diff --git a/dotfiles.mk b/dotfiles.mk
index c9ff16b..c1bc161 100644
--- a/dotfiles.mk
+++ b/dotfiles.mk
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 EMACS = /usr/bin/emacs
 
 define tangle =
-	$(EMACS) -batch \
+	@echo -e "\e[35mOBT\e[0m" $<
+	@$(EMACS) -batch \
         -eval "(package-initialize)"\
         -load ob-tangle \
         -eval "(org-babel-tangle-file \"\$<\" \"$(notdir $@)\" \"$(1)\")"
diff --git a/emacs/.emacs.d/GNUmakefile b/emacs/.emacs.d/GNUmakefile
index 71187dc..29ea17e 100644
--- a/emacs/.emacs.d/GNUmakefile
+++ b/emacs/.emacs.d/GNUmakefile
@@ -10,13 +10,15 @@ all: init.elc $(AUTOLOADS_FILE) $(SITE_LISPS)
 	$(call tangle,emacs-lisp)
 
 %.elc: %.el
-	$(EMACS) -batch \
+	@echo -e "\e[31mELC\e[0m $<"
+	@$(EMACS) -batch \
         -eval "(package-initialize)" \
         -eval "(byte-compile-file \"$<\")"
 
 ### Site Lisp
 
 $(AUTOLOADS_FILE): $(SITE_LISPS)
-	$(EMACS) -batch \
+	@echo -e "\e[32mGEN\e[0m $@"
+	@$(EMACS) -batch \
         -eval "(setq generated-autoload-file \"$(CURDIR)/$@\")" \
         -eval "(update-directory-autoloads \"$(CURDIR)/site-lisp/\")"