diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index 572f75c148eb4e146cc5ef65e42a2ecc1a9557c5..746b2158c6c3bd2335044ec4ee3a001f30a6d5fb 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ license_header:
     ## Assuming you created the SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS variable, uncomment the
     ## following two lines.
     ##
+    - echo "$SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS"
     - echo "$SSH_KNOWN_HOSTS" >> ~/.ssh/known_hosts
     - chmod 644 ~/.ssh/known_hosts