diff --git a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/files/rc.local b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/files/rc.local
index 2368717..8771ea1 100755
--- a/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/files/rc.local
+++ b/stage2/01-sys-tweaks/files/rc.local
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #
 # By default this script does nothing.
 
+exec 2> /tmp/rc.local.log  # send stderr from rc.local to a log file
+exec 1>&2                      # send stdout to the same log file
+set -x                         # tell sh to display commands before execution
+
 # Print the IP address
 _IP=$(hostname -I) || true
 if [ "$_IP" ]; then