diff --git a/automation/scripts/build b/automation/scripts/build
index 4a1161bb94..281f8b1fcc 100755
--- a/automation/scripts/build
+++ b/automation/scripts/build
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/bash -ex
 
+test -f /etc/os-release && cat "$_"
+
 $CC --version
 
 # Express the compiler version as an integer.  e.g. GCC 4.9.2 => 0x040902