diff --git a/ccache.c b/ccache.c
index 7b41f75..2fc0658 100644
--- a/ccache.c
+++ b/ccache.c
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ static void failed(void)
 
 	cc_log("Failed; falling back to running the real compiler");
 	if (getenv("CCACHE_VERBOSE")) {
-		print_executed_command(orig_args->argv);
+		print_executed_command(stdout, orig_args->argv);
 	}
 	execv(orig_args->argv[0], orig_args->argv);
 	cc_log("execv returned (%s)!", strerror(errno));
diff --git a/ccache.h b/ccache.h
index 9aae3ff..0e24290 100644
--- a/ccache.h
+++ b/ccache.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 #include <sys/file.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <stdarg.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
 #define ATTR_FORMAT(x, y, z) __attribute__((format (x, y, z)))
@@ -134,7 +135,8 @@ int execute(char **argv,
 	    const char *path_stdout,
 	    const char *path_stderr);
 char *find_executable(const char *name, const char *exclude_name);
-void print_executed_command(char **argv);
+void print_command(FILE *fp, char **argv);
+void print_executed_command(FILE *fp, char **argv);
 
 typedef struct {
 	char **argv;
diff --git a/execute.c b/execute.c
index cc3845c..d20f2c9 100644
--- a/execute.c
+++ b/execute.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int execute(char **argv,
 		int fd;
 
 		if (getenv("CCACHE_VERBOSE")) {
-			print_executed_command(argv);
+			print_executed_command(stdout, argv);
 		}
 
 		unlink(path_stdout);
@@ -141,12 +141,17 @@ char *find_executable(const char *name, const char *exclude_name)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
-void print_executed_command(char **argv)
+void print_command(FILE *fp, char **argv)
 {
 	int i;
-	printf("%s: executing ", MYNAME);
 	for (i = 0; argv[i]; i++) {
-		printf("%s%s",  (i == 0) ? "" : " ", argv[i]);
+		fprintf(fp, "%s%s",  (i == 0) ? "" : " ", argv[i]);
 	}
-	printf("\n");
+	fprintf(fp, "\n");
+}
+
+void print_executed_command(FILE *fp, char **argv)
+{
+	fprintf(fp, "%s: executing ", MYNAME);
+	print_command(fp, argv);
 }