diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 2de9d57b0..de58cd3ad 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ BOOST_LIBS = [
 # included the platform can be whitelisted.
 # if FreeBSD or Ubuntu or Archlinux:
 
-if not (USING_CLANG and Linux) and (FreeBSD or Ubuntu or Archlinux or OSX):
+if not (USING_CLANG and Linux) and (FreeBSD or Ubuntu or Debian or Archlinux or OSX):
     # non-mt libs do link with pthreads.
     env.Append(
         LIBS = BOOST_LIBS
@@ -133,6 +133,24 @@ else:
         LIBS = [l + '-mt' for l in BOOST_LIBS]
     )
 
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Change the way that information is printed so that we can get a nice
+# output
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+def print_cmd_line(s, target, src, env):
+    Tgt = (''.join([str(x) for x in target]))
+
+    if ('build/rippled' == Tgt):
+        sys.stdout.write("Linking '\033[94m%s\033[0m'...\n" % Tgt)
+    elif ('tags' == Tgt):
+        sys.stdout.write("Generating tags...\n")
+    else:
+        sys.stdout.write("Compiling '\033[94m%s\033[0m'...\n" % \
+             (' and '.join([str(x) for x in src])))
+
+env['PRINT_CMD_LINE_FUNC'] = print_cmd_line
+
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 #
 # VFALCO NOTE Clean area.