diff --git a/tools/generate_firmware_patterns b/tools/generate_firmware_patterns
index 2cd0e0e5..0adfe989 100755
--- a/tools/generate_firmware_patterns
+++ b/tools/generate_firmware_patterns
@@ -158,6 +158,9 @@ sub generate_patterns_for_firmware_sof_intel_workaround {
 }
 
 
+print STDERR "Looking up patterns for package $pkgname\n"
+    if $verbose;
+
 # Make sure the output directory exists:
 die "missing output directory $output_dir"
     if ! -d $output_dir;
@@ -175,3 +178,6 @@ foreach my $components (@ARGV) {
 # Only apply the workaround when relevant:
 generate_patterns_for_firmware_sof_intel_workaround()
     if ! $done and $pkgname eq $SOF;
+
+print STDERR "Done with package $pkgname\n"
+    if $verbose;
diff --git a/tools/make-firmware-image b/tools/make-firmware-image
index 0c470840..4da728ba 100755
--- a/tools/make-firmware-image
+++ b/tools/make-firmware-image
@@ -62,8 +62,12 @@ $BASEDIR/tools/generate_firmware_task '*' --list-filenames-and-indices | sort -u
 	# Mimic make_disc_trees.pl, except it only passes a single Components-<arch>.yml.gz while
 	# we pass all of them. Differences are unlikely though, as interesting firmware packages
 	# are "Architecture: all".
-	$BASEDIR/tools/generate_firmware_patterns --output-dir $FW_DEP11_DIR --package $PACKAGE $DEP11_DIR/Components-*.yml.gz
-	[ -f $FW_DEP11_DIR/$PACKAGE.patterns ] && printf $COMPONENT > $FW_DEP11_DIR/$PACKAGE.component
+	$BASEDIR/tools/generate_firmware_patterns \
+		-v --output-dir $FW_DEP11_DIR \
+		--package $PACKAGE $DEP11_DIR/Components-*.yml.gz
+	if [ -f $FW_DEP11_DIR/$PACKAGE.patterns ]; then
+        	printf "%s\n" $COMPONENT > $FW_DEP11_DIR/$PACKAGE.component
+	fi
 done
 
 cd $TMPDIR/firmware