diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 8b53144a7..3b40578fb 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ coqide
 *~
 *#
 .#*
+.*.log
 *.aux
 doc/html/
 /_CoqProject
diff --git a/util/calc_install_files b/util/calc_install_files
index cbaff4070..20747e7ba 100755
--- a/util/calc_install_files
+++ b/util/calc_install_files
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 #  The $1 argument of this script should be the desired make target
 
 MAKE=${MAKE:-make}
-${MAKE} depend >& /dev/null
-${MAKE} CLIGHTGEN="CLIGHTGEN" -Bn veric floyd $1 2>/dev/null | \
- awk '/^echo COQC /{print $NF}/^CLIGHTGEN/{print $NF}'
+LOG_DEPEND_FILE=${LOG_DEPEND_FILE:-.calc_install_files.depend.log}
+LOG_MAKE_FILE=${LOG_MAKE_FILE:-.calc_install_files.make.log}
+${MAKE} depend >& "${LOG_DEPEND_FILE}" || \
+    { printf "Error in %s: %s\n" "$0" "${MAKE} depend"; cat "${LOG_DEPEND_FILE}"; } >&2
+{ ${MAKE} CLIGHTGEN="CLIGHTGEN" -Bn veric floyd $1 2>"${LOG_MAKE_FILE}" || \
+      { printf "Error in %s: %s\n" "$0" "${MAKE} CLIGHTGEN=\"CLIGHTGEN\" -Bn veric floyd $1"; cat "${LOG_MAKE_FILE}"; } >&2; } | \
+    awk '/^echo COQC /{print $NF}/^CLIGHTGEN/{print $NF}'