diff --git a/support/download/bzr b/support/download/bzr
index 7cc6890a30..835f6ef564 100755
--- a/support/download/bzr
+++ b/support/download/bzr
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ shift $((OPTIND-1)) # Get rid of our options
 # Caller needs to single-quote its arguments to prevent them from
 # being expanded a second time (in case there are spaces in them)
 _bzr() {
+    if [ -z "${quiet}" ]; then
+        printf '%s ' ${BZR} "${@}"; printf '\n'
+    fi
     eval ${BZR} "${@}"
 }
 
diff --git a/support/download/cvs b/support/download/cvs
index 463d70c220..ed034ade2d 100755
--- a/support/download/cvs
+++ b/support/download/cvs
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ shift $((OPTIND-1)) # Get rid of our options
 # ). Since nobody sane will put large code bases in CVS, a timeout of
 # 10 minutes should do the trick.
 _cvs() {
+    if [ -z "${quiet}" ]; then
+        printf '%s ' timeout 10m ${CVS} "${@}"; printf '\n'
+    fi
     eval timeout 10m ${CVS} "${@}"
 }
 
diff --git a/support/download/file b/support/download/file
index e52fcf2c8c..f2a638b1a8 100755
--- a/support/download/file
+++ b/support/download/file
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ shift $((OPTIND-1)) # Get rid of our options
 # Caller needs to single-quote its arguments to prevent them from
 # being expanded a second time (in case there are spaces in them)
 _localfiles() {
+    if [ -n "${verbose}" ]; then
+        printf '%s ' ${LOCALFILES} "${@}"; printf '\n'
+    fi
     eval ${LOCALFILES} "${@}"
 }
 
diff --git a/support/download/git b/support/download/git
index 01e0f214cf..336e170126 100755
--- a/support/download/git
+++ b/support/download/git
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ trap _on_error ERR
 # Caller needs to single-quote its arguments to prevent them from
 # being expanded a second time (in case there are spaces in them)
 _git() {
+    if [ -z "${quiet}" ]; then
+        printf '%s ' GIT_DIR="${git_cache}/.git" ${GIT} "${@}"; printf '\n'
+    fi
     eval GIT_DIR="${git_cache}/.git" ${GIT} "${@}"
 }
 
diff --git a/support/download/hg b/support/download/hg
index c8149c9c91..add697d6ad 100755
--- a/support/download/hg
+++ b/support/download/hg
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ shift $((OPTIND-1)) # Get rid of our options
 # Caller needs to single-quote its arguments to prevent them from
 # being expanded a second time (in case there are spaces in them)
 _hg() {
+    if [ -z "${quiet}" ]; then
+        printf '%s ' ${HG} "${@}"; printf '\n'
+    fi
     eval ${HG} "${@}"
 }
 
diff --git a/support/download/scp b/support/download/scp
index 636d66c66a..27dcb5550f 100755
--- a/support/download/scp
+++ b/support/download/scp
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ shift $((OPTIND-1)) # Get rid of our options
 # Caller needs to single-quote its arguments to prevent them from
 # being expanded a second time (in case there are spaces in them)
 _scp() {
+    if [ -z "${quiet}" ]; then
+        printf '%s ' ${SCP} "${@}"; printf '\n'
+    fi
     eval ${SCP} "${@}"
 }
 
diff --git a/support/download/svn b/support/download/svn
index 395c92594f..e85ff6981f 100755
--- a/support/download/svn
+++ b/support/download/svn
@@ -40,6 +40,9 @@ shift $((OPTIND-1)) # Get rid of our options
 # Caller needs to single-quote its arguments to prevent them from
 # being expanded a second time (in case there are spaces in them)
 _svn() {
+    if [ -z "${quiet}" ]; then
+        printf '%s ' ${SVN} "${@}"; printf '\n'
+    fi
     eval ${SVN} "${@}"
 }
 
diff --git a/support/download/wget b/support/download/wget
index 1bcb1e4b00..383b1edd26 100755
--- a/support/download/wget
+++ b/support/download/wget
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@ shift $((OPTIND-1)) # Get rid of our options
 # Caller needs to single-quote its arguments to prevent them from
 # being expanded a second time (in case there are spaces in them)
 _wget() {
+    if [ -z "${quiet}" ]; then
+        printf '%s ' ${WGET} "${@}"; printf '\n'
+    fi
     eval ${WGET} "${@}"
 }