diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2f18aabdb5..4b06ab5aed 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -533,6 +533,7 @@ endif
 $(TARGETS_ROOTFS): target-finalize
 
 target-finalize: $(TARGETS)
+	@$(call MESSAGE,"Finalizing target directory")
 	$(TARGET_PURGE_LOCALES)
 	rm -rf $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/include $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/aclocal \
 		$(TARGET_DIR)/usr/lib/pkgconfig $(TARGET_DIR)/usr/share/pkgconfig \