diff --git a/event.c b/event.c
index 872fbdf5..1fd89f0d 100644
--- a/event.c
+++ b/event.c
@@ -209,8 +209,10 @@ void event_dispatch(char *msg)
 		if (svc->type != SVC_TYPE_SERVICE  ||
 		    !service_enabled(svc, 1, NULL) ||
 		    !has_events(svc->events)       ||
-		    !matches_event(svc->events, msg))
+		    !matches_event(svc->events, msg)) {
+			_d("No match for %s in service %s", msg, svc->cmd);
 			continue;
+		}
 
 		if (change == 1) {
 			_d("%s matches <%s> %s (re)starting ...", msg, svc->events, svc->cmd);
diff --git a/service.c b/service.c
index f85f6d2b..22020b43 100644
--- a/service.c
+++ b/service.c
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ svc_cmd_t service_enabled(svc_t *svc, int event, void *arg)
 	/*
 	 * Event conditions for services are ignored during bootstrap.
 	 */
+	_d("Checking %s runlevel %d and events %s", svc->cmd, runlevel, svc->events);
 	if (runlevel && !event_service_cond(svc->events))
 		return SVC_STOP;
 
@@ -146,6 +147,12 @@ svc_cmd_t service_enabled(svc_t *svc, int event, void *arg)
 		return SVC_STOP;
 	}
 
+	_d("%s => %s", svc->cmd, (cmd == SVC_START
+				  ? "SVC_START"
+				  : (cmd == SVC_RELOAD
+				     ? "SVC_RELOAD"
+				     : "SVC_STOP")));
+
 	return cmd;
 }