diff --git a/src/llvm_backend.cpp b/src/llvm_backend.cpp
index 23efa8d22..7742fb39d 100644
--- a/src/llvm_backend.cpp
+++ b/src/llvm_backend.cpp
@@ -3036,8 +3036,14 @@ gb_internal bool lb_generate_code(lbGenerator *gen) {
 	LLVMCodeModel code_mode = LLVMCodeModelDefault;
 	if (is_arch_wasm()) {
 		code_mode = LLVMCodeModelJITDefault;
+		debugf("LLVM code mode: LLVMCodeModelJITDefault\n");
 	} else if (is_arch_x86() && build_context.metrics.os == TargetOs_freestanding) {
 		code_mode = LLVMCodeModelKernel;
+		debugf("LLVM code mode: LLVMCodeModelKernel\n");
+	}
+
+	if (code_mode == LLVMCodeModelDefault) {
+		debugf("LLVM code mode: LLVMCodeModelDefault\n");
 	}
 
 	String llvm_cpu = get_final_microarchitecture();
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 5fcdedd99..4cc53f319 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -3840,6 +3840,7 @@ int main(int arg_count, char const **arg_ptr) {
 	if (build_context.show_debug_messages) {
 		debugf("Selected microarch: %.*s\n", LIT(march));
 		debugf("Default microarch features: %.*s\n", LIT(default_features));
+		debugf("Target triplet: %.*s\n", LIT(build_context.metrics.target_triplet));
 		for_array(i, build_context.build_paths) {
 			String build_path = path_to_string(heap_allocator(), build_context.build_paths[i]);
 			debugf("build_paths[%ld]: %.*s\n", i, LIT(build_path));