diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java
index 1cf79323e..e7459db44 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ public class SubAnt extends Task {
         }
 
         try {
+            if (verbose) {
+                log("Executing: " + antfilename, Project.MSG_INFO);
+            }
             ant.execute();
         } catch (BuildException e) {
             if (failOnError || isHardError(e)) {