diff --git a/maven-core-it-verifier/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it/Verifier.java b/maven-core-it-verifier/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it/Verifier.java
index 1e6ca99422..bf198d9f66 100644
--- a/maven-core-it-verifier/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it/Verifier.java
+++ b/maven-core-it-verifier/src/main/java/org/apache/maven/it/Verifier.java
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ public class Verifier
 
             StreamConsumer err = new WriterStreamConsumer( logWriter );
 
+            System.out.println( Commandline.toString( cli.getCommandline() ) );
+
             ret = CommandLineUtils.executeCommandLine( cli, out, err );
 
             logWriter.close();