diff --git a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsExportPartition.java b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsExportPartition.java
index 0e0e53fe..cdbdaa8d 100644
--- a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsExportPartition.java
+++ b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsExportPartition.java
@@ -139,9 +139,19 @@ public void write(DataOutput out) throws IOException {
   public String toString() {
     StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
     sb.append("{");
-    sb.append(files[0]);
-    for(int i = 1; i < files.length; i++) {
-      sb.append(", " + files[i]);
+    boolean first = true;
+    for(int i = 0; i < files.length; i++) {
+      if(first) {
+        first = false;
+      } else {
+        sb.append(", ");
+      }
+
+      sb.append(files[i]);
+      sb.append(" (offset=").append(offsets[i]);
+      sb.append(", end=").append(offsets[i] + lengths[i]);
+      sb.append(", length=").append(lengths[i]);
+      sb.append(")");
     }
     sb.append("}");
     return sb.toString();
diff --git a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsSequenceExportExtractor.java b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsSequenceExportExtractor.java
index 1f6714dc..0693a095 100644
--- a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsSequenceExportExtractor.java
+++ b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsSequenceExportExtractor.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.Path;
 import org.apache.hadoop.io.SequenceFile;
@@ -32,6 +34,9 @@
 
 public class HdfsSequenceExportExtractor extends Extractor {
 
+  public static final Log LOG =
+    LogFactory.getLog(HdfsSequenceExportExtractor.class.getName());
+
   private Configuration conf;
   private DataWriter datawriter;
 
@@ -51,6 +56,7 @@ public void run(ImmutableContext context, Object connectionConfiguration,
 
     try {
       HdfsExportPartition p = (HdfsExportPartition)partition;
+      LOG.info("Working on partition: " + p);
       int numFiles = p.getNumberOfFiles();
       for (int i=0; i<numFiles; i++) {
         extractFile(p.getFile(i), p.getOffset(i), p.getLength(i));
@@ -60,9 +66,13 @@ public void run(ImmutableContext context, Object connectionConfiguration,
     }
   }
 
-  private void extractFile(Path file, long offset, long length)
+  private void extractFile(Path file, long start, long length)
       throws IOException {
-    long start = offset;
+    long end = start + length;
+    LOG.info("Extracting file " + file);
+    LOG.info("\t from offset " + start);
+    LOG.info("\t to offset " + end);
+    LOG.info("\t of length " + length);
 
     SequenceFile.Reader filereader = new SequenceFile.Reader(conf,
         SequenceFile.Reader.file(file));
diff --git a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsTextExportExtractor.java b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsTextExportExtractor.java
index 7f1b1443..c412c810 100644
--- a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsTextExportExtractor.java
+++ b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/etl/HdfsTextExportExtractor.java
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.charset.Charset;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.apache.hadoop.conf.Configuration;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FSDataInputStream;
 import org.apache.hadoop.fs.FileSystem;
@@ -40,6 +42,9 @@
 
 public class HdfsTextExportExtractor extends Extractor {
 
+  public static final Log LOG =
+    LogFactory.getLog(HdfsTextExportExtractor.class.getName());
+
   private Configuration conf;
   private DataWriter datawriter;
 
@@ -59,6 +64,7 @@ public void run(ImmutableContext context, Object connectionConfiguration,
 
     try {
       HdfsExportPartition p = (HdfsExportPartition)partition;
+      LOG.info("Working on partition: " + p);
       int numFiles = p.getNumberOfFiles();
       for (int i=0; i<numFiles; i++) {
         extractFile(p.getFile(i), p.getOffset(i), p.getLength(i));
@@ -68,10 +74,13 @@ public void run(ImmutableContext context, Object connectionConfiguration,
     }
   }
 
-  private void extractFile(Path file, long offset, long length)
+  private void extractFile(Path file, long start, long length)
       throws IOException {
-    long start = offset;
     long end = start + length;
+    LOG.info("Extracting file " + file);
+    LOG.info("\t from offset " + start);
+    LOG.info("\t to offset " + end);
+    LOG.info("\t of length " + length);
 
     FileSystem fs = file.getFileSystem(conf);
     FSDataInputStream filestream = fs.open(file);
@@ -129,6 +138,7 @@ private void extractFile(Path file, long offset, long length)
 
       datawriter.writeCsvRecord(line.toString());
     }
+    LOG.info("Extracting ended on position: " + fileseeker.getPos());
   }
 
   @Override
diff --git a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopDestroyerExecutor.java b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopDestroyerExecutor.java
index 36eb65d1..f4ef95ad 100644
--- a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopDestroyerExecutor.java
+++ b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopDestroyerExecutor.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public static void executeDestroyer(boolean success, Configuration configuration
     Object configConnection = ConfigurationUtils.getConnectorConnection(configuration);
     Object configJob = ConfigurationUtils.getConnectorJob(configuration);
 
+    LOG.info("Executing destroyer class " + destroyer.getClass());
     destroyer.destroy(success, subContext, configConnection, configJob);
   }
 
diff --git a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopMapper.java b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopMapper.java
index fcedf52b..ce847f41 100644
--- a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopMapper.java
+++ b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopMapper.java
@@ -74,8 +74,10 @@ public void run(Context context) throws IOException, InterruptedException {
     SqoopSplit split = context.getCurrentKey();
 
     try {
+      LOG.info("Running extractor class " + extractorName);
       extractor.run(subContext, configConnection, configJob, split.getPartition(),
         new MapDataWriter(context));
+      LOG.info("Extractor has finished");
       context.getCounter(SqoopCounters.ROWS_READ)
               .increment(extractor.getRowsRead());
     } catch (Exception e) {
diff --git a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopOutputFormatLoadExecutor.java b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopOutputFormatLoadExecutor.java
index 976d80b6..38e22927 100644
--- a/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopOutputFormatLoadExecutor.java
+++ b/execution/mapreduce/src/main/java/org/apache/sqoop/job/mr/SqoopOutputFormatLoadExecutor.java
@@ -85,10 +85,12 @@ public void write(Data key, NullWritable value) throws InterruptedException {
     @Override
     public void close(TaskAttemptContext context)
             throws InterruptedException, IOException {
+      LOG.info("SqoopOutputFormatLoadExecutor::SqoopRecordWriter is about to be closed");
       free.acquire();
       writerFinished = true;
       filled.release();
       waitForConsumer();
+      LOG.info("SqoopOutputFormatLoadExecutor::SqoopRecordWriter is closed");
     }
   }
 
@@ -194,7 +196,9 @@ public void run() {
       }
 
       try {
+        LOG.info("Running loader class " + loaderName);
         loader.load(subContext, configConnection, configJob, reader);
+        LOG.info("Loader has finished");
       } catch (Throwable t) {
         readerFinished = true;
         LOG.error("Error while loading data out of MR job.", t);
diff --git a/execution/mapreduce/src/test/resources/log4j.properties b/execution/mapreduce/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..44ffced2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/execution/mapreduce/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+# contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+# this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+# The ASF licenses this file to You under the Apache License, Version 2.0
+# (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with
+# the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Set root logger level to DEBUG and its only appender to A1.
+log4j.rootLogger=DEBUG, A1
+
+# A1 is set to be a ConsoleAppender.
+log4j.appender.A1=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
+
+# A1 uses PatternLayout.
+log4j.appender.A1.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
+log4j.appender.A1.layout.ConversionPattern=%-4r [%t] %-5p %c %x - %m%n