gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/src/core/CompUnit/PrecompilationRepository.pm6 b/src/core/CompUnit/PrecompilationRepository.pm6
index a439155ed..c1efb84a3 100644
--- a/src/core/CompUnit/PrecompilationRepository.pm6
+++ b/src/core/CompUnit/PrecompilationRepository.pm6
@@ -260,6 +260,11 @@ class CompUnit::PrecompilationRepository::Default does CompUnit::PrecompilationR
         my $out = '';
         my $err = '';
         my $status;
+        #note "running PrecompRepo.precompile";
+        #note "is stagestats set? { +%*COMPILING<%?OPTIONS><stagestats> } { ~%*COMPILING<%?OPTIONS><stagestats> }";
+        with %*COMPILING<%?OPTIONS><stagestats> {
+            note "precomp $path.relative()";
+        }
         react {
             my $proc = Proc::Async.new(
                 $perl6,
@@ -269,6 +274,7 @@ class CompUnit::PrecompilationRepository::Default does CompUnit::PrecompilationR
                 "--target=" ~ Rakudo::Internals.PRECOMP-TARGET,
                 "--output=$bc",
                 "--source-name=$source-name",
+                |("--stagestats" with %*COMPILING<%?OPTIONS><stagestats>),
                 $path
             );
 
@@ -280,6 +286,11 @@ class CompUnit::PrecompilationRepository::Default does CompUnit::PrecompilationR
                     $err ~= $_
                 }
             }
+            with %*COMPILING<%?OPTIONS><stagestats> {
+                whenever $proc.stderr.lines {
+                    note("    $_");
+                }
+            }
             whenever $proc.start(ENV => %env) {
                 $status = .exitcode
             }