diff --git a/devtools/check-abi.sh b/devtools/check-abi.sh
index ab6748cfbc..381db2cdd1 100755
--- a/devtools/check-abi.sh
+++ b/devtools/check-abi.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
 
 if [ $# != 2 ] && [ $# != 3 ]; then
-	echo "Usage: $0 refdir newdir [warnonly]"
+	echo "Usage: $0 refdir newdir [warnonly]" >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -13,23 +13,23 @@ warnonly=${3:-}
 ABIDIFF_OPTIONS="--suppr $(dirname $0)/libabigail.abignore --no-added-syms"
 
 if [ ! -d $refdir ]; then
-	echo "Error: reference directory '$refdir' does not exist."
+	echo "Error: reference directory '$refdir' does not exist." >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 incdir=$(find $refdir -type d -a -name include)
 if [ -z "$incdir" ] || [ ! -e "$incdir" ]; then
-	echo "WARNING: could not identify a include directory for $refdir, expect false positives..."
+	echo "WARNING: could not identify an include directory for $refdir, expect false positives..." >&2
 else
 	ABIDIFF_OPTIONS="$ABIDIFF_OPTIONS --headers-dir1 $incdir"
 fi
 
 if [ ! -d $newdir ]; then
-	echo "Error: directory to check '$newdir' does not exist."
+	echo "Error: directory to check '$newdir' does not exist." >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 incdir2=$(find $newdir -type d -a -name include)
 if [ -z "$incdir2" ] || [ ! -e "$incdir2" ]; then
-	echo "WARNING: could not identify a include directory for $newdir, expect false positives..."
+	echo "WARNING: could not identify an include directory for $newdir, expect false positives..." >&2
 else
 	ABIDIFF_OPTIONS="$ABIDIFF_OPTIONS --headers-dir2 $incdir2"
 fi
@@ -46,23 +46,24 @@ for dump in $(find $refdir -name "*.dump"); do
 	fi
 	dump2=$(find $newdir -name $name)
 	if [ -z "$dump2" ] || [ ! -e "$dump2" ]; then
-		echo "Error: can't find $name in $newdir"
+		echo "Error: cannot find $name in $newdir" >&2
 		error=1
 		continue
 	fi
+	echo abidiff $ABIDIFF_OPTIONS $dump $dump2
 	abidiff $ABIDIFF_OPTIONS $dump $dump2 || {
 		abiret=$?
-		echo "Error: ABI issue reported for 'abidiff $ABIDIFF_OPTIONS $dump $dump2'"
+		echo "Error: ABI issue reported for 'abidiff $ABIDIFF_OPTIONS $dump $dump2'" >&2
 		error=1
 		echo
 		if [ $(($abiret & 3)) -ne 0 ]; then
-			echo "ABIDIFF_ERROR|ABIDIFF_USAGE_ERROR, this could be a script or environment issue."
+			echo "ABIDIFF_ERROR|ABIDIFF_USAGE_ERROR, this could be a script or environment issue." >&2
 		fi
 		if [ $(($abiret & 4)) -ne 0 ]; then
-			echo "ABIDIFF_ABI_CHANGE, this change requires a review (abidiff flagged this as a potential issue)."
+			echo "ABIDIFF_ABI_CHANGE, this change requires a review (abidiff flagged this as a potential issue)." >&2
 		fi
 		if [ $(($abiret & 8)) -ne 0 ]; then
-			echo "ABIDIFF_ABI_INCOMPATIBLE_CHANGE, this change breaks the ABI."
+			echo "ABIDIFF_ABI_INCOMPATIBLE_CHANGE, this change breaks the ABI." >&2
 		fi
 		echo
 	}
diff --git a/devtools/gen-abi.sh b/devtools/gen-abi.sh
index c44b0e228a..f15a3b9aaf 100755
--- a/devtools/gen-abi.sh
+++ b/devtools/gen-abi.sh
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
 # Copyright (c) 2019 Red Hat, Inc.
 
 if [ $# != 1 ]; then
-	echo "Usage: $0 installdir"
+	echo "Usage: $0 installdir" >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
 installdir=$1
 if [ ! -d $installdir ]; then
-	echo "Error: install directory '$installdir' does not exist."
+	echo "Error: install directory '$installdir' does not exist." >&2
 	exit 1
 fi
 
diff --git a/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh b/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
index ed44d4ffb1..16a81b6241 100755
--- a/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
+++ b/devtools/test-meson-builds.sh
@@ -194,10 +194,15 @@ build () # <directory> <target compiler | cross file> <meson options>
 
 		install_target $builds_dir/$targetdir \
 			$(readlink -f $builds_dir/$targetdir/install)
+		echo "Checking ABI compatibility of $targetdir" >&$verbose
+		echo $srcdir/devtools/gen-abi.sh \
+			$(readlink -f $builds_dir/$targetdir/install) >&$veryverbose
 		$srcdir/devtools/gen-abi.sh \
-			$(readlink -f $builds_dir/$targetdir/install)
+			$(readlink -f $builds_dir/$targetdir/install) >&$veryverbose
+		echo $srcdir/devtools/check-abi.sh $abirefdir/$targetdir \
+			$(readlink -f $builds_dir/$targetdir/install) >&$veryverbose
 		$srcdir/devtools/check-abi.sh $abirefdir/$targetdir \
-			$(readlink -f $builds_dir/$targetdir/install)
+			$(readlink -f $builds_dir/$targetdir/install) >&$verbose
 	fi
 }
 
