diff --git a/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py b/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py
index 914b69c4e7..050dd46f1d 100644
--- a/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py
+++ b/direct/src/showbase/DirectObject.py
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ class DirectObject:
     def __del__(self):
 	"""__del__(self)
 	"""
+        print "Destructing: ", self.__class__.__name__
 	try: 
 	    self.cleanup()
 	except AttributeError: