux-gnueabi
 
 # Cross-compilation: all installations need to be put in the sysmo SDK sysroot
-export DESTDIR=/opt/poky/1.5.4/sysroots/armv5te-poky-linux-gnueabi
+export DESTDIR="/opt/poky/1.5.4/sysroots/armv5te-poky-linux-gnueabi"
 
 prefix_base="/usr/local/jenkins-build"
 prefix_base_real="$DESTDIR$prefix_base"
@@ -47,7 +47,15 @@ mkdir -p "$prefix_real"
 # Installation in non-system dir, but keep the PKG_CONFIG_PATH from the SDK:
 export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$prefix_real/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
 
+env
+
 for dep in $deps; do
+	set +x; echo "
+
+====================== $dep
+
+"; set -x
+
         cd "$base/$dep"
         rm -rf *
         git checkout .
@@ -62,8 +70,11 @@ for dep in $deps; do
         'osmo-bts')       config_opts="--enable-sysmocom-bts --with-openbsc=$base/openbsc/openbsc/include" ;;
         esac
 
+	set +x;	echo; echo; set -x
         ./configure --prefix="$prefix" $CONFIGURE_FLAGS $config_opts
+	set +x;	echo; echo; set -x
         make -j8
+	set +x;	echo; echo; set -x
         make install
 done
 
diff --git a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-trx.sh b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-trx.sh
index b408852a..fa002373 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-trx.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-bts-trx.sh
@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$prefix/lib/pkgconfig"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$prefix/lib"
 
 for dep in $deps; do
+	set +x; echo "
+
+====================== $dep
+
+"; set -x
+
 	have_repo "$dep"
 	cd "$dep"
 	rm -rf *
@@ -54,8 +60,11 @@ for dep in $deps; do
 	'osmo-trx') config_opts="--without-sse" ;;
 	esac
 
+	set +x;	echo; echo; set -x
 	./configure --prefix="$prefix" $config_opts
+	set +x;	echo; echo; set -x
 	make -j8
+	set +x;	echo; echo; set -x
 	make install
 done
 
diff --git a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh
index e4e4e327..eb9fc26c 100755
--- a/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh
+++ b/contrib/jenkins-build-osmo-nitb.sh
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$prefix/lib/pkgconfig"
 export LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$prefix/lib"
 
 for dep in $deps; do
+	set +x; echo "
+
+====================== $dep
+
+"; set -x
+
 	have_repo "$dep"
 	cd "$dep"
 	rm -rf *
@@ -54,8 +60,11 @@ for dep in $deps; do
 	esac
 
 	autoreconf -fi
+	set +x;	echo; echo; set -x
 	./configure --prefix="$prefix" $config_opts
+	set +x;	echo; echo; set -x
 	make -j8 || make  # libsmpp34 can't build in parallel
+	set +x;	echo; echo; set -x
 	make install
 done