diff --git a/conda_build/main_index.py b/conda_build/main_index.py
index 52001984ec..4afcd8668a 100644
--- a/conda_build/main_index.py
+++ b/conda_build/main_index.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import absolute_import, division, print_function
 
+import logging
 import os
 from locale import getpreferredencoding
 from os.path import abspath
@@ -9,6 +10,8 @@
 
 from conda_build.index import update_index
 
+logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
+
 
 def main():
     p = ArgumentParser(