diff --git a/src/emu/mame.c b/src/emu/mame.c
index 361a7aa7f9e..c880ad2b4c5 100644
--- a/src/emu/mame.c
+++ b/src/emu/mame.c
@@ -571,6 +571,7 @@ static int parse_ini_file(core_options *options, const char *name, int priority)
 	}
 	
 	/* parse the file and close it */
+	mame_printf_verbose("Parsing %s.ini\n", name);	
 	options_parse_ini_file(options, mame_core_file(file), priority);
 	mame_fclose(file);
 	return TRUE;