diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XMLValidateTask.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XMLValidateTask.java
index 9c347de01..092e7685d 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XMLValidateTask.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/optional/XMLValidateTask.java
@@ -391,7 +391,7 @@ public class XMLValidateTask extends Task {
      */
     private void setFeature(String feature, boolean value)
         throws BuildException {
-
+        log("Setting feature "+feature+"="+value,Project.MSG_DEBUG);
         try {
             xmlReader.setFeature(feature, value);
         } catch (SAXNotRecognizedException e) {
@@ -459,6 +459,7 @@ public class XMLValidateTask extends Task {
             is.setSystemId(uri);
             xmlReader.parse(is);
         } catch (SAXException ex) {
+            log("Caught when validating: "+ex.toString(),Project.MSG_DEBUG);
             if (failOnError) {
                 throw new BuildException(
                     "Could not validate document " + afile);