diff --git a/hy_base/odoo.hy b/hy_base/odoo.hy
index d439439..2103de9 100644
--- a/hy_base/odoo.hy
+++ b/hy_base/odoo.hy
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@
 
 " Odoo XML macros "
 
-(import [odoo.addons.hy_base.xml [*]])
+(import logging [odoo.addons.hy_base.xml [*]])
+(setv logger (.getLogger logging __name__))
 
 (defmacro if-python2 [python2-form python3-form]
   "If running on python2, execute python2-form, else, execute python3-form"
@@ -92,4 +93,5 @@
        (setv ~g!output-xml (.decode (.tostring ET ~tree) "utf-8")))
      (setv ~g!output-path (.dirname path (.abspath path __file__))
            ~g!fpath (+ ~g!output-path "/" ~filename))
-      (with [f (open ~g!fpath "w")] (.write f ~g!output-xml))))
+     (.debug logger (+ "Hy XML DSL : compiling " ~filename " to " ~g!output-path))
+     (with [f (open ~g!fpath "w")] (.write f ~g!output-xml))))