diff --git a/src/initctl.c b/src/initctl.c
index 4785eeed..5cefbf44 100644
--- a/src/initctl.c
+++ b/src/initctl.c
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ struct cmd {
 int icreate  = 0;
 int iforce   = 0;
 int ionce    = 0;
+int debug    = 0;
 int heading  = 1;
 int verbose  = 0;
 int plain    = 0;
@@ -951,6 +952,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	struct option long_options[] = {
 		{ "batch",      0, NULL, 'b' },
 		{ "create",     0, NULL, 'c' },
+		{ "debug",      0, NULL, 'd' },
 		{ "force",      0, NULL, 'f' },
 		{ "help",       0, NULL, 'h' },
 		{ "once",       0, NULL, '1' },
@@ -1012,7 +1014,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	if (transform(progname(argv[0])))
 		return reboot_main(argc, argv);
 
-	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "1bcfh?pqtv", long_options, NULL)) != EOF) {
+	while ((c = getopt_long(argc, argv, "1bcdfh?pqtv", long_options, NULL)) != EOF) {
 		switch(c) {
 		case '1':
 			ionce = 1;
@@ -1026,6 +1028,10 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 			icreate = 1;
 			break;
 
+		case 'd':
+			debug = 1;
+			break;
+
 		case 'f':
 			iforce = 1;
 			break;
diff --git a/src/serv.c b/src/serv.c
index e3873434..7b5e6fe5 100644
--- a/src/serv.c
+++ b/src/serv.c
@@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ int do_disable(char *arg, int check)
 
 	if (chdir(FINIT_RCSD))
 		err(1, "failed cd %s", FINIT_RCSD);
-	(void)chdir("enabled");	   /* System *may* have enabled/ dir. */
+	if (chdir("enabled"))	   /* System *may* have enabled/ dir. */
+		dbg("Failed changing to %s/enabled/: %s", FINIT_RCSD, strerror(errno));
 
 	if (check && stat(arg, &st))
 		errx(1, "%s not (an) enabled (service).", arg);
diff --git a/src/util.c b/src/util.c
index c9cd928c..79a5a59b 100644
--- a/src/util.c
+++ b/src/util.c
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 #include <errno.h>
 #include <regex.h>
 #include <string.h>
-#include <stdarg.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
 # include <termios.h>
diff --git a/src/util.h b/src/util.h
index 0302e18d..0a44b726 100644
--- a/src/util.h
+++ b/src/util.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #ifdef HAVE_TERMIOS_H
 #include <poll.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <stdarg.h>
 #include <sys/reboot.h>
 #include <termios.h>
 #endif
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@
 #define RB_SW_SUSPEND	0xd000fce2
 #endif
 
+extern int   debug;			/* defined in finit or initctl */
 extern int   ttrows;
 extern int   ttcols;
 extern char *prognm;
@@ -72,6 +74,18 @@ int     ttcooked   (void);
 #define ttcooked() 0
 #endif
 
+static inline void dbg(char *fmt, ...)
+{
+	va_list ap;
+
+	if (!debug)
+		return;
+
+	va_start(ap, fmt);
+	vfprintf(stderr, fmt, ap);
+	va_end(ap);
+}
+
 static inline char *strterm(char *str, size_t len)
 {
 	str[len - 1] = 0;