diff --git a/.builder/actions/build_samples.py b/.builder/actions/build_samples.py
index d007b769d..285c37dc1 100644
--- a/.builder/actions/build_samples.py
+++ b/.builder/actions/build_samples.py
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ def run(self, env):
         # parse extra cmake configs
         cmd_args = env.args
 
+        print("BuildSamples: run {}".format(env.variant))
+
         steps = []
         samples = [
             'samples/greengrass/basic_discovery',