diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 787c7e627..bdd649aa2 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -140,6 +140,10 @@ fi
 ################################################################################
 # Configure, build, and install libcuspatial
 if (( ${NUMARGS} == 0 )) || hasArg libcuspatial; then
+    echo "Running the C++ build here"
+    echo "prefix: ${INSTALL_PREFIX}"
+    echo "library: ${LIBCUSPATIAL_BUILD_DIR}"
+    echo "cmake_args: ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
     mkdir -p ${LIBCUSPATIAL_BUILD_DIR}
     cd ${LIBCUSPATIAL_BUILD_DIR}
     cmake -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_PREFIX} \
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/build.sh b/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/build.sh
index d661fb871..e881f182b 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/build.sh
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/build.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2018-2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
 # build cuspatial with verbose output
+echo "Running libcuspatial build.sh!"
 ./build.sh -v libcuspatial tests --allgpuarch -n
diff --git a/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/install_libcuspatial.sh b/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/install_libcuspatial.sh
index 5be47e41f..5cf16edcd 100644
--- a/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/install_libcuspatial.sh
+++ b/conda/recipes/libcuspatial/install_libcuspatial.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.
 
+echo "Running libcuspatial install!"
 cmake --install cpp/build