diff --git a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c
index 8af9a9f05..b66f0d7ce 100644
--- a/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c
+++ b/hw/xfree86/drivers/modesetting/driver.c
@@ -494,6 +494,7 @@ PreInit(ScrnInfoPtr pScrn, int flags)
 
     ms->shadow_enable = xf86ReturnOptValBool(ms->Options, OPTION_SHADOW_FB, prefer_shadow);
 
+    xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_INFO, "ShadowFB: preferred %s, enabled %s\n", prefer_shadow ? "YES" : "NO", ms->shadow_enable ? "YES" : "NO");
     ms->drmmode.fd = ms->fd;
     if (drmmode_pre_init(pScrn, &ms->drmmode, pScrn->bitsPerPixel / 8) == FALSE) {
 	xf86DrvMsg(pScrn->scrnIndex, X_ERROR, "KMS setup failed\n");