diff --git a/CONTRIBUTORS b/CONTRIBUTORS
index 8aa696813..8e1c27b0d 100644
--- a/CONTRIBUTORS
+++ b/CONTRIBUTORS
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ Conor MacNeill
 Craeg Strong
 Craig Cottingham
 Craig R. McClanahan
+Craig Ryan
 Curtis White
 Cyrille Morvan
 Dale Anson
@@ -63,6 +64,7 @@ Erik Langenbach
 Erik Meade
 Ernst de Haan
 Frederic Lavigne
+Frank Somers
 Gary S. Weaver
 Gautam Guliani
 Gero Vermaas
diff --git a/WHATSNEW b/WHATSNEW
index 6df5e1676..259928488 100644
--- a/WHATSNEW
+++ b/WHATSNEW
@@ -248,6 +248,9 @@ Other changes:
 
 * Added isfileselected condition.
 
+* Added verbose="true|false" attribute to <subant>. When verbose is enabled,
+  the directory name is logged on entry and exit of the sub-build. Bugzilla 33787.
+
 Fixed bugs:
 -----------
 
diff --git a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/subant.html b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/subant.html
index 0e9563525..a4a27fb47 100644
--- a/docs/manual/CoreTasks/subant.html
+++ b/docs/manual/CoreTasks/subant.html
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@
         <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" valign="top" align="left">
           <font color="#000000" size="-1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">String</font>
         </td>
-        <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" valign="top" align="left" rowspan="9">
+        <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" valign="top" align="left" rowspan="10">
           <font color="#000000" size="-1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">Optional</font>
         </td>
     </tr>
@@ -229,6 +229,21 @@
         </td>
     </tr>
 
+    <!-- Attribute -->
+    <tr>
+        <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" valign="top" align="left">
+          <font color="#000000" size="-1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">verbose</font>
+        </td>
+        <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" valign="top" align="left">
+          <font color="#000000" size="-1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">
+            Enable/ disable log messages showing when each sub-build path is entered/ exited.
+            The default value is false.</font>
+        </td>
+        <td bgcolor="#eeeeee" valign="top" align="left">
+          <font color="#000000" size="-1" face="arial,helvetica,sanserif">boolean</font>
+        </td>
+    </tr>
+
 
         </table>
       </blockquote></td></tr>
@@ -491,7 +506,7 @@
   <tr>
     <td>
       <div align="center"><font color="#525D76" size="-1"><em>
-        Copyright &copy; 2000-2004, The Apache Software Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
+        Copyright &copy; 2000-2005, The Apache Software Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
       </em></font></div>
     </td>
   </tr>
@@ -499,4 +514,4 @@
 </table>
 
 </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java
index 1c8d45c45..1d5c46d09 100644
--- a/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java
+++ b/src/main/org/apache/tools/ant/taskdefs/SubAnt.java
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ public class SubAnt
     private String subTarget = null;
     private String antfile = "build.xml";
     private File genericantfile = null;
+    private boolean verbose = false;
     private boolean inheritAll = false;
     private boolean inheritRefs = false;
     private boolean failOnError = true;
@@ -180,11 +181,16 @@ public class SubAnt
         BuildException buildException = null;
         for (int i = 0; i < count; ++i) {
             File file = null;
+	    String subdirPath = null;
             Throwable thrownException = null;
             try {
                 File directory = null;
                 file = new File(filenames[i]);
                 if (file.isDirectory()) {
+		    if (verbose) {
+			subdirPath = file.getPath();
+			log("Entering directory: " + subdirPath + "\n", Project.MSG_INFO);
+		    }
                     if (genericantfile != null) {
                         directory = file;
                         file = genericantfile;
@@ -193,13 +199,22 @@ public class SubAnt
                     }
                 }
                 execute(file, directory);
+		if (verbose && subdirPath != null) {
+		    log("Leaving directory: " + subdirPath + "\n", Project.MSG_INFO);
+		}
             } catch (RuntimeException ex) {
                 if (!(getProject().isKeepGoingMode())) {
+		    if (verbose && subdirPath != null) {
+			log("Leaving directory: " + subdirPath + "\n", Project.MSG_INFO);
+		    }
                     throw ex; // throw further
                 }
                 thrownException = ex;
             } catch (Throwable ex) {
                 if (!(getProject().isKeepGoingMode())) {
+		    if (verbose && subdirPath != null) {
+			log("Leaving directory: " + subdirPath + "\n", Project.MSG_INFO);
+		    }
                     throw new BuildException(ex);
                 }
                 thrownException = ex;
@@ -223,6 +238,9 @@ public class SubAnt
                             new BuildException(thrownException);
                     }
                 }
+		if (verbose && subdirPath != null) {
+		    log("Leaving directory: " + subdirPath + "\n", Project.MSG_INFO);
+		}
             }
         }
         // check if one of the builds failed in keep going mode
@@ -323,6 +341,15 @@ public class SubAnt
         this.subTarget = target;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Enable/ disable verbose log messages showing when each sub-build path is entered/ exited.
+     * The default value is "false".
+     * @param on true to enable verbose mode, false otherwise (default).
+     */
+    public void setVerbose(boolean on) {
+        this.verbose = on;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Corresponds to <code>&lt;ant&gt;</code>'s
      * <code>output</code> attribute.