diff --git a/core/main.mk b/core/main.mk
index 436971a..b057465 100644
--- a/core/main.mk
+++ b/core/main.mk
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
 else # KATI
 
+$(info [1/1] initializing build system ...)
+
 # Absolute path of the present working direcotry.
 # This overrides the shell variable $PWD, which does not necessarily points to
 # the top of the source tree, for example when "make -C" is used in m/mm/mmm.
@@ -405,6 +407,8 @@
 ENFORCE_RRO_SOURCES :=
 endif
 
+subdir_makefiles_inc := .
+
 ifneq ($(ONE_SHOT_MAKEFILE),)
 # We've probably been invoked by the "mm" shell function
 # with a subdirectory's makefile.
@@ -449,7 +453,7 @@
 #
 
 subdir_makefiles := $(SOONG_ANDROID_MK) $(file <$(OUT_DIR)/.module_paths/Android.mk.list)
-subdir_makefiles_total := $(words $(subdir_makefiles))
+subdir_makefiles_total := $(words int $(subdir_makefiles) post finish)
 .KATI_READONLY := subdir_makefiles_total
 
 $(foreach mk,$(subdir_makefiles),$(info [$(call inc_and_print,subdir_makefiles_inc)/$(subdir_makefiles_total)] including $(mk) ...)$(eval include $(mk)))
@@ -465,6 +469,12 @@
 
 endif # ONE_SHOT_MAKEFILE
 
+ifndef subdir_makefiles_total
+subdir_makefiles_total := $(words init post finish)
+endif
+
+$(info [$(call inc_and_print,subdir_makefiles_inc)/$(subdir_makefiles_total)] finishing build rules ...)
+
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
 # All module makefiles have been included at this point.
 # -------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -1405,4 +1415,6 @@
 ndk: $(SOONG_OUT_DIR)/ndk.timestamp
 .PHONY: ndk
 
+$(info [$(call inc_and_print,subdir_makefiles_inc)/$(subdir_makefiles_total)] writing build rules ...)
+
 endif # KATI