diff --git a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/gradle/Publishing.kt b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/gradle/Publishing.kt
index 7e4ee7b6fe..890ab9b143 100644
--- a/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/gradle/Publishing.kt
+++ b/buildSrc/src/main/kotlin/org/jetbrains/exposed/gradle/Publishing.kt
@@ -46,10 +46,13 @@ fun MavenPublication.signPublicationIfKeyPresent(project: Project) {
     val signingKey = System.getenv("exposed.sign.key.private")
     val signingKeyPassphrase = System.getenv("exposed.sign.passphrase")
     if (!signingKey.isNullOrBlank()) {
+        println("DEBUG: Signing key not null or blank")
         project.extensions.configure<SigningExtension>("signing") {
             useInMemoryPgpKeys(keyId, signingKey.replace(" ", "\r\n"), signingKeyPassphrase)
             sign(this@signPublicationIfKeyPresent)
         }
+    } else {
+        println("DEBUG: Signing key problem")
     }
 }